When I try to install the Boot Camp support software in Windows, I get the following error: I followed the instructions, first of the Boot Camp Assistant, then downloading the software from Apple support. When I try to use the external Superdrive (USB) drive in windows, I get a message from VMWare saying I need to download Boot Camp support software to be able to use the Superdrive drive. I installed the latest version of VMWare Fusion (6.02), then install version 8.1 of Windows Pro 64-bit. I have a MacBook Pro retina 13 end of 2013, running the Mavericks 10.9.1. Cue one happy Mac technician!īonus tip of the day: when sysprepping an 圆4 OS make sure you don’t get your unattend.Impossible to install Boot Camp support software Worst case scenario we have it backed up just before running sysprep so can change it if something important needs updating.Īfter hitting the enter button on the sysprep command line the process just works and as part of a DeployStudio workflow sets up Mac OS X and Windows with Boot Picker to give the user a choice at each logon. With this sorted we worked around the lack of ZCM add-on images by putting the install folder structure (Novell Client, ZCM Agent and Powershell scripts) directly on the base image as the Mac side is unlikely to change considerably in the near future. _WinWaitActivate("Boot Camp","You must restart your system for the configuration") _WinWaitActivate("Boot Camp","Boot Camp installer completed") #endregion - Au3Recorder generated code End. If Not WinActive($title,$text) Then WinActivate($title,$text) #EndRegion **** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI ****įunc _WinWaitActivate($title,$text,$timeout=0) #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_LegalCopyright=Created for HCFHE ILT team 2013 #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Description=Auto installer - Boot Camp Support Software #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Comment=AutoIt installer to automate dialog boxes The script is stored in SkyDrive and replicated below so you can take a look (note the location of the Boot Camp install files is C:\DRIVERS) #Region **** Directives created by AutoIt3Wrapper_GUI **** Unfortunately time was against us to test this out, maybe one for later on. The only issue I’ve had is it doesn’t seem to grab the final OK button to restart, seems like the AutoIT program times out and closes before the install process completes but I reckon a mandatory sleep of say, 10 minutes would do the job as I’ve included in the script snippet below. I found it needs the little delay initially to allow for the installer GUI to fully load (especially on 5400rpm HDD Mac Minis) but then picks up and does the job. That seemed far too much like hard work trawling through each Mac model and testing to make sure we didn’t miss anything so set about finding a plan B that could make use of the Apple installer.Īs always our good friend AutoIT comes up trumps, quite a simple one in the end really using a mixture of the Window Info tool (AU3Info.exe) and sending the correct sequence of keystrokes to whizz through the installer. Googling revealed that the Boot Camp software itself seems to be in MSI \ MSP format but drivers need to be extracted manually and installed by either DPInst or sysprep. The only downside was no built-in silent install switch (knew it was going too well!) so I set about looking at other options. I’d never seen the Boot Camp support software before so was pleasantly surprised that it seems to have been made with a bit of common sense (unlike some Windows-based Apple software I can think of!) and already has enough intelligence to install drivers for any Mac hardware it comes across via a single package. As with our PC imaging process the drivers need to go on before anything else in order to get a working NIC and needs to be hardware independent. This meant we’d have to build the base image again for the Macs (not a biggie as it’s very basic) but the question arose on how to automate the Boot Camp support software and drivers, followed by the usual ZCM scripts and Bundles. With that out the window our resident Mac expert Tristan Revell recommended sticking with the DeployStudio method we used successfully last year. Initially we did some brief experiments to see if ZCM could do the trick but that soon failed due to lack of PXE support on Macs (tried iPXE from CD with no success) plus the fact ZCM can’t process any sort of Mac file system. Having cracked the PC side of our Summer imaging project thoughts then turned to Macs and upgrading our existing dual-boot systems to match the nice shiny Windows 7 image deployed elsewhere.
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