Deployment Solution

Hi all,
I'm using Deployment Solution 7.1 to capture an hardware independant Windows XP master then to deploy it onto various hardwares.

The process I use to capture:
. prepare for image capture
. create deployment image (ghost)
. reboot to production

The process I use to deploy:
. reboot to WinPE
. deploy image (using DeployAnywhere 7.1 and "Generate Sysprep configuration file using inventory data" option)
. Restart to production
. Apply System configuration

I have no error with capture but two with deployment:
- on every hardware (with the exception of the one of the master), audio and video drivers are not correctly installed.
=> do you know the format drivers have to respect to be integrable in DriversDB?

- the main problem is for Dell Optiplex GX620 which, after the reboot following the Apply System Configuration task, freeze on Windows XP Splashscreen (every new reboot also fails). Then I have no other solution than restoring a back-up image.

Has anybody met such problem (on this hardware specifically or on another one)?

Regards

I know the Optiplex's we have use a sound driver (Soundmax integrated audio) that if you download it from Dell's site includes an executable and deployanywhere doesn't know how to handle drivers that include executable installs.  I think it may stop us from using altiris as a hardware independent solution because it effects every desktop we have.  I have a ticket with support on it.  I haven't tested with XP though, only win7

SRO,

As Sally mentioned above the DeployAnywhere can not import the drivers which are in the exe or msi format , this is a limitation ritght now.

To add these drivers you can have the extracted drivers with you , wherein the extracted folder has all drivers files i.e. INF , SYS , CAT , DLL ; Addition of these drivers should work fine ;

Can you let us know by not selecting Apply system configuration task , if the target machin is up and running without any issue and applied all the drivers which are matching and present in the driver DB ; so that we will find if the problem is with DeployAnywhere or Apply System Configuration task.

Also can you share the driver which you have added in to the driver DB