Applies to LANDESK Management Suite version 9.5, 9.5 SP1 and newer
How to Manage Drivers in WinPE for LANDESK Management Suite 9.5
Description
In order to perform imaging in LANDESK Management Suite the WinPE image used during the imaging process must contain drivers for devices such as the network adapter or hard drive controller.
In LDMS 9.5 additional drivers for Intel network cards, Intel hard drive controllers, and Intel USB3 have been included in the WinPE image for convenience.
The drivers for the WinPE image should match the version of the network boot image file being used (32-bit for boot.wim and 64-bit for boot_x64.wim), not the OS being deployed.
For adding drivers in LANDESK Management Suite 9.0 see How to add drivers to WinPE for LANDESK 9.0
Additional information about the WinPE version and required driver versions for each version of LANDESK Management Suite can be found at
WinPE Version Information by LANDESK Management Suite Version
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To manage drivers to the WinPE image for 9.5 use the following steps.
1. From the console go to Tools > Distribution > OS Deployment.
2. On the Operating System Deployment screen select “Manage the drivers in the WinPE Image.
3. Select the WinPE Image that you want to manage drivers in. The default selection (boot.wim) is the WinPE image used for 32-bit vBoot and PXE.
4. To manage drivers in the 64-bit WinPE image select "Others (For user specific image)" option. Browse and select the boot_x64.wim in the vboot directory where the default boot.wim is located.
5. The image file will be processed to open the WinPE image and gather the list of drivers currently in the WinPE image file.
6. Select add or remove to manage drivers. Note: Drivers that were included by Microsoft in the WinPE image cannot be removed. If the driver list is blank it indicates that the image file is mounted by another process and must be un-mounted before drivers can be added.You can do this by typing imagex /unmount in the command line. If nothing unmounts or this does not resolve the issue, check console.exe.log for an error in deleting a temporary file. (Path example, C:\Users\ldadmin\AppData\local\Temp\2\imgtmp\Apply) Navigate to this file and rename it. The image should open now and you should see all of the drivers and be able to add them as well.
7. When adding a driver a driver name must be provided. Using a name that easily identifies the driver and hardware is recommended for ease of use as additional drivers are added and removed. Browse to the location of the INF for the driver. Note: The driver must match version of the OS in the WinPE image, not the OS being deployed. The driver for the boot.wim must be a Windows 7 32-bit driver. The driver for the boot_x64.wim must be a Windows 64-bit driver.
Note: For LDMS 9.5 SP1 with later component patches, WinPE has been updated to version 4.0 based on Windows 8, and in Service Pack 2 it is updated to WinPE 5.0 based on Windows 8.1. Windows 8 drivers should be used in this case.
8. After the necessary drivers have been added, select Finish and the drivers will be injected to the image.
9. After the image has completed processing it is necessary to update existing PXE representatives. Instructions on updating PXE representatives can be found atThe specified document was not found.