OS Deployment

OSD-related howto's and info-mation

Adding Remote Control to LANDesk 8.7 PE.pdf — by ecoidan — last modified 2008-11-24 07:44

Insert the LANDesk Remote Control client agent into the preboot image

Adding Remote Control to Lenovo RnR — by kchampli — last modified 2008-09-19 11:26

Put a remote control client into your Lenovo Rescue and Recovery pre-boot environment, as a software deployment job

Allow for Ad-Hoc Naming of Workstations (Vista) — by paul — last modified 2007-03-02 10:37

The Vista unattended install process no longer allows administrators to name workstations on the fly. This script will help.

Bombich NetRestore for Mac OSD — by jack — last modified 2006-05-09 20:55

If you would like some free tips/tools on Mac OSD that help LANDesk check out:

Build a Static OSD Boot Image — by paul — last modified 2006-05-09 20:58

OS Deployment relies on DHCP -- here's how to make it work with static IPs instead

Disabling the Built-in TFTP Server — by rhyous — last modified 2006-03-09 08:54

 

DOS Reboot command — by jbuelens — last modified 2008-09-29 10:51

Reboots machines that are running DOS

hii-winpe.zip — by jbuelens — last modified 2009-07-11 07:14

Jan Buelen's Hardware Independent Imaging documentation and tools

Force a PXE Rep to offer Boot Menu — by jack — last modified 2008-09-24 14:21

Or Managed Boot, for that matter

Import machine names from a CSV file — by jbuelens — last modified 2008-12-24 02:47

Somebody gave you a spreadsheet with serial numbers and machine machine names? Wondering how to assign each machine the correct name from the spreadsheet? It only takes a bit of vb scripting...

LDVPE1.IMG with more drivers — by jhysell — last modified 2008-10-05 21:10

many HP and Dell drivers included

Little Tweaks to Help OSD Work in Your Messed up Network — by paul — last modified 2006-05-08 22:22

Or, how to make DOS networking function even though your network is just fine.

Making WinPE Work with Intel SATA Drivers — by paul — last modified 2007-03-02 16:26

Or, I thought in Windows PE my driver problems would be gone !! Yeah, well, get over it Microsoft Fanboy.

nLite Windows Install Disk Builder — by jack — last modified 2007-03-09 21:43

No more hunting for a USB floppy...

OSD File Bibliography — by paul — last modified 2006-05-08 22:23

A brief explanation of files used in the OSD process.

OSD Troubleshooting Guide — by jack — last modified 2006-05-08 10:11

Versions 8.6.1 and prior

OSD Log Import Server and Client — by palmerwill — last modified 2008-03-12 10:04

Allows for engineers using the tools to easily view the log files for OSD on the server (helping them diagnose problems)

Partition Management without data loss — by Denny Cannon — last modified 2008-11-04 11:20

Create, Delete, Resize, Slide, Hide, and unHide partitions without losing data.

Password Protect PXE Boots — by Paul Hoffmann — last modified 2008-09-29 10:52

Add a password prompt to PXE-booted DOS environments

PE Imaging — by Denny Cannon — last modified 2006-01-01 15:00

Special Thanks to Chuck Tank for creating and implementing this process.

Provisioning — by jack — last modified 2007-10-22 09:52

Give me a place to stand and with a script I will move the whole world

PXE Multiple Reboots — by Denny Cannon — last modified 2006-01-16 09:03

This will show you how to hold a machine in the PXE holding queue.

PXE Booting Floppyless Workstations — by rhyous — last modified 2006-03-09 08:56

 

Set NIC Speed in WinPE — by jack — last modified 2009-05-28 07:50

A forum post with a tool for forcing NIC speed in Windows PE

Speeding up WinPE TFTP Downloads for OSD and Provisioning — by pf2928 — last modified 2008-09-24 14:06

A PXE client computer is slow to start when you deploy Windows PE from a Windows Server 2003-based RIS server

VBScript in WinPE — by jbuelens — last modified 2008-12-22 10:37

Extending the preboot environment's capabilities

Vernalex — by jack — last modified 2008-09-24 10:35

Driver injection tool

WinPE Tools — by jack — last modified 2006-12-13 12:25

Tools to use in your Windows PE image

Windows Unattended CD Creator — by jack — last modified 2007-07-24 17:02

creates slipstream boot CDs

Windows XP SP2 Deployment Tools — by jack — last modified 2007-07-24 17:04

Sysprep and associated tools

WinPE Remote Control - LANDesk 8.8 SP2 — by ecoidan — last modified 2008-11-23 21:01

Allows remote control to WinPE with LANDesk 8.8

LANDesk 8.8 OSD using Windows PE 2.1 (v2.1) — by Charles Tank — last modified 2009-04-30 07:25

New version - Files, documentation and implementation script included. With the introduction of newer machines in the market, customers are continuously challenged with developing ways to deploy operating system images using LANDesk. In particular, customers are sometimes finding it difficult to update their current Windows PE (LANDesk) image with new drivers to accommodate the successful deployment of operating system images. Windows PE 2.1 (Vista PE) provides better support for these types of situations. This is the reason I have developed this method of using Windows PE 2.1 in a LANDesk 8.8 environment. Please note that the methods described herein or in the attached document are not supported by LANDesk nor by its channel partners. It should also be noted that the implementation and use of said methods are at the customer’s risk

Rename Computers in OSD, Before Image is Applied — by Dan Pixley — last modified 2009-08-18 21:04

This is a link to my blog post about a VBScript, and later an AutoIt script that extends the functionality of the original VBScript, that allows a technician to enter a name for the computer, select a domain (my environment has multiple domains), and select a LANDesk Agent Configuration all before the imaging process begins. The scripts provided are specific to my workplace, but I try to explain them so that others can take advantage of the techniques I am using to deploy Sysprep images at my job.