Preparing Discover Images

For client computers that do not support PXE booting, you can create boot disks using a DVD, a hard disk, or a UFD. You can create these disks by using the Windows DS administration tools or the Windows PE administration tools from the Windows AIK. The process begins by creating a Windows PE boot image using the Windows DS console or Wdsutil. After this image is created, a bootable disk is made using Oscdimg from the Windows AIK.

To create a discover image using the management console

  1. In the Windows DS management console, click Boot Images. Boot Images is under Servers, server name, where server name is the name of the Windows DS server.

  2. Right-click a boot image that you previously added to Windows DS to use as a discover ...

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