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XP Images Not Displayed in WDS PXE Setup

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Alex Gurney

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Apr 21, 2010, 3:41:47 PM4/21/10
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I've setup WDS on a Server 2003 R2 system. It appears to be working
properly (except as noted below).

I've loaded Windows 7 x86 boot WIMs and created a capture and recovery
WIM.

I've successfully created a Windows XP image (syspreped) of a Thinkpad
x31 model 2673 using the Capture image, though it had a problem
uploading it afterwards (I initially stored the image on C: drive). I
connected a network drive manually and then copied the image to the
server where I then imported it into WDS. No apparent problems.

I reboot the system and attempt to deploy the image as a test. PXE
works properly and the Setup boot option works as expected. I'm
prompted for credentials, which I provide, and am displayed an empty
image list. If I open a command prompt, I'm able to map a drive (so I
know I have network drivers in the boot.wim appropriate for this
system). I checked the HAL type and I'm finding acpi-up images.
(Besides, I JUST created the image on the same system).

I've checked all the permissions in all the places I can think of and
haven't seen anything to suggest it's a permissions issue.

So I ran imagex manually and applied the image - it worked flawlessly
(from the file that I imported into WDS). So if the image is clearly
good... why won't WDS display the option to install it from Setup?

I did enable a level of logging on WDS and found this... but I've not
been able to figure out anything further using it:
[4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv][RPC][Ep:{D8DEEB5A-
EFFD-43B2-99FC-1A8A5921C227}] Request Received From:192.168.10.129 Len:
208 Auth:Yes [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] ->
VerifyAndDispatchClientRequest [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] ->
HandlerImageEnumeration [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] ->
pAddImagesToReply [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] -> pAddImageToReply
[4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] Image enumerated: Group [D410], Name [XP
Pro Image from Feb 23 2010], File Name [Images\D410\XP-
SP3-2010-02-23.WIM], Index [1].
[4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] <- pAddImageToReply=0 [4452] 17:07:31:
[WdsImgSrv] -> pAddImageToReply [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] Image
enumerated: Group [X31-2672], Name [IBM ThinkPad X31 Type 2672 as of
2010-01-08], File Name [Images\X31-2672\IBM-X31-2672.WIM], Index [1].
[4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] <- pAddImageToReply=0 [4452] 17:07:31:
[WdsImgSrv] -> pAddImageToReply [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] Image
enumerated: Group [X31-2673], Name [IBM Thinkpad X31 Image as of
2010-01-06], File Name [Images\X31-2673\IBM-X31-2673.WIM], Index [1].
[4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] <- pAddImageToReply=0 [4452] 17:07:31:
[WdsImgSrv] -> pAddImageToReply [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] Image
enumerated: Group [X31-2673], Name [IBM Thinkpad X31-2673 -
2010-04-16], File Name [Images\X31-2673\Image2010-04-16.WIM], Index
[1].
[4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] <- pAddImageToReply=0 [4452] 17:07:31:
[WdsImgSrv] <- pAddImagesToReply=0 [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] <-
HandlerImageEnumeration=0 [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv] <-
VerifyAndDispatchClientRequest=0 [4452] 17:07:31: [WdsImgSrv][RPC][Ep:
{D8DEEB5A-EFFD-43B2-99FC-1A8A5921C227}] Reply To:192.168.10.129 Len:
10496

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