Server 2008 WDS Capture and Deploy Xp Images Head Mashed

[stevo1565]

HI all I have an issue with WDS one is ive never used it allways used Ghost on my old 2003 domain for the past week ive tried to get it up and running on my new 2008 Ive created a capture image but it will not find the Wds server when i try to upload it. I really need any simple guidance say an idiots guide to setting it up with both capture and deploy so I can implement this in my other schools so far i have lost faith in it and its driving my loopy thanks in advance guys

[sted]

if it wont find the server most likely the boot image dosent have drivers for that pcs nic card

[gotenks1321]

What have you done so far and what happens when you try to boot the computer to capture/deploy? I've been playing with this on and off for the last couple of weeks so hopefully might be able to help

[stevo1565]

Ive basically created a capture and deploy boot image with a vista CD using the boot.wim from that i did manage to get an image onto an external hard drive but it just wont deploy anything when i go to deploy it it says somthing about not getting a dhcp address although it is PXE booting any help would be more than appreciated guys how would i go about adding drivers ? im looking to try and get a simple guide together if possible to make life easier for everyone thanks again steve

[plexer]

Is your wds server on the same server as your dhcp server?

 

If it's not getting as far as receiving an ip address then it is nothing to do with not having drivers in the boot image.

 

Ben

[stevo1565]

Hi Ben yea its on the same server i can PXe boot into the capture and deploy image i created it just wont let me upload or deploy anything out

[plexer]

Ok well in that case it could well be that your image doesn't have the drivers for target pc installed.

 

Ben

[plexer]

how can I CAPTURE an Image using WDS - www.windows-noob.com

 

Ben

[dalsoth]

These might help. When you say it will not find the WDS server when you try to upload it do you mean the bit where it asks you the server name to save the captured image to? Have you put in the server name properly? tried the fqdn of the server? Have you checked that your network card is working at this stage by "shift f10" to get a command prompt and ipconfig? I had it only fail when i was doing it all in VMWare but i think that was because the VMWare drivers needed to be injected into the boot wim i was using.

 

Not letting you connect to the WDS to upload the capture Check out the BillNut posts.

XP WDS Guide

Another XP WDS Guide

 

Hope this helps.

Edited August 3, 2010 by dalsoth

[plexer]

I'm not sure if gimagex does driver injection but it looks like a handy tool.

 

ImageX GUI (GImageX)

 

Ben

[stevo1565]

Thanks guys your help is more than appreciated im back in first thing to polish off everything so i have some time to sit down and work this out I will post back and let you know thanks again for all your help Ste

[sted]

booting from eds uses pxe drivers up to a point to transfer the file to ram. The winpe install needs drivers so it can quite easily boot then have no network drivers ehich i think is the issue. Try using a boot image from a win7 disk it has more drivers