My mind is going… or: Working with HALs

Posted by joelgibby on Thursday, 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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  • http://hdsurvivor.blogspot.com rob durkin

    Joel,

    Check out my post of reducing drive images: http://hdsurvivor.blogspot.com/2006/01/reducing-drive-images.html

    There are some more links to help with your HAL issues. BTW, I’ve heard Vista will not have the HAL limitation as it is a file-based image; so each time you image the PC it will be like a new install of Vista. Sorta.

    Also go to this article on TechNet by Shelly Bird, and click the link for Figure 1. It is a chart of compatible HAL types. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/05/TechniquesForSimp/default.aspx

    I have only two HAL types in the computers in my office, APIC UP and APIC MP. Most modern PCs are ACPI-compliant, then it’s just a question of uni or multi. It is best to go from mutli to uni, with this command in the sysprep.inf file: UpdateUPHAL=ACPIAPIC_UP,%WINDIR%\Inf\Hal.inf

    Good luck!

    -Rob

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