Hi there.
Can sonmeone please clear something up for me? I'm still learning so this maybe a little 'rookie' for some.
I have read somewhere that when you capture a WIM image, the HAL is disconnected, so effectively you could put any WIM image on any hardware. Is this true? If so are thereany limitations?
I help run a business which looks after schools, we have around 36 on our books. In each school we map out just two images. A curriculum image, for pupils and teachers, and an admin image (which doesnt contain the curriculum sofware) for the admin/clerical staff. Up until now I have always built an image on each hardware type, then uploaded an image to the server. This new information tells me that i'm doing it wrong and I should just build two images for each site, then continually inject drivers to the WIM image as I come accross new hardware.
So lets say I have a curriculum image, with all the school software on. I then capture this up to the server using MDT2012. Later, the school buy a new laptop for a new teacher and it is a completely different model to the rest in school. If I deploy down my curriculum image and there are 3 or 4 drivers missing, I can simply mount the WIM using ImageX and inject the missing drivers, then from that point on I can image the same model laptop with having to chase drivers.
Have I understood this correct?
Regards JH