Remove the boot media message after imaging

Products

• Ghost Solution Suite

Issue/Introduction

When using a USB boot disk or ISO to boot to WinPE for imaging, the automation agent prompts to 'Remove boot media' after imaging and automation tasks are complete.

Remove boot media
'Please remove the Boot Media and Click OK.'

With this prompt, an end user must manually click 'OK' before the client machine will reboot to production Windows.

This message appears even if the boot media is removed right after WinPE is loaded on the client.

This may be problematic for administrators who manually boot to automation but manage the client through jobs/tasks from the console.

Environment

Ghost Solution Suite 3.x

Cause

The automation DAgent checks which boot device was used to boot to WinPE. If the value equals CDROM, DVD, or USB, the prompt is seen after imaging, even if the boot media is manually removed before the message

Resolution

The automation DAgent check for what boot device was used can be skipped by changing the 'ALTIRIS_BOOTDEVICE' variable in your boot disk configuration.

Add the following or a similar line to the 'userenv.bat' file included with a Boot Disk Configuration

The variable needs to be changed to something other than 'CDROM', 'DVD', or 'USB' to bypass the check.

Once the variable is modified, save the boot disk configurations and rebuild the boot media. Use the new rebuilt boot media to boot to WinPE.