Creating a Windows or Linux Boot Environment

Create a Windows boot environment

Create a Linux boot Environment

Update Windows drivers

Set new KBE as default for the appliance

Hide boot environments from the PXE boot menu

Best practices: Create a KACE Boot Environment (KBE) for Windows

You can create a KACE Boot Environment (KBE) for Windows systems using the KACE Media Manager. For Linux systems, when you upload a Linux source media, the appliance automatically creates a Linux boot environment.

For Windows boot environments, install the Windows ADK and the KACE Media Manager on the Administrator device where you installed the appliance. The Windows ADK provides network card drivers that the KBE requires to boot target devices. Target devices must be on the same network as the appliance.

You can import a KBE from a different location, by exporting the KBE from a different appliance, and saving the exported .pkg file to the appliance restore directory. See Import appliance components.

NOTE: The KBE for Windows contains fonts for most scripts, such as Latin, Greek, and Cyrillic. If you add Asian fonts after you build the KBE, the appliance requires that you rebuild the KBE. By default, the embedded font support in the KBE is disabled. You can enable font support using the language options on the Language page.