The image of the original installation media created on the reference machine is deployed to target devices. Before using the HPCA Windows Native Install Packager to create the image, ensure that you have the HPCA media, and that the reference machine meets the following requirements:
Note: Note that FAT32 cannot be expanded after deployed. NTFS can be expanded and is the default.
Caution: All data on the target drive will be lost.
C:
drive, with the HPCA Windows Native Install Packager software already installed. See Task 3: Install the HPCA Windows Native Install Package.i386
directory from your operating system media.You can slipstream any necessary service packs into this directory. See the readme.txt
file associated with each service pack for more information about how to do this.
Note: Windows setup will not allow you to run the setup for an older version of Windows. For example:
If your device is running Windows 2003 Server, you cannot use the i386
directory for Windows XP.
unattend.txt
You can create the file manually or use Windows Setup Manager on your Windows media. Sample files are available on the Image Capture media in the \samples
directory.