Windows Deployment Services–adding drivers to boot.wim
| Currently I’m in a project where I have do a windows 7 operating system provisioning for a customer of mine. I’ve been gone all down the way starting with NT3.51, then NT4, then Win2000, then WinXP, Vista and now Win7 provisioning. I must say, Microsoft did a good job with the latest deployment mechanism.. |  |
So this part is dedicated to one thing: Adding (OEM, but not only) Network Drivers to a boot.wim to successfully boot Windows PE, mount the Network Card and connect to a Windows Deployment Server (WDS).
I started building the base Windows 7 Image using vSphere and Virtual Machines. Then I tried to apply the image to a HP Compaq Elite 8100 Small Form Factor Machine and got this error message:
WdsClient: An error occurred while starting networking: a matching network card driver was not found in this image. Please have your Administrator add the network driver for this machine to the Windows PE image on the Windows Deployment Services server.
Ok, the Administrator – that’s me .. so I was reading thru Technet and found (among thousand of other posts and articles) this article
as a resume – open WAIK Command Prompt (assuming latest MDT2010 and WAIK is installed)
--- optional part --- D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images>dism /cleanup-wim Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Scanning drive C for stale files Scanning drive D for stale files The operation completed successfully. --- mount the image --- D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images>dism /mount-wim /wimfile:d:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images\boot.wim /index:2 /mountdir:d:\mount Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Mounting image [==========================100.0%==========================] The operation completed successfully. --- inject/add the desired/necessary drivers to the boot.wim --- D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images>dism /image:d:\mount /add-driver:"\\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785" /recurse Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Image Version: 6.1.7601.17514 Searching for driver packages to install... Found 9 driver package(s) to install. Installing 1 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\e1e6232.INF: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 2 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\E1K6232.INF: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 3 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\E1Q6232.inf: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 4 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\e1r6232.inf: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 5 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\e1y6232.INF: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 6 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\Install\DRIVERS\ANSM2KXP.INF: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 7 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\Install\DRIVERS\ansmw60.inf: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 8 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\Install\DRIVERS\ANSP2KXP.INF: The driver package was successfully installed. Installing 9 of 9 - \\vmd.local\dfs\IT\DistributionSharePoint\Drivers\hp\8100SFF\NET\sp51785\Install\DRIVERS\anspw60.inf: The driver package was successfully installed. The operation completed successfully. --- unmount the boot.wim and commit changes --- D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images>dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:d:\mount /commit Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.1.7600.16385 Image File : d:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images\boot.wim Image Index : 2 Saving image [==========================100.0%==========================] Unmounting image [==========================100.0%==========================] The operation completed successfully. --- open explorer ... --- D:\RemoteInstall\Boot\x86\Images>start.
Now I usually restart the WDS Service (I don’t know if this is really necessary) and then reboot the client.
Links
Add and Remove Drivers Offline
TimeZone specifies the time zone of the computer.
Windows Deployment Services Getting Started Guide
Add Device Drivers by Using Windows Setup
How to Modify the BCD Store Using Bcdedit
Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2010 Update 1
Automated Installation to Upgrade to Windows 7: Step-by-Step Guide
Managing and Deploying Driver Packages
Deploying Windows 7 Using Windows Deployment Services (WDS): Step-by-Step – Part I
SmartDeploy will integrate with WDS, and handle driver management for you both in the WinPE environment, and in the deployed images. Saves lots of time if you have to manage a wide variety of hardware types.
Thank you so much! worked for me .
i am not getting , pls resolve this issue.