Getting Started

Topics included in this section include:

• Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD

• Which Device Drivers to Incorporate Into WIM Image(s)

• Prerequisites and Task Overview

Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD

Device Driver Directory Location on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD  identifies the location of the device driver directories on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD.

Table D-1 Device Driver Directory Location on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD 

Which Device Drivers to Incorporate Into WIM Image(s)

Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) identifies the device drivers to incorporate in the Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) WIM image(s). Note that the boot WIM image identified in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) is only required for Windows Server 2008 SP2 installations, and the install WIM image identified in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) is required for both Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installations.

Table D-2 Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s)

Prerequisites and Task Overview

Prior to creating the device driver WIM image(s) for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2), ensure that the following tasks are completed in the order specified.

1. Install and configure the Windows Deployment Services on a server in your network. For details, you can download Microsoft's Windows Deployment Services Step-by-Step Guide at:

   http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=14CA18B1-B433-4F62-8586-B0A2096460EB&displaylang=en.

2. Install the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). The WAIK contains applications to mount and modify WIM images as well as applications to create and modify XML unattended setup scripts.

   Microsoft provides separate WAIK downloads for Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The URLs for these downloads are as follows.

   • Windows Server 2008 SP2 at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=94BB6E34-D890-4932-81A5-5B50C657DE08&displaylang=en

   • Windows Server 2008 R2 at: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=696DD665-9F76-4177-A811-39C26D3B3B34&displaylang=en

3. Locate the Windows device drivers on the Tools and Driver firmware DVD. For information about where the device drivers on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD are located, see Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD.

4. Establish a network-shared device driver repository. For example:

   • Create a device driver repository containing the Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) device drivers.

     Note that for Windows Server 2008 WDS installation environments, a device driver repository is provided, which you can modify. For Windows Server 2003 SP2 WDS installation environments, a device driver repository is not provided and you must manually create one. The following is an example of how you might want to set up the directory structure for a new device driver repository:

     C:\unattend\drivers\{w2K8|W2k8R2}\catalogs\vendor\version

     Where:

     • unattend is the unattend device driver store

     • drivers is the name for device driver directory

     • {W2K8 or W2K8R2} is the name for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) device drivers directory

     • catalogs is the name for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) catalog files

     • vendor is the name of directory for device driver vendor

     • version is the name of directory for device driver version

   • Ensure that the directories (folders) in the device driver repository are shared and accessible to the Windows Deployment Services (WDS) during the network installation.

     For example, the device driver repository network shares referenced in this appendix are set up as follows:

     Repository Folder Network Shares C:\Unattended\Drivers\W2K8 \\wds-server\W2K8-Drivers C:\Unattended\Drivers\W2K8R2 \\wds-server\W2K8R2-Drivers

   • Extract the Windows Server 2008 device drivers on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD and place them into the device driver repository.

     For details about where the Windows Server 2008 device drivers are located on the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD, see Location of Device Drivers on Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD.

     If you do not have a copy of the tools and drivers firmware, you can download the ISO image for the Tools and Drivers firmware. For details, see Chapter 5, Getting Server Firmware and Software.

     The following example demonstrates the directory structure of the device driver repository after copying a SAS PCIe HBA driver (example version number: 1.19.2.64) from the Tools and Drivers firmware DVD to the device driver repository:

     Operating System Tools and Drivers Firmware DVD Device Driver Repository Windows Server 2008 SP2 DVDDevice:\windows\ W2K8\drivers\64bit\ hba\lsi\mpt2 C:\unattend\drivers\ W2K8\lsi\1.19.2.64 Windows Server 2008 R2 DVDDevice:\windows\ W2K8R2\drivers\64bit\ hba\lsi\mpt2 C:\unattend\drivers\ W2K8R2\lsi\1.19.2.64

5. Create an imageunattend.xml Setup Script for Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2). For details, seeCreate an ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script – Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) .

6. For Windows Server 2008 SP2 (only) installations, add the required boot device drivers described in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) to boot.wim. For details about adding the device drivers to the boot.wim, see Add Device Driver(s) to Boot WIM – Windows Server 2008 SP2 Only .

7. Map the imageunattend.xml Setup Script to the Windows Server 2008 image. For details, see Map ImageUnattend.xml Setup Script to Windows Server 2008 (SP2 or R2) Install Image.

8. For Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 installations, add the required device drivers described in Device Drivers to Add to WIM Image(s) to the install.wim image.