Users Guide

Table Of Contents
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled.................................................................................... 58
Preparing and populating the network share....................................................................................................... 58
Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems
running windows........................................................................................................................................................... 59
Network based deployment for systems running windows.................................................................................... 59
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows........................................ 59
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB files for systems running Windows......................59
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux.....................................................................................................59
Network-based deployment..................................................................................................................................... 60
Media-based deployment........................................................................................................................................... 61
Deployment using customized embedded Linux........................................................................................................62
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux............................................... 63
Chapter 8: Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux........................... 64
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux................................................................................. 64
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux.....................................................................................64
Chapter 9: Known issues and frequently asked questions............................................................ 66
Known issues......................................................................................................................................................................66
General issues.............................................................................................................................................................. 66
RAIDCFG issues........................................................................................................................................................... 66
SYSCFG issues.............................................................................................................................................................66
Windows PE installation issues................................................................................................................................ 66
Embedded Linux installation issues......................................................................................................................... 66
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................ 66
General deployment questions................................................................................................................................. 66
RAIDCFG questions.....................................................................................................................................................67
SYSCFG questions...................................................................................................................................................... 68
Embedded Linux questions....................................................................................................................................... 68
Windows PE questions...............................................................................................................................................69
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