Creating an XPe Installation CD [revisited]

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Creating an XPe Installation CD [revisited]

In the past I have inquired about creating an installation cd for my
headless devices. That runs XPe. This is for those that are in the
same boat as me. And I am also looking for questions and comments
about my implementation, in order to do it better.

Problem:
- create a bootable installation cd, much like an windows xp cd install
"set it and forget it"
- cheap-affordable... some places charge a fee per cd you burn and
distribute.
- Easy to use

Solution:
- created a linux boot cd (Burn s/w: nero or sonic cd now and Linux
distro: hal91 or RescueCD)
- made custom boot script to:
+ copy over a compressed image of XPe (i.e. image.tar.gz)
+ uncompress image
+ eject cd
+ create beeping noise to notify the user to reboot the pc
- reboot pc

Discussion:
- This is what I've been able to do so far. Things left to do:
+ Have the custom script format the entire hard drive and create a
boot partition to copy the image to, if that s possible
- Questions / Comments / Concerns
 
Garvin/ALL -

I have been able to do a similar thing, yet I use Windows PE and an
installation script...

I have also been able to deply xpe using windows PE and windows server 2003
for PXE/RIS deployment...


If anyone else would like instructions or a howto provide webspace that I
can upload a procedure to.

-Mark
 
Hi Mark

Yep... looked in to that too.. but i can not distribute PE on a CD to
customers ;-)

thanks for the input

-Garvin
 
Yes you can distribute WinPE to customers if it is part of recovery CD with
the system or if you are sending it as a Update Image or Field Upgrade image
to an already deployed system.

-Scott Figg
Arrow Electronics
 
Hi Scott

Are there instruction some where, i.e. msdn, or some where else, that
show how to create/set-up an installation/recovery cd?

thanks
-Garvin
 
yeah i seem to recall skimming through that article. i currently am
working on a headless device that we want to install XPe on via a cd.
but the thing is we also want to ship that cd as well incase the XPe
needs to be reinstalled. I was going for the more straight forward
solution. (for example. norton ghost was looked @ but to generate a cd
image and ship it with the product would have extra costs... around $20
per cd) so that the customer only needs to place the cd in the cd-rom
drive and boot up out machine and just wait for it to eject the cd when
everything has been copied over

-Garvin
 
BattleAngel444 -

I have a procedure written for this, if somone can offer webspace I can
upload it, I don't know how to get it submitted to MSDN tech articles
otherwise I'd try to do that.

Mark
 
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