Overview

Now that we have discussed driver essentials and the importance of the system information file and the driver file, let's go into detail about how to actually make them available in Remote Installation Services, where to include the files, and how to work with Remote Installation Services once the files are available.

Highlights:

• Understand what a distribution point is

• Understand the content of different folders

• Understand specific use of $OEM$ subfolders

• Understand what "one-image-fits-all" really means

The Remote Installation Services file share is by default shared as "REMINST." The default folder name is "RemoteInstall." The real structure indicates a rather logical setup:

<b class="bold">RemoteInstall</b> (shared as REMINST, all Remote Installation Services               files are placed below)    <b class="bold">Admin</b> (this is where the global administration tools are           located)    <b class="bold">OSChooser</b> (this is where options for text-mode setup               are defined)        <b class="bold">Setup</b> (top-level folder for all images)             <b class="bold">[Language of image]</b> (a language folder is created for                                ...