andyharvey Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Hi AllI'm hoping someone can help with this strange issue.I've created a custom Server 2008 R2 build, I needed to add some files to c:\windows\system32 so here's what I did;Extracted the install.wim from the Server 2008 R2 DVDMounted the install.wim using gimagex ensuring the read/write option is enabled (mount tab)Added the required files to the relevant folders in the mount pointTicked the box in gimagex to commit changes and unmounted the install.wimAdded the updated install.wim to my custom build filesBurnt the custom build to a DVDThe files being added are basically .vbs scripts which are called from the unattend.xml and customise the server for our environment. When I use my custom build and choose '2008 R2 ServerStandard' from the standard OS menu everything works fine. If I choose '2008 R2 ServerEnterprise' the custom files are not added and an error message appears as the call from the unattend.xml is made. If I let the server build continue and then get to a desktop I search for the files and none of them have been added.Its almost as if a different install.wim is used for Server Enterprise, has anyone come across this issue before? Am I missing something simple?Thanks is advanceAndy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJinje Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 That is because you only made changes in one image. There are 8 images inside the R2 WIM. Use the "Info" tab in GimageX for more details. Basically you need to make all your changes in every image you want them to appear in. In your case I would change things inside the image for "2008 R2 ServerEnterprise" as well as the Standard image. Same thing goes for Drivers and Integrating Updates offline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizban2 Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 follow the same steps you did for standard but for the Enterprise build as well, opening a Image for a specific build (std, ent, web etc) only opens that image. new files added are only given flags to be deployed with the image they were saved into. if you re-add the same files to the enterprise build, the pointers will be added to the exist files saving space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyharvey Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 Oohh, I see the penny has dropped!Thanks very much for the information above, for anyone else using GimageX you need to choose the image you want to work on using the + and - buttons next to the 'Image' field in the Mount tab.For info, here are the relevant images and thier numbersImage 1 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERSTANDARDImage 2 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCOREImage 3 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERENTERPRISEImage 4 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERENTERPRISECOREImage 5 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERDATACENTERImage 6 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERDATACENTERCOREImage 7 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEBImage 8 = Server 2008 R2 SERVERWEBCORE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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