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    george1421 Moderator @robertkwild
    last edited by Sep 24, 2021, 2:01 PM

    @robertkwild said in win10 boot menu options for uefi:

    kernel nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/wimboot
    initrd nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/10-21h1/boot/bcd bcd
    initrd nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/10-21h1/boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
    initrd nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/10-21h1/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
    boot

    This WILL boot the windows iso image into memory. The problem as I mentioned before is that this installer expects/demands the install files be on a local drive (dvd/usb) and not dispatched over the network. That is why in my tutorial I tell the reader to install the files on a CIFS file share then create their own winpe image to boot up to the network then connect to the CIFS share and run the windows setup program from there. That way you can install over the network using a network file share.

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      robertkwild @george1421
      last edited by Sep 24, 2021, 5:24 PM

      @george1421 can I alter the boot.wim from the existing windows 10 installation file or do I have to do it via winpe boot.wim file

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        george1421 Moderator @robertkwild
        last edited by Sep 24, 2021, 6:00 PM

        @robertkwild said in win10 boot menu options for uefi:

        can I alter the boot.wim from the existing windows 10 installation file or do I have to do it via winpe boot.wim file

        I can’t answer that. I’ve never used the default microsoft one. I’ve always created a custom winpe image. That way in the batch file I use to do the winpeinit I can mount the CIFS share as Z:. Change to Z: and run the winsetup.exe program.

        But again I don’t go about installing windows 10 from dvd any more. I use MDT to create the golden image and then use FOG to deploy the golden image. There are valid use cases for doing it the way you proposed, so it not wrong. We’ve just decided to take a different approach. FWIW, you can pxe boot into MDT too using the same process as you have here, since it is a winpe image.

        Please help us build the FOG community with everyone involved. It's not just about coding - way more we need people to test things, update documentation and most importantly work on uniting the community of people enjoying and working on FOG!

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          robertkwild @george1421
          last edited by robertkwild Sep 27, 2021, 5:31 AM Sep 27, 2021, 11:24 AM

          @george1421

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          the wimboot is the latest one of there website
          and at the bottom ive added the ISO

          but when it start up it doesnt initialize the windows installer

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          i did add the net use command and point it to my cifs share where the windows install dvd is but it looks like its deleted those lines

          i can run the command manually but i get permission denied

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          am i doing something wrong ?

          thanks,
          rob

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            george1421 Moderator @robertkwild
            last edited by george1421 Sep 27, 2021, 9:08 AM Sep 27, 2021, 3:07 PM

            @robertkwild said in win10 boot menu options for uefi:

            the wimboot is the latest one of there website

            There is version 2.7 but I noticed that its not posted as the main one. https://github.com/ipxe/wimboot/blob/master/wimboot

            and at the bottom ive added the ISO

            The ISO doesn’t matter its not used and just taking up RAM.

            i did add the net use command and point it to my cifs share where the windows install dvd is but it looks like its deleted those lines

            This is from my secret sauce cookbook

            mkdir c:\img
            copype amd64 c:\winPE_amd64
            imagex /mountrw c:\winPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim 1 c:\img
            
            Download https://downloads.dell.com/FOLDER06221340M/1/WINPE10.0-DRIVERS-A17-KCNX3.CAB
            ## Extract to c:\winpe using 7-zip 
            DISM /Image:c:\img /Add-Driver /Driver:c:\winpe\x64 /Recurse /ForceUnsigned
            
            notepad c:\img\windows\system32\startnet.cmd
            @echo off
            wpeinit
            
            echo Warming up the network interface
            net use z: \\nycimgsrv002\win10_20h1$ /user:nycrim <no_password_for_you>
            z:
            setup.exe
            
            ## save startnet.cmd
            
            DISM /Unmount-WIM /MountDir:c:\img /commit
            del C:\winPE_amd64\media\Boot\bootfix.bin
            oscdimg -n -bC:\winPE_amd64\fwfiles\etfsboot.com C:\winPE_amd64\media C:\winPE_amd64\WinPEx64.iso
            

            i can run the command manually but i get permission denied

            This is an interesting one. Maybe doe the file exist? I wonder if this system is hosted on SAMBA it needs the linux execute permissions set? Or is WinPE stopping you from executing random programs? I can only guess here.

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              robertkwild @george1421
              last edited by Sep 27, 2021, 4:58 PM

              @george1421 so if i dont need the ISO what lines do i add in the menu, just the WinPE lines?

              set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}
              set pe-path ${tftp-path}/os/winpe
              kernel ${tftp-path}/wimboot gui
              imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/BCD BCD
              imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
              imgfetch --name boot.wim ${pe-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
              boot || goto MENU

              as atm for my windows 21h1 menu i have appended the iso line to it ie

              initrd nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/10-21h1/WinPE_amd64.iso

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                george1421 Moderator @robertkwild
                last edited by Sep 28, 2021, 1:23 AM

                @robertkwild said in win10 boot menu options for uefi:

                set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}
                set pe-path ${tftp-path}/os/winpe
                kernel ${tftp-path}/wimboot gui
                imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/BCD BCD
                imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                imgfetch --name boot.wim ${pe-path}/boot.wim boot.wim
                boot || goto MENU

                Yes this is all you need to boot the winpe image. Your winpe complete environment is in the boot.wim virtual hard drive. If you look on the iso that same boot.wim file is on the iso image.

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                  robertkwild @george1421
                  last edited by Sep 28, 2021, 7:32 AM

                  @george1421 lol OK I’m being a donut

                  So I take that new boot wim from the winpe iso and put it in the same place Ie overwrite my normal boot wim in my windows 10 dvd folder that I have saved in the smb share?

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                    robertkwild @george1421
                    last edited by Sep 28, 2021, 11:22 AM

                    @george1421 thank you so much george, if i could see you i would buy you a beer mate!!!

                    set tftp-path tftp://${fog-ip}
                    set pe-path ${tftp-path}/os/winpe
                    kernel ${tftp-path}/wimboot gui
                    imgfetch --name BCD ${pe-path}/BCD BCD
                    imgfetch --name boot.sdi ${pe-path}/boot.sdi boot.sdi
                    imgfetch --name boot.wim tftp://${fog-ip}/os/mswindows/boot.wim boot.wim
                    boot || goto MENU

                    basically i made the winpe, mounted it, slipstreamed the drivers, edited the startnet.cmd, unmounted it and comitted

                    in

                    C:\WinPE_amd64\media\sources\boot.wim

                    i copied it over to the above and now it all works lovely

                    again, thank you so much george!!!

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                      robertkwild
                      last edited by Sep 28, 2021, 11:37 AM

                      dont think my cifs share can handle the setup over the network as it gets stuck sometimes after mounting the smb share where my windows 10 install is

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                      after this it should pop up with the setup.exe, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesnt, so im pretty sure my smb share cant handle it

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                        robertkwild @robertkwild
                        last edited by Sep 28, 2021, 4:31 PM

                        @robertkwild scrap this it works and when it runs the setup eventually its quick like a normal install

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