My mind is going… or: Working with HALs

Posted by joelgibby on May 11, 2006 · View Comments 

Here are some initial resources as I’m beginning to delve into the area of Hardware Abstraction Layers during our image build cycle. We’re looking at what HAL types can be mapped to others and which are incompatible to begin to consolidate some of our system images. Some Microsoft kb articles:

How to Troubleshoot Windows 2000 Hardware Abstraction Layer Issues

How to force a Hardware Abstraction Layer during an upgrade or an installation of Windows XP

HAL options after Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 Setup

More information to follow once we begin to more fully understand the copncept of Hardware Abstraction Layers.

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