Here is what I did:
1) Take a Prestage image that was made in SCCM 2007 R3 and Created a task sequence which would apply a data image to the third partition on a disk drive.
-It has to apply as a data image for the prestage to boot to the boot wim.
-also use wpeutil shutdown to shutdown the machine at the end of the task.
-make sure that there is not set to format the drive.
2) Image up a mac and create a second partition for the Windows side (Bootcamp). Use a cd to install windows vista or higher on the second partition. (I use this to set the partition to NTFS and make the partition bootable.)
- In the Mac config, Set the pc side of the image to be about 20 gb. Winclone images are very ridged about size from my experience.
Whatever size you select will be the smallest you will be able to make the winclone image and therefore the PC side of the mac.
3) Then use boot media to boot into sccm, and Advertise the Prestage-Dualboot task sequence to the Mac. (Depending on the model, you may need to nic drivers to you boot media.)
- The Prestage dualboot task sequence does not format the hard drive as that will delete the mac side of the build.
- The apply image must not be apply OS but should only apply data image. If you apply os image, the BCD will look to the os image rather than the boot image.
4) Boot to the bootcamp side of the mac and run the prestage task sequence. The apply data image will delete all data on the partition including the old Image and will apply the new Prestage.
- you may want to copy the BCD file from the image to a network location as it is applying. (BCD is in a hidden folder called boot. "c:\boot\bcd") (This will require the F8 troubleshooting be enabled.)
5) The task sequence should shut down the computer when it is done.
6) Turn the Mac back on and boot to the Mac side.
7) install Winclone and it's prerequisite (NTFS something).
8) Capture the Bootcamp side of the image but you will need to do two things in the preferences.
- Deselect Compress from the preferences in winclone. This will make a sparcebundle file rather than a dmg.
- Deselect the "If XP is detected..." and the "If Vista is detected..." These options will copy over the BCD file and cause the PC side to boot to setup rather than the Boot image.
9) Capture the winclone image.
10) when it is done capturing, Select the winclone and right click and select show contents.
11) make sure the image is a sparcebundle and not DMG. Also make sure that the BCD file is about 16 KB and not 30 KB.
- 16 Kb BCD means it is looking to boot from the boot image correctly.
- 30 KB means that the BCD file was replaced and you will boot the the Windows Setup.
- If the BCD file is incorrect, Copy the BCD file that was saved to the network location and replace the one in the winclone image.
12) If all is correct, Upload the image to Winclone image to casper and Build Index.
13) you should be able to test the new image and ensure it is working. (I realize that I am ending on lucky number thirteen :-) )
Hope this helps someone!
