MDT Deployment links

Below are some of the links that I have used over the last few years to build up the MDT environment.

Deployment Fundamentals (book)

DeploymentCD – Step by step guides and tutorials

MDT links:
http://www.deployvista.com/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/benhunter/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/deploymentguys/

Sample Windows XP Sysprep file (resolves 0x0000007b errors)

Hardware lookup by vendor and device code (useful for troubleshooting device drivers on unidentified hardware):
http://www.pcidatabase.com

Application silent install switches:
http://www.appdeploy.com

MDT Lenovo Custom Model Example

http://smulpuru.wordpress.com/2011/02/16/mdt-custom-variable-for-lenovo-model-drivergroup/

Blog post provides a customized ZTIGather.wsf file that will generate human useable names for Lenovo model PCs. A very useful capability for any shops that utilize any Lenovo systems...

Fedora 14 USB media (Built in Fedora)

Download Fedora installation media

Install Live USB Creator application:yum -y install livecd-tools

Plug in USB flash drive

Run livecd-iso-to-disk to copy the ISO to USB flash drive: livecd-iso-to-disk /path/to/image.iso /dev/sdb1 (Change the drive as necessary)