Users Guide
Creating and customizing images for Windows PE 5.1......................................................................................... 60
Integrating DTK directory structure ........................................................................................................................60
Creating a bootable media for Windows PE 5.1...................................................................................................... 61
Running the image......................................................................................................................................................61
Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows.......................................61
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled.......................................................................................62
Preparing and populating the network share......................................................................................................... 62
Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems running
windows............................................................................................................................................................................ 62
Network based deployment for systems running windows........................................................................................63
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows............................................... 63
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB les for systems running Windows.............................. 63
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux....................................................................................................... 63
Network-based deployment.....................................................................................................................................63
Media-based deployment......................................................................................................................................... 64
Deployment using customized embedded Linux..........................................................................................................66
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux......................................................67
8 Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux............................................................68
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux..................................................................................... 68
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux........................................................................................ 68
9 Known issues and frequently asked questions..............................................................................................70
Known issues....................................................................................................................................................................70
General issues.............................................................................................................................................................70
RAIDCFG issues......................................................................................................................................................... 70
SYSCFG issues........................................................................................................................................................... 70
Windows PE installation issues.................................................................................................................................70
Embedded Linux installation issues..........................................................................................................................70
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................. 71
General deployment questions..................................................................................................................................71
RAIDCFG questions....................................................................................................................................................71
SYSCFG questions.....................................................................................................................................................72
Embedded Linux questions.......................................................................................................................................73
Windows PE questions..............................................................................................................................................74
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