Install Using a Catalog and a Configuration File (Standard 8)

7/8/2014

Learn how to create a configuration set for Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) by using a configuration file and Image Configuration Editor (ICE).

After you use Image Configuration Editor (ICE) to capture your image requirements in a configuration file, you use Image Builder with the configuration file to build and install the image on the device. After you have built and installed the Windows Embedded 8 Standard (Standard 8) image, you can restart your device and begin testing the new image immediately.

You start Image Builder differently depending on the media type of your bootable utility disk. For more information about bootable utility disks, see Automatically Create a Bootable Utility USB Flash Drive.

Prerequisites

• You have a reference device that meets the Requirements for an Embedded Device.
• You have a bootable utility disk for Standard 8.
• You have a configuration file for Standard 8 that you have validated in ICE and saved to a location that your device can access, such as a network share. For more information, see Resolve Dependencies in a Configuration File in Image Configuration Editor.
• If your device does not have a DVD-ROM drive, you have stored a copy of the Standard 8 catalog and tools to a USB flash drive or to a network location.

To start Image Builder by using the Standard 8 product DVD

1. On the development computer, copy the configuration file to a location that the device can access while running Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE) 4.0. For example, copy the configuration file to a USB flash drive or to a network location.

2. Start the device.

3. On the device, insert the Standard 8 product DVD appropriate to your device's architecture.

4. Restart the device into Windows PE 4.0 by using the Standard 8 product DVD.

5. At the command prompt on the device, start Image Builder with the configuration file.

   If the configuration file is on the network, you will have to map a drive to the network share before you start Image Builder.

   For example, if the DVD-drive on the device is drive E, and the configuration file is named Autounattend.xml and is on a network drive mapped to drive Z, type the following:

   E:\setup.exe /unattend:Z:\autounattend.xml

   Image Builder starts to build the image using the configuration file.

   Image Builder shows a dialog box for errors or additional required information unless you configured your configuration file to be unattended (for more information, see Configure a Configuration File to be Unattended). After Image Builder builds the image, it installs the new image on the device.

To start Image Builder by using a bootable utility CD-ROM

1. On the development computer, copy the configuration file to a location that the device can access while running Windows PE 4.0. For example, copy the configuration file to a USB flash drive or to a network location.

2. Start the device.

3. On the device, insert the bootable utility CD-ROM.

4. Turn off the device.

5. Restart the device into Windows PE 4.0 by using the bootable utility CD-ROM.

6. To prepare access to the Standard 8 catalog and tools, use one of the following procedures:

   • If the catalog and tools are stored on a USB flash drive, insert the USB flash drive in the device.
   • If the catalog and tools are on the network, map a drive to the network share.

7. At the command prompt on the device, start Image Builder with the configuration file.

   If the configuration file is on the network, you will have to map a drive to the network share before you start Image Builder.

   For example, if the catalog and tools are on a network share that is mapped to drive Z, and the configuration file is named Autounattend.xml and is on a network drive mapped to drive Y, type the following:

   Z:\setup.exe /unattend:Y:\autounattend.xml

   Image Builder starts to build the image using the configuration file.

   Image Builder shows a dialog box for errors or additional required information unless you configured your configuration file to be unattended (for more information, see Configure a Configuration File to be Unattended). After Image Builder builds the image, it installs the new image on the device.

To start Image Builder by using a bootable utility USB flash drive

1. On the development computer, copy the configuration file to a location that the device can access while running Windows PE 4.0. For example, copy the configuration file to a USB flash drive or to a network location.

2. On the device, insert the bootable utility USB flash drive.

3. Start the device into Windows PE 4.0 using the bootable utility USB flash drive.

4. To prepare access to the Standard 8 catalog and tools, use one of the following procedures:

   • If the catalog and tools are stored on a USB flash drive, insert the USB flash drive in the device.
   • If the catalog and tools are on the network, map a drive to the network share.

   Note

   Paths to catalogs greater than 90 characters may result in failures if the Windows max_path is exceeded. These errors can be difficult to troubleshoot, so we recommend that you use short paths and mappings to avoid this problem.

5. At the command prompt on the device, start Image Builder with the configuration file.

   Image Builder starts to build the image using the configuration file.

   Image Builder shows a dialog box for errors or additional required information unless you configured your configuration file to be unattended (for more information, see Configure a Configuration File to be Unattended). After Image Builder builds the image, it installs the new image on the device.

Next Steps

After you have built and installed an image using Image Builder, the next step is to customize the image. See Customize Images.

See Also

Tasks

Configure a Configuration File to be Unattended

Other Resources

Begin an Installation with a Configuration File