How To Add Drivers to the WIM Image

Copy all the appropriate files for a 64-bit Windows installation from the version folders on the Tools & Drivers CD to the appropriate folder structure on a network share. See the following Steps a and Step b:
1. Identify the appropriate version files:.
  Note - The following examples are from the Sun Fire X2270 M2 Server Tools and Drivers CD, depending on your server model, the file paths might differ.
```
Tools & Drivers CD/DVD Windows 2008 64-bit files:
cdromdrive:\Windows\W2K8\Drivers\64bit\Display\Aspeed
                        ...\NIC\Intel
                        ...\Chipset\Intel\All
                        ...\HBA\Intel
```
```
Tools and Drivers CD/DVD Windows 2008 64-bit R2 files:
cdromdrive:\Windows\W2K8R2\Drivers\64bit\Display\Aspeed
                                    ...\NIC\Intel
                                    ...\Chipset\Intel\All
                                    ...\HBA\Intel
```
  where cdromdrive is the drive letter of the CD/DVD drive that contains the Tools and Drivers CD.
2. Copy the files identified in Step a from their version folders to the appropriate folder structure on your network share.
  In the following example, windows\x64 is for 64-bit Windows. All files must reside directly under the x64 folder or component subfolder (there should be no version sub-folders as found on the Tools & Drivers CD). See the following examples:
```
Windows 2008 64-bit WIM folder structure:
\\yourshare\share\windows\x64\Display
                             ...\nic
                             ...\AHCI
                             ...\Chipset
                             
```
  where \\yourshare\share is the share path you have set up on the network.
Select the service image to update and export the image:
1. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Deployment Services.
2. Find the image to service. Right-click the image and then click Disable.
3. Right-click the image and click Export Image. Follow the Wizard directions to export the image to the location of your choice.
Mount the Windows image you just exported. For example,
imagex /mountrw C:\windows_distribution\sources\install.wim 1 C:\win_mount
The first Windows image in the Install.wim file is mounted to C:\wim_mount.
Use Windows System Image Manager (Windows SIM, available in Windows AIK) to create an answer file that contains the paths to the device drivers you intend to install. Refer to the Microsoft documentation for the Windows Automated Installation Kit for the details about starting the Windows SIM application.
Add the Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE component to your answer file in the offlineServicing pass.
Expand the Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE node in the answer file. Right-click DevicePaths, and then select Insert New Path And Credentials.
A new Path And Credentials list item appears.
In the Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE component, specify the path to the architecture (x86 or x64) folder in the windows folder on the network share, and the credentials used to access the network share.
For example, the path and credentials for a 64-bit image might be:
<Path>\\yourshare\share\windows\x64</Path>
<Credentials>
<Domain>MyDomain</Domain>
<Username>MyUserName</Username>
<Password>MyPassword</Password>
</Credentials>

Save the answer file and exit Windows SIM. The answer file must be similar to the following 64-bit Windows installation sample. The only supported processor Architecture component ID parameter is 'amd64' (for 64-bit Windows).

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3" xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State">
   <settings pass="offlineServicing">
      <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="amd64"
       publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS">
         <DriverPaths>
            <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1">
               <Path>\\yourshare\share\windows\x64</Path>
               <Credentials>
                  <Domain>MyDomain</Domain>
                  <Username>MyUserName</Username>
                  <Password>MyPassword</Password>
               </Credentials>
            </PathAndCredentials>
         </DriverPaths>
      </component>
   </settings>
</unattend>

Use Package Manager to apply the unattended installation answer file to the mounted Windows image. Specify a location for the log file to create. For more information about using Package Manager, refer to the Microsoft Windows AIK documentation. For example,
pkgmgr /o:"C:\wim_mount\;C:\wim_mount\Windows" /n:"C:\unattend.xml" /l:"C:\pkgmgrlogs\logfile.txt"
The .inf files referenced in the path in the answer file are added to the Windows image. A log file is created in the directory C:\Pkgmgrlogs\.
Review the contents of the %WINDIR%\Inf\ directory in the mounted Windows image to ensure that the .inf files were installed. Drivers added to the Windows image are named oem*.inf. This ensures unique naming for new drivers added to the computer. For example, the files MyDriver1.inf and MyDriver2.inf are renamed oem0.inf and oem1.inf.
Unmount the .wim file and commit the changes. For example:
imagex /unmount /commit C:\wim_mount
Replace the service image and enable the image.
1. If the Windows Deployment Services snap-in is not running, click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Windows Deployment Services.
2. Find the image to service. Right-click the image and then click Replace Image. Follow the Wizard directions to replace the service image with the Windows image that was updated.
3. Right-click the service image and then click Enable.
  The service image is now available and all the platform-specific drivers are added to the image.

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