Before HII was implemented in Altiris Deployment solution, we used various tricks to roll out an image to various machines. The Deployment Server script started a file called HWdetect, and that checked for the hardware and started the correct HAL and drivers.
With the sysprep.inf file in one of my previous articles this HWdetect script did the job.
Rem HWDetect for Deployment of Images Rem This batchfile is called from the 'Instal computer...' events Rem It Determines what type of hardware it's dealing with, so it can Rem select the right image file and adjust the sysprep.inf for the right HAL. Rem %1 is coming from Run Script and is %ID% set Sysprep=Sysprep.inf Set Configs=f:\Deploy\Sysprep Set Tools=f:\Deploy\Sysprep Set BiosFile=SMBIOSD.TXT F:\Deploy\Tools\smbiosd /t=1 > a:\net\smbios.txt rem Check for client Station model -> HP d530 CMT F:\Deploy\Tools\find /i "HP d530 CMT" a:\net\smbios.txt if errorlevel 1 goto Cont Copy F:\Deploy\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf F:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf /FROM UpdateUPHAL= /TO UpdateUPHAL=\034ACPIAPIC_UP,\037WINDIR\037\Inf\Hal.inf\034 f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\temp\%1.dt /FROM \060OU\062 /TO SBCXP\047Werkplekken\047ClientStation set image=basis.img set type=DESKTOP set model=D530CMT goto end :Cont rem Check for Functional Workstation -> HP d530 USDT F:\Deploy\Tools\find /i "HP d530 USDT" a:\net\smbios.txt if errorlevel 1 goto cont2 Copy F:\Deploy\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf F:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf /FROM UpdateUPHAL= /TO UpdateUPHAL=\034ACPIAPIC_UP,\037WINDIR\037\Inf\Hal.inf\034 f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\temp\%1.dt /FROM \060OU\062 /TO SBCXP\047Werkplekken\047Functie set image=basis.img set type=DESKTOP Set Model=D530USDT goto end :Cont2 rem Check for Functional Workstation -> HP Compaq dc7100 SFF F:\Deploy\Tools\find /i "dc7100" a:\net\smbios.txt if errorlevel 1 goto Cont3 Copy F:\Deploy\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf F:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf /FROM UpdateUPHAL= /TO UpdateUPHAL=\034ACPIAPIC_UP,\037WINDIR\037\Inf\Hal.inf\034 f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\temp\%1.dt /FROM \060OU\062 /TO SBCXP\047Werkplekken\047Functie set image=basis.img set type=DESKTOP set Model=DC7100 goto end :Cont3 rem Check for Functional Workstation -> HP Compaq dc7600 SFF F:\Deploy\Tools\find /i "dc7600" a:\net\smbios.txt if errorlevel 1 goto Cont4 Copy F:\Deploy\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf F:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf /FROM UpdateUPHAL= /TO UpdateUPHAL=\034ACPIAPIC_UP,\037WINDIR\037\Inf\Hal.inf\034 f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\temp\%1.dt /FROM \060OU\062 /TO SBCXP\047Werkplekken\047Functie set image=basis.img set type=DESKTOP set Model=DC7600 goto end :Cont4 rem Check for Laptop model ->hp Compaq nc6000 f:\Deploy\Tools\find /i "nc6000" a:\net\smbios.txt if errorlevel 1 goto Cont5 Copy F:\Deploy\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf F:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf /FROM UpdateUPHAL= /TO ;UpdateUPHAL= f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\temp\%1.lt /FROM \060OU\062 /TO SBCXP\047Werkplekken\047Mobiel set image=basis.img set type=LAPTOP set model=NC6000 :Cont5 rem Check for Laptop model ->hp Compaq nc6120 f:\Deploy\Tools\find /i "nc6120" a:\net\smbios.txt if errorlevel 1 goto end Copy F:\Deploy\Sysprep\Sysprep.inf F:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\Deploy\Sysprep\%1.inf /FROM UpdateUPHAL= /TO ;UpdateUPHAL= f:\Deploy\Tools\CHANGE f:\temp\%1.lt /FROM \060OU\062 /TO SBCXP\047Werkplekken\047Mobiel set image=basis.img set type=LAPTOP set model=NC6120 goto end :End :: CALL F:\Deploy\Tools\SetBIOS.Bat
Use it to your advantage.
Regards Erik Westhovens