Windows CE OS images

This section explains how to prepare and capture a Windows CE thin client operating system image.

Note: Deploying an OS through LSB is not supported on Windows CE based HP thin client models t5550 and above.

Prepare the CE Reference Machine

Before you capture the image, you must install the HPCA agent on the Windows CE device.

See “Installing the HPCA Agent on HP Thin Client Devices” in the HP Client Automation Enterprise Installation and Upgrade Guide for details.

When you deploy an OS to a Windows CE device using Local Service Boot (LSB), there must be sufficient space available on the device to install and extract the LSB service. If the device reboots but fails to boot the Linux Service OS (SOS), the amount of “storage memory” allocated on the device may be insufficient—at least 10 MByte is required.

Follow these steps on the Windows CE device:

  1. Click Start.
  2. Select Settings > Control Panel.
  3. Click the System icon.
  4. Select the Memory tab.
  5. Use the slider on the left to increase the Storage Memory to 10 MByte or more.

Run the Image Preparation Wizard

  1. The Image Preparation Wizard performs the following tasks:
  2. Creates an object that contains information (including hardware and BIOS capabilities) about the reference machine.
  3. Restarts the reference machine into the service operating system (booted from the ImageCapture media). Based on the type of the capture, the capture process boots into either Linux or Windows PE Service OS.
  4. Creates and copies the following files to <InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload on the HPCA server.

    ImageName.IBR
    This file contains the image. Thin Client image files are the same size as the reference machine’s flash drive. Windows CE images can be deployed to target machines with flash drives of equal size. The file contains an embedded file system that will be accessible when the image is installed.

    ImageName.EDM
    This file contains the object containing inventory information.

    Note: While these files are being transferred, network speed will be less than optimal.

    A comprehensive log (machineID.log) is available in <InstallDir>\Data\OSManagerServer\upload after the image is deployed.


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