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      sacha marin
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      I did but i didnt find anything related to this error.

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        sacha marin
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        i just tried with winpe and i get the same thing.

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        • Joseph HalesJ
          Joseph Hales Testers
          last edited by

          I would redownload your iso it may be corrupted.

          RTFM

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            sacha marin @Joseph Hales
            last edited by

            @Joseph-Hales it did the same error with both this iso and another winpe iso, i doubt its the same problems, and i used that iso to install windows.

            The error says " MEMDISK : image seem to have fractional end cylinder

            im not sure what this mean.

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            • Joseph HalesJ
              Joseph Hales Testers
              last edited by

              This isn’t using the SVN version of FOG is it? Try “chain memdisk iso raw”.

              RTFM

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                sacha marin @Joseph Hales
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                @Joseph-Hales im on 1.20

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                • Wayne WorkmanW
                  Wayne Workman @sacha marin
                  last edited by

                  @sacha-marin This might help: http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe

                  I’ve been intending to document how to do it for FOG specifically, but just haven’t done it yet.

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                    sacha marin @Wayne Workman
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                    @Wayne-Workman i think this is the way i was going to use, boot into winpe AND then load the sysprep image, since windows just wont load either way.

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                    • Wayne WorkmanW
                      Wayne Workman @sacha marin
                      last edited by

                      @sacha-marin well, this method doesn’t need 8GB of ram… it doesn’t load an ISO into memory, it just loads files. That’s the benefit of starting the Win7 installation via WinPE rather than an ISO. Not to mention probably significantly faster loading speed.

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                        sacha marin
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                        i managed to do pretty much all i wanted , except loading linux based iso, i always get that error
                        Unable to find a medium life file server.

                        Anyway i will document the best way to do the windows 7 this week. maybe i can make a wiki article on it or something.

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                          sacha marin
                          last edited by sacha marin

                          Solution to install Windows 7 from the Fog server advanced menu “Did not tested win 8 and 10 as of now.”

                          Booting from windows"s iso directly simply wont work for reason unknown to me. You need to boot on a winpe iso

                          Take it here : http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe You need to get the WAIK from windows.

                          Your code line should be like that.

                          :winpe
                          initrd http://${fog-ip}/fog/iso/winpe.iso	
                          chain memdisk iso raw
                          goto MENU
                          

                          After you booted on the winpe the only thing you will have is a command line utility. For the next step to work you will need a windows share on the network or a samba server. I use a windows share from my server. You must use the net use command to specify what you want to do next, aka boot the windows 7"s setup.exe

                            net use \\myserver\installers
                            \\myserver\installers\win7\setup.exe```
                          Of course you have to adjust this to your server.
                          
                          

                          if your server has authentication then it will be asked. Just enter your password and username like this, username@domain Press enter and then the password

                          after that if everyone work you should be promted to the windows 7 install !
                          **
                          TLDR : Boot from winpe with “chain memdisk iso raw”
                          run the command to start the setup.exe from your windows share.
                          install windows.**
                          NO YOU CANNOT DIRECTLY RUN A WINDOWS ISO FROM THE ADVANCED MENU.

                          PROTIP : you can modify your winpe.iso to boot directly to a batch file with a menu, to choose which iso you want, and make it totally codeless. i will post the code for example in the next post.

                          ps: sory for pour engrish.

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                            sacha marin @sacha marin
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                            @sacha-marin

                            To boot directly to a menu batch file you have to follow the instruction here : http://ipxe.org/howto/winpe article : Customising Windows PE

                            tldr : mount the boot.wim in command line with imagex, add your code, unmount it, use Winiso to open it and change the old boot.wim to the new and save it, boot on it and a menu will appear, you also have to manually create the folder from the command. Im talking about the temp folder and the folder in it.

                            here is the code for my menu.

                            wpeinit
                            @echo off
                            
                            :MENU
                            ECHO.
                            ECHO ...............................................
                            ECHO Its dangerous to go alone, take these windows                                                
                            ECHO ...............................................
                            ECHO.
                            ECHO 1 - Windows 7 English
                            ECHO 2 - Windows 7 French
                            ECHO 3 - Windows xp english
                            ECHO 4 - Free donuts.
                            ECHO 5 - EXIT
                            ECHO.
                            
                            
                            
                            SET /P M=Type 1, 2, 3, or 4 then press ENTER:
                            IF %M%==1 GOTO winen
                            IF %M%==2 GOTO winfr
                            IF %M%==3 GOTO winxpen
                            IF %M%==4 GOTO donut
                            IF %M%==5 GOTO EOF
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            :winen
                            net use w: \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7eng /user:username@domain password
                            \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7eng\setup.exe
                            GOTO MENU
                            
                            
                            :winfr
                            net use w: \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7fr /user:username@domain password
                            \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\win7fr\setup.exe
                            GOTO MENU
                            
                            :winxpen
                            net use w: \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\winxpen /user:sacham@paradox qwerqwer1
                            \\mtl-nt-apps\apps\iso\winpe\winxpen\setup.exe
                            GOTO MENU
                            
                            
                            :donut
                            
                            
                            echo              _ _,---._ 
                            echo           ,-','       `-.___ 
                            echo          /-;'               `._ 
                            echo         /\/          ._   _,'o \ 
                            echo        ( /\       _,--'\,','"`. ) 
                            echo         ^|\      ,'o     \'    //\ 
                            echo         ^|      \        /   ,--'""`-. 
                            echo         :       \_    _/ ,-'         `-._ 
                            echo          \        `--'  /                ) 
                            echo           `.  \`._    ,'     ________,',' 
                            echo             .--`     ,'  ,--` __\___,;' 
                            echo              \`.,-- ,' ,`_)--'  /`.,' 
                            echo               \^( ;  ^| ^| )      ^(`-/ 
                            echo                 `--'^| ^|^)       ^|-/ 
                            echo                   ^| ^| ^|        ^| ^| 
                            echo                   ^| ^| ^|,.,-.   ^| ^|_ 
                            echo                   ^| `./ /   )---`  ) 
                            echo                  _^|  /    ,',   ,-' 
                            echo                 ,'^|_(    /-^<._,' ^|--, 
                            echo                 ^|    `--'---.     \/ \ 
                            echo                 ^|          / \    /\  \ 
                            echo               ,-^---._     ^|  \  /  \  \ 
                            echo            ,-'        \----'   \/    \--`. 
                            echo           /            \              \   \ 
                            echo			HMMM DONUTS.
                            GOTO MENU
                            

                            Windows xp is not working and homer is funny but useless.

                            ps: winen is win7english and winfr is for the french version

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                              Sebastian Roth Moderator
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                              Great work, thanks for testing and reporting it here! 👍

                              Web GUI issue? Please check apache error (debian/ubuntu: /var/log/apache2/error.log, centos/fedora/rhel: /var/log/httpd/error_log) and php-fpm log (/var/log/php*-fpm.log)

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                              • Wayne WorkmanW
                                Wayne Workman @sacha marin
                                last edited by

                                @sacha-marin I’ll be working on converting this to a WiKi article in the future. Excellent work, Bravo!

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                                  sacha marin @Wayne Workman
                                  last edited by

                                  @Wayne-Workman Noice. Tell me if you need more info. im not the best at documenting.

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                                    Rayco
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                                    Hi, I have the same problem, but not in all computers.

                                    Some computers work fine, and load WinPE correctly.

                                    But others computers loaded at 100% iso file, and did a self restart.

                                    Someone with a idea ?

                                    I cheked cables and switches too.

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                                    • george1421G
                                      george1421 Moderator @Rayco
                                      last edited by george1421

                                      @Rayco I have a tutorial for loading the winpe iso image, let me link it in here.

                                      https://forums.fogproject.org/topic/6284/booting-mdt-2013-litetouch-with-fog

                                      The other thing you need to be aware of with your winpe image is that you have all of the winpe hardware drivers embedded into the iso image or some systems may fail to boot. You also need to be mindful of the bios (firmware) settings to ensure they are the same between the winpe booting devices.

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                                        Rayco @george1421
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                                        @george1421 Thank you for ur fast answer.

                                        All computers have bios updated and WinPE’s has drivers incluided.

                                        I got a screenshot with the trouble. I think we have a problem with a trunked image when go to mapped in memory. (But not all computers fails, several do it nice)

                                        alt text

                                        Maybe we have a problem with image or drivers?

                                        Thank you a lot.

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                                        • george1421G
                                          george1421 Moderator @Rayco
                                          last edited by

                                          @Rayco This is an interesting puzzle.

                                          1. The system boots one some and not other systems.
                                          2. You are using the same WinPE image for all
                                          3. I assume you’ve confirmed that the iso image on the FOG server is exactly the same as in your windows environment by using md5sum utility in both environments and compared signatures??

                                          Do you have 2 computers of the same model where 1 works and 1 doesn’t?
                                          If so have you compared the firmware settings?
                                          Are these systems all uefi or bios (legacy) format?
                                          Are the systems with error in one geographic network location?
                                          Any other times you can think of where we could draw a conclusion?

                                          On a side note (not related to your problem) you can eliminate the pause at the bottom of the boot (as in your picture) by removing a file from your iso image. If you remove /boot/bootfix.bin the iso image will boot without the pause of “Press any key to boot from CD or DVD…”

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                                            Rayco @george1421
                                            last edited by Rayco

                                            @george1421 Thanks for your interest.

                                            We have one WinPE for each Laptop model. In some models work fine, in other not, but in one cd bootable work fine in all.
                                            Each one has his own WinPE, some models use the same WinPE.
                                            Yes, they have the same size in bytes.
                                            When one model work fine, work fine in all of the same model.
                                            We think the problem is on some hardwares configurations.

                                            I will test your suggestion of remove bootfix.bin.

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