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Sun Blade X6275 M2 Server Module Installation Guide for Windows Operating Systems |
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Introduction to Windows Installation
Getting Started With Windows Server 2008 Installation
Supported Windows Operating Systems
Windows Installation Considerations
Windows Media Delivery Methods
How to Download Server Software
Installing the Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System
How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Using Local or Remote Media
Updating Critical Drivers and Installing Supplemental Software
Installing Server-Specific Device Drivers
Installing Supplemental Software
Incorporating Device Drivers into a WIM Image for WDS
Use this procedure to add drivers to the WIM image for 1GbE systems.
Note - For 10GbE systems, you cannot add drivers to the WIM image. Instead you must wait until the OS has been installed, and use the .msi tool on the Tools and Drivers CD/DVD ISO image to install the drivers manually.
Before You Begin
You should have already obtained the necessary drivers as described in Downloading Server Software.
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.
Refer to the Microsoft documentation for the Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK) for the details of starting the Windows SIM application.
A new PathAndCredentials list item appears.
For example, the path and credentials for a 64-bit image might be:
<PATH>\\yourshare\share\DriverPack\64bit/</Path> <Credentials> <Domain>MyDomain</Domain> <Username>MyUserName</Username> <Password>MyPassword</Password> </Credentials>
<?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\DriverPack\64bit</Path> <Credentials> <Domain>MyDomain</Domain> <Username>MyUserName</Username> <Password>MyPassword</Password> </Credentials> </PathAndCredentials> </DriverPaths> </component> </settings> </unattend>
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\.
For more information about using Package Manager, see the Microsoft Windows AIK documentation.
Drivers added to the Windows image are named oem*.inf. This is to ensure 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.
imagex /unmount /commit C:\wim_mount
The service image is now available, and all the server-specific drivers are added to the image.
Next Steps
To boot from the WIM image, see How to Install Windows Server 2008 R2 Using PXE.