Users Guide
Creating and customizing images for Windows PE 5.1......................................................................................... 59
Integrating DTK directory structure ........................................................................................................................59
Creating a bootable media for Windows PE 5.1..................................................................................................... 59
Running the image.....................................................................................................................................................60
Media-Based local deployment with Networking enabled for systems running windows......................................60
Bootable Windows PE media with Networking enabled.......................................................................................60
Preparing and populating the network share.......................................................................................................... 61
Deployment using removable boot media without a network media-based connection for systems running
windows.............................................................................................................................................................................61
Network based deployment for systems running windows........................................................................................ 61
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running windows................................................61
Using Windows Pre-installation Environment driver CAB les for systems running Windows.............................. 62
Deployment using Dell provided embedded Linux....................................................................................................... 62
Network-based deployment.....................................................................................................................................62
Media-based deployment......................................................................................................................................... 63
Deployment using customized embedded Linux..........................................................................................................65
Using a third-party deployment solution framework for systems running Linux..................................................... 65
8 Running Dell update packages on systems running embedded Linux............................................................66
Running update packages in Dell-provided embedded Linux.....................................................................................66
Running update packages in customized embedded Linux........................................................................................66
9 Known issues and frequently asked questions..............................................................................................68
Known issues....................................................................................................................................................................68
General issues.............................................................................................................................................................68
RAIDCFG issues......................................................................................................................................................... 68
SYSCFG issues...........................................................................................................................................................68
Windows PE installation issues................................................................................................................................ 68
Embedded Linux installation issues..........................................................................................................................68
Frequently asked questions............................................................................................................................................ 69
General deployment questions.................................................................................................................................69
RAIDCFG questions...................................................................................................................................................69
SYSCFG questions.....................................................................................................................................................70
Embedded Linux questions........................................................................................................................................71
Windows PE questions..............................................................................................................................................72
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