USB Image Driver Injection (4277098)

When deploying an image from a USB drive, it does not connect to the K2000 and mount the drivers_postinstall share, therefore we need to manually copy the appropriate drivers to the usb key.

This method was deprecated in KACE SDA version 8.2.

Please follow the new steps, involving the new method for USB offline Imaging.
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The USB Key should already contain the KBE installed, see here for steps to create USB KACE boot environment. 

Check the box to include Driver Feed on the system image detail page, then follow the steps below.

Step 1 - Create your USB Image deployment

1. Browse to the detail page of your system image
2. Click on 'Create bootable USB flash drive image for this System Image'
3. Install Boot Environment to USB flash drive
   • Navigate to Deployments >|Boot Environments
   • Click on the KBE you want to use with your image deployment. Make sure the architecture of the KBE matches the architecture of the image.
   • Click on the checkbox 'Create bootable USB flash drive image for this Boot Environment' and click Save.
   • Wait for the background process to complete, then click on the 'Download bootable USB flash drive image for this Boot Environment' link
   • Unzip the downloaded ZIP archive and run install.exe. This process will format the USB flash drive.
4. Install Image to USB flash drive
   • Download the USB Image Installer from the detail page of your system image
   • Unzip the downloaded ZIP archive and run install.bat  from the command line, where usb_drive is the drive letter for the USB flash drive. Make sure to include the colon after the drive letter (e.g. install.bat g:).

Creating an image deployment for UEFI image see here for additional information regarding image size and FAT32 formatting.

Step 2 - Copy dependencies to the USB flash drive

1. Browse to USB Key and make sure that the drivers_postinstall directory exists, create it if it does not.
2. Access the drivers_postinstall share on the K2000 (e.g. \\k2000\drivers_postinstall)
3. Copy the contents of the 'feed_tools' directory from the K2000 drivers_postinstall share into the USB drive's root location.

Step 3 - Copy drivers to the USB flash drive

1. We will now create folders inside of the USB drive's 'drivers_postinstall' folder to duplicate what is in the K2000's drivers_postinstall share. If you aren't certain about the folder structure please refer to your K2000's drivers_postinstall share as a reference or read the KB article on setting up the drivers_postinstall structure.
2. Access the drivers_postinstall share on the K2000 (e.g. \\k2000\drivers_postinstall)
3. Navigate into the manufacturer and operating system folders until you find the model folder of the system you will be deploying. Right click and copy this directory. Take note of the folder path in the address bar (e.g. \\k2000\drivers_postinstall\dell\windows_7_x64)
4. Inside the “drivers_postinstall” on your usb drive, create a directory with the manufacturer of the computer you are deploying (e.g. 'dell' from the example above).
5. Inside manufacturer folder, create a directory with the name and architecture of the operating system you are deploying (e.g. 'windows_7_x64' from the example above).
6. Paste the model directory that was copied in bullet 3.
7. Repeat bullets 3-6 for as many models as you need, you are only limited by the size of the usb drive.