Create a Windows Server 2008 R2 DVD for Installation of the EFI

Is there an official method of production of compatible installation media EFI for Windows Server 2008 R2.
I created successfully using a rough method to recreate an iso using the original media and oscdimg.exe set out in a number of unoffical positions elsewhere.  However, I ran into another issue that fits the description that is described in the following article.

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/975535

I expected that the fix provided in this article would have been incorporated in SP1 of Server 2008 R2 version, but has been unpleasantly surprised to find that there was still no support. I'm more than happy to include the fix in the media but it seems that the files are identical apart from the creation date.

I have completely updated the firmware of my server to set the server up to EFI Shell Version 2 which I hoped would solve some problems, but this did not help either.

It seems EFI will be the way forward because of size limits of hard drive on startup disks until when can we expect a real sollution?

If anyone has any experience with this issue so any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you

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