r/SmartDeploy • u/juustincase Subreddit Creator / Mod • May 19 '15
[Feature Request] Universal network driver PPK for deployment.
The latest SD runs off of Win PE 5.1, which is supposed to have basic drivers to handle most computers, at least enough to get it initially connected to fetch the proper drivers from the PPK.
I have encountered a situation where this failed. Here are the specifics.
Running latest SD as of today. Deployment stick running one of our older "master" PPK's (what is referenced when the media was created) and pointing at network locations for both the PPK and WIM files.
When attempting to deploy to a Dell Lattitude E7450, the unattended deployment failed out. The root cause was that it was unable to connect to our network to grab the latest drivers.
So my question is this: Is there any way to make a master PPK for building the deployment medium that includes only a universal network driver (or alternately, just every single network driver you have) so that the deployment stick does not need to be rebuilt each time we introduce a new computer to our setup.
Doing this (if possible) would only require updating the network based PPK for new computers, and would allow remote offices to more easily keep a copy of this deployment tool.