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ChAPTeR 1 Windows Server 2008 R2 Deployment Secrets
4. Issue the following commands:
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit
5. After the USB ash drive is prepared, copy the entire contents of the Windows
Server 2008 R2 installation DVD across to the device. If you have created a
custom WIM image, replace the custom install.wim le with the one in the
sources directory on the USB ash drive. If you have an answer le, place it in
the root directory of the volume on the USB ash drive.
Configuring Windows Deployment Services
Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a service included in Windows Server 2008
and 2008 R2 that enables you to perform multicast deployments of operating system
images. WDS in 2008 R2 can be congured to not only deploy images in the standard
WIM format but also to deploy operating system images in VHD format. You can add
only VHD images to WDS using the command-line tools, and you must congure a
special unattended installation le for this type of deployment to work.
PREPARINg THE wDS SERvER
There are several things that you need to do when preparing a server that is running
WDS. These include the following:
WDS requires that Active Directory, DNS, and DHCP be congured and working 3
on your network. These roles don’t have to be on the server hosting WDS, but
the server hosting WDS should be on a member server in a domain where these
role services work.
You shouldn’t use the system volume to host your WDS images. As you know, 3
bad things happen when your system volume lls up.
If you’ve co-located the WDS role and the DHCP role on the same server, ensure 3
that you’ve congured WDS to listen on another port. You can do this on the
DHCP tab of the WDS server’s properties as shown in Figure 1-2.
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