Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Using CD-Based Images

You use a CD-based image if you want to distribute the network equivalent of CD-based installation functionality. This type of image is a replica of an operating system CD file structure, located across the network on a remote RIS server. You create CD-based images by running the Risetup wizard on a RIS server and using an operating system CD to create the image. This works much like an unattended install as described in Chapter 13. You can’t have a fully configured clone image using Risetup, but you can certainly distribute software and drivers by creating $OEM$ folders.

You always have at least one CD-based image. When you install remote installation services on your RIS server, it automatically creates one CD-based image ...