Hello,

I have created a WinPE network Boot with Boot Disk Creator. Here are the steps.

1. Launch Boot Disk Creator (BDC).
2. Create a configuration. Select New COnfiguration from the File Menu.
3. Complete the Wizard.
4. Step 1 of 6 of the Boot Disk Type. Click Cancel. So u are presented with summary of the configuration you created.
5. on the configuration name folder do a right click, Select NEw | Folder | Name the folder image
6. Hopefully you will have an image that will fit on a DVD :). Windows explorer browse to your image and do a copy of the image, bring back BDC and paste the image to the folder image.
Note. Here you could add rdeploy to the same folder, or the image could be a self executing file.
7. Finally create the network boot (iso) and burn the dvd an give it a world. To make sure this is what your want, load up the iso in VMWare and test it untill you have what you want.

Hope this works.

--Nelo

Program files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Bootwiz\Configs

This is the location the boot config is stored. You can go there and add or make changes to files for boot config or image.
Startup.bat would be a file you can start with. To add or point to a script.

Curtis Windham
ACC-Capitalholdings
cwindham@acc-ch.com

Thanks for the information, however when I do as you suggested I get an error message "Error Creating File." Do you know what this error is about?

This is whats in my startup.bat file:

@echo off
if defined debug (echo on) else (echo off)
if not defined echo (set dbg=rem) else (set dbg=)

REM =======================================
REM CustomActions=Add user custom actions to this file...
REM Version=6.8 SP2
REM -------------------------------------------------

Can you tell me what should be in this batch file to make my CD bootable?

Thanks.

@echo off
if defined debug (echo on) else (echo off)
REM ================================================
REM CustomActions=Add user custom actions to this file...
REM Version=6.8
REM -----------------------------------------------
wndctl -minimize
RDEPLOY.EXE -MD -D1 -F "v:\Backup\HP DC5000\FactoryHP.img"
peshutdown /shutdown

This should be a basic boot to get a image from a network share drive for install. I would remove line 3 in yours. "if not defined echo (set dbg=rem) else (set dbg=)"

Curtis Windham
ACC-Capitalholdings
cwindham@acc-ch.com

I still can't get my DVD's to boot. I've gone throught the Boot Disk Creator wizard, I've edited the startnet.cmd and the startup.bat files and I still can't get them to boot. This is what I have:

Startup.bat
@echo off
if defined debug (echo on) else (echo off)
REM ================================================
REM CustomActions=Add user custom actions to this file...
REM Version=6.8
REM -----------------------------------------------
wndctl -minimize
RDEPLOY.EXE -MD -D1 -F "F:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Images\Windows\XPJUN08.exe"
peshutdown /shutdown

Startnet.cmd
@echo off

%SYSTEMROOT%\XPJUN08.exe -nooem

exit

REM everything and boot. It should boot you to a command prompt. check to see if it is mapping your "F" drive.
If it is then type the RDEPLOY.EXE -MD -D1 -F "F:\Program Files\Altiris\eXpress\Deployment Server\Images\Windows\XPJUN08.exe"

See if that runs.

Takes a lot of time but breaking it down should help find the error.

Curtis Windham
ACC-Capitalholdings
cwindham@acc-ch.com