Lenovo ThinkVantage ImageUltra Builder Version 5.0 User Manual

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To add device drivers to a deployment CD or USB key, do the following:
1.

Determine where the device driver files need to go in the deployment CD or
USB key. For example, the INI file needs to go to the \WINDOWS\INF directory,
and the device driver files need to go to the \WINDOWS\system32\drivers
directory.

Create a drvs_vpe directory in the repository share directory. For example:
repositoryfilesshare\drvs_vpe\drivers\preboot\drivers

Note:

To update the drivers of the winpe.wim file in the deployment CD or

USB key, place the driver files in the repositoryfilesshare\drvs_vpe\wim\
drivers\windows\system32

directory.

To deploy an image through distribution media rather than network
deployment, create a directory named repositoryfilesshare\drivers\
update\minint\system32

and place the driver files in this directory.

To separate the NIC software, you need to create a folder for each NIC
device driver. For example:
repositoryfilesshare\drvs_vpe\drivers\preboot\drivers\Broadcom

Place the driver files in the directory created in Step 2. This ensures the files
are imported and installed in the Windows Vista or Windows 7 WinPE on
the deployment CD or USB key.

Note:

Each time you create a Network Distribution CD, USB key, or USB hard
disk drive, the process will automatically retrieve these files and place
them on the distribution media.

Depending on the type of the removable-media drives available on the target
computer, you use either the CD, USB key, or USB hard disk drive to establish a
network connection between the target computer and the ImageUltra module
repository. After the connection is established, you select which base map and
driver map to use. All of the modules defined in the map are downloaded to the
service partition or HPA of the target computer, and the target computer is
prepared for the installation process. If a service partition or HPA does not exist
at the start of the deployment process, one is created.

The advantages of CD, USB key, or USB hard disk drive deployment are speed and
the flexibility of not having to be dependent on a network connection. The
advantage of network deployment is the assurance that the latest maps and
modules will be installed if the network-sync function is enabled.

With the exception of a direct-network installation, the division between the
deployment and installation is a single boot cycle. In many cases, deployment is
done in one location and installation takes place in another location, typically at
the end-user’s work area. When deployment is complete, you can shut down the
target computer and prepare the computer for delivery to the end-user’s work
location.

Note:

Some large enterprises that use drive-duplication technology for mass
production might want to replicate the drive at the end of the deployment
process, prior to installation. In order for this drive-duplication process to
work successfully, you must install the Boot Manager on each drive after the
drive has been duplicated. You can get the Boot Manager installation tool
(BMGRINST.BAT) from the TOOLS\BMGR folder of your repository. You
must run BMGRINST.BAT during a Windows PE session.

Chapter 2. An overview of the image process