PnP profile - image deployment

Hi there,
Im currently having an issues getting the image deployment process to work when using plug and play autoinstall. i believe the issues is with the image location. I tried various locations but seems to only get errors and distribution failed
the location I’ve tried so far.
flash
flash:/
flash:\
flash1
flash:/temp
i get error code 502, access environment variable failed op can not make temporary directory
Could anyone tell me what should the image location be?
I appreciate any help with this problem.
Thanks you
Roy

Hi Roy,
I had this problem too. In my case, "flash:/" worked but to find out what the correct format is,
Do a dir on the directory where you want it to go to and use whatever is after "Directory of".
#dir
Directory of flash:/
2 -rwx 6168 Aug 11 2014 09:13:58 -04:00 multiple-fs
3 -rwx 10736 Jul 24 2014 14:31:30 -04:00 vlan.dat
5 -rwx 14553472 Feb 10 2014 11:33:24 -05:00 c2960s-universalk9-mz.150-2.SE5.bin
6 -rwx 2092 Aug 11 2014 09:13:57 -04:00 private-config.text
7 -rwx 27877 Aug 11 2014 09:13:57 -04:00 config.text
605 drwx 512 Feb 28 1993 19:49:55 -05:00 dc_profile_dir
Hope that helps,
AG

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