“Doesn’t the boot wim selection for the task sequence control which wim gets used to boot a device? That’s been my experience.”
That is correct, but the boot WIM associated with the task sequence from the newest advertisement for a client will be the one that SCCM offers up via PXE. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Mote, Todd Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 11:50 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Post R2 Upgrade, PXE and default boot image selection Doesn’t the boot wim selection for the task sequence control which wim gets used to boot a device? That’s been my experience. Using WDS for a boot selector isn’t theory, we use it, a lot. It’s a pain in the sense that you have to open the wim and copy the SMS data folder from the media ISO to inside the wim to get it to work, but it works great after that. From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Chris Nackers Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:45 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Post R2 Upgrade, PXE and default boot image selection Trevor is correct, the simplest way to test is to use media. That’s my usual recommendation to people, that’s the quickest and easiest way to test. You could in theory use WDS outside of the native ConfigMgr configuration to provide a boot image selection, but that’s a bit of a pain. Chris Nackers Microsoft MVP – Enterprise Client Management Email: ch...@nackersconsulting.com<mailto:ch...@nackersconsulting.com> Nackers Consulting Services, LLC From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Trevor Sullivan Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:38 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Post R2 Upgrade, PXE and default boot image selection In that case, I would recommend testing your WinPE 5.0 image via a USB Flash Drive. Once you have thoroughly tested it with your Windows 8.1 and Windows 7 task sequences, you can remove the WinPE 4.0 boot image, distribute the WinPE 5.0 boot image to your Distribution Points, and then reassign the WinPE 5.0 boot image to your task sequences, essentially making that conversion. Cheers, Trevor Sullivan From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Brian McDonald Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:34 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Post R2 Upgrade, PXE and default boot image selection I believe this is correct. But, what if I want to have the ability for my techs to select which boot image to use (boot manager screen). Is this doable and if so, how? Thank you, Brian ________________________________ From: ch...@nackersconsulting.com<mailto:ch...@nackersconsulting.com> To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: RE: [MDT-OSD] Post R2 Upgrade, PXE and default boot image selection Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 15:29:43 +0000 If memory serves, the boot image delivered by PXE will be the boot image assigned to the most recent Task Sequence deployed. Chris Nackers Microsoft MVP – Enterprise Client Management Email: ch...@nackersconsulting.com<mailto:ch...@nackersconsulting.com> Nackers Consulting Services, LLC From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com> [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] On Behalf Of Brian McDonald Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 10:05 AM To: mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com<mailto:mdtosd@lists.myitforum.com> Subject: [MDT-OSD] Post R2 Upgrade, PXE and default boot image selection I have recently upgraded to R2 and have some questions around the boot images and task sequences. I previously came from an SP1 CU3 environment. I had full support setup for Windows 7 in my environment. In my environment I was using the default boot image created during the initial SCCM 2012 SP1 installation process. This boot image is now my default boot image for PXE. I recently created a new WinPE 5.0 boot image that I'd like to use for testing Windows 8.1 deployments. However, I do not want to break my current PXE process as I have technicians actively deploying Windows 7 in my environment. What options do I have to setup my new WinPE 5.0 boot image and still allow my techs to continue to deploy Win7 with the current boot image? How do I control which boot image PXE will use? Is it the most recently deployed boot image? Can I enable support so we can pick and choose which boot image to use? IF so, how? Thanks, Brian ********************************************************** Electronic Mail is not secure, may not be read every day, and should not be used for urgent or sensitive issues
