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I'm pretty sure you will have to convert your old RIS images to WIMs to work on Server 2008's WDS. &nbsp;Take a look at this step by step guide as it does discuss some of the questions you asked.<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771670.aspx#BKMK_155" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771670.aspx#BKMK_155</a><br />
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Thanks,<br />
Brian
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I'm pretty sure you will have to convert your old RIS images to WIMs to work on Server 2008's WDS.  Take a look at this step by step guide as it does discuss some of the questions you asked.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771670.aspx#BKMK_155 [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771670.aspx#BKMK_155]

Thanks,
Brian

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I have an existing Windows 2003 WDS server in mixed mode with a number of LEGACY images on it (from RIS), we are shortly going to move Windows 2008 (new hardware, fresh install) but I need my legacy images to work:<br />
- Can Windows 2008 WDS even exist in mixed mode?<br />
- Can I move my legacy images from my 2003-2008 server?<br />
- Can I migrate ALL my WDS images (boot images, install images etc) from 2003-2008?<br />
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Thanks<br />
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I have an existing Windows 2003 WDS server in mixed mode with a number of LEGACY images on it (from RIS), we are shortly going to move Windows 2008 (new hardware, fresh install) but I need my legacy images to work:
- Can Windows 2008 WDS even exist in mixed mode?
- Can I move my legacy images from my 2003-2008 server?
- Can I migrate ALL my WDS images (boot images, install images etc) from 2003-2008?

Thanks



(Windows Deployment (WDS) legacy images

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).