Support for Windows Server 2012?
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the BCD file is literally a file named BCD. it is a hidden system file located either in the recovery partition or the system partition in the folder /boot/
it is the windows Boot Configuration Data file, and it’s probably the reason you’re not booting already.
for windows 7 and 8 images, we use a sysprepped generalized BCD file that is expected to reside on a recovery partition -
could you run sysprep on the machine, with the /generalize and /quit options, and provide us with a copy of your BCD file?
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Hmmm, the original Windows Server 2012 system boots fine; the upload seemed to work fine, it’s the download of the image that never seems to start (I never seem the image loading), it quickly finishes (I can’t see an error flash by) and reboots, but no image has been downloaded. Is that BCD file required to do the download? I have one Windows 7 system and I can see the BCD file in the \boot directory; however the Windows 8 system I imaged up/down successfully has no \boot directory or BCD file, nor does the Windows 2012 system. The Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 systems look very similar, but no BCD file on either. Any other things I should look for? Thanks for the help!
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I’ll have to download it; it’s not installed on this server. I’ll get back to you; thanks!
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if you don’t see a /boot folder, then that usually means there’s a hidden recovery partition with that folder on it.
but, rereading your original question, i don’t think the BCD is the problem. it sounds like you might have a GPT partition structure on the disk. -
Running sysprep with the generalize and quit options. As to the GPT partition structure; can I see that in the Disk Management application? I only see two simple volumes on a basic disc, the 350MB NTFS one and the 100GB NTFS one.
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Sysprep completed, there is no BCD file on the disk that I can see.
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looked in the 350mb partition viewing hidden files?
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anyway, to see the GPT formatting of the boot structure, create a debug task for the host
at the command prompt enter
[FONT=Consolas]gdisk -l /dev/sda[/FONT]
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Got it…how shall I send it to you?
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you can upload a file to a thread. what is the output of the command i asked you to run?
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[EMAIL]root@FOGServer:/opt/fog/log[/EMAIL]# gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.8
Partition table scan:
MBR: MBR only
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: not present
Found invalid GPT and valid MBR; converting MBR to GPT format
in memory.
Disk /dev/sda: 104857600 sectors, 50.0 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): 8AE43B70-6271-4FEE-A07F-2F6D87148AC6
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 104857566
Partitions will be aligned on 2048-sector boundaries
Total free space is 6077 sectors (3.0 MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 2048 102762495 49.0 GiB 8300 Linux filesystem
5 102764544 104855551 1021.0 MiB 8200 Linux swap
[EMAIL]root@FOGServer:/opt/fog/log[/EMAIL]# ^C -
I can’t copy the BCD file; it’s in use by the system. I might be able to open the vmd file in another VM and copy it over.
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Will be offline for a bit and back online later. Thanks very much for your help!
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with the system now converted, try to re-upload the image.
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I have the same issue after re-uploading and then downloading. During the download, I see a quick “Database update successful” (I think it says that) message before the system quickly reboots (without downloading the image).
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What OS type have set the system to, and are you trying “Resizable” or Multipart?
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I’ve got the image set to “Windows 8” and it’s a Multiple Partition Image - Single Disk (Not resizable). I chose Windows 8 because the disk structure for the Windows Server 2012 installation is almost exactly the same as the Windows 8 installation I successfully imaged earlier today. Thanks!
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I figured out the issue, and I’m here to report I’m an idiot.
The original Windows Server 2012 installation had a 100GB system partition.
When I created the test VM, I used the default of 60GB for a system partition. My bad. The clues were there (Single Disk - Not resizable), I just missed them. If I could make a request: If the target partition is smaller than the source, can an error be sent to the screen, or logged to a file somewhere? It may have reported an error to the screen, but then it scrolls by very fast before rebooting. I’d like to thank both of you for your time in helping me with this issue! It looks like FOG will work very well for us in replacing Ghost.
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Also, I am a volunteer network admin for a Catholic school in Crystal Lake, Illinois. My kids are long gone, but I still help out even though I relocated to Atlanta, Georgia a couple of years ago. We had been using Ghost 15 (couldn’t afford the network version of Ghost) and a few USB drives to image the 50 or so computers we have. FOG will be a GREAT timesaver for the local technology manager I work with there! Many thanks for your efforts in producing this well done product!
Thanks again,
Dave.