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      raice @Wayne Workman
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      @Wayne-Workman thx! My paths are very different,

      kernel winpe/wimboot
      initrd winpe/${arch}/media/Boot/BCD BCD
      initrd winpe/${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
      initrd winpe/${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
      boot

      but I will test it now.

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      • Wayne WorkmanW
        Wayne Workman @raice
        last edited by Wayne Workman

        @raice the ipxe tutorial says to put the resultant files from both of the pre-processes into the same web folder… did you do that?

        This process might be worth creating a video for.

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          raice @Wayne Workman
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          @Wayne-Workman The link you gave me says the same I think:

          Download the latest version of wimboot and extract the file wimboot to the same directory on your web server.
          Create a text file boot.ipxe in the same directory on your web server, containing:
          #!ipxe

          cpuid --ext 29 && set arch amd64 || set arch x86
          kernel wimboot
          initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/BCD BCD
          initrd ${arch}/media/Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
          initrd ${arch}/media/sources/boot.wim boot.wim
          boot

          The files are present at the given location.

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          • Wayne WorkmanW
            Wayne Workman @raice
            last edited by

            @raice Don’t do what they say there.

            Use FOG’s web UI. All you need to put in is in the screen shot below.

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              raice @Wayne Workman
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              @Wayne-Workman But it works 🙂
              Now I can starting the UEFI project. My working day is over, so get back to you tomorrow. Thanx for your help so far.

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                Wayne Workman @raice
                last edited by

                @raice said:

                @Wayne-Workman But it works 🙂
                Now I can starting the UEFI project. My working day is over, so get back to you tomorrow. Thanx for your help so far.

                Awesome!

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                • Wayne WorkmanW
                  Wayne Workman
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                  I may have spoke too soon.

                  While WinPE loads just fine through FOG, it doesn’t have any drivers for the NIC. gah!

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                  • Wayne WorkmanW
                    Wayne Workman
                    last edited by Wayne Workman

                    Looking through these instructions:
                    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn613857.aspx

                    Microsoft’s commands for mounting the wim image has many, many errors. After digging deep throug the help menus with Dism /? and Dism /Mount-Wim /? this is the command I came up with:

                    I went ahead and changed amd64 here instead of later, to x86_64

                    Dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:"C:\temp\winpe\x86_64\winpe.wim" /index:1 /MountDir:"C:\temp\winpe\x86_64\mount"

                    Microsoft’s steps on adding drivers are also wrong… Here is the correct command in our context, and pulling the drivers from the machine the command is running on. Since my target is an Optiplex 7010, i’m doing this on a working Optiplex 7010 (just for now, and to get something working).

                    Dism /image:C:\temp\winpe\x86_64\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Windows\System32\drivers /recurse
                    Dism /image:C:\temp\winpe\x86_64\mount /Add-Driver /Driver:C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore /recurse

                    This lists the added drivers:
                    Dism /Image:C:\temp\winpe\x86_64\mount /Get-Drivers /all

                    Save all changes:
                    Dism /Unmount-Wim /MountDir:C:\temp\winpe\x86_64\mount /commit

                    Using a remote directory in WinPE and launching setup.exe.
                    I created a share called win10$ that has read-only access to all users on one of my windows servers.

                    Here’s how I used it in WinPE:

                    net use \\mb1\win10$ PasswordGoesHere /USER:DomainNameHere:UserNameHere
                    \\mb1$\win10$\setup.exe

                    NOTES: Once the WIM image is mounted, you can manually manipulate the files in there, copy, and paste if you wish. But after changes are made, you must use the Unmount / commit command.

                    #wiki

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                    • Wayne WorkmanW
                      Wayne Workman
                      last edited by

                      I was able to install Windows 10 via WinPE and FOG - after several small hiccups.

                      I think I’ve got this ironed out. this deserves a wiki article and a follow-along video.

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                        raice @Wayne Workman
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                        @Wayne-Workman I am able to get it to work too. Used this: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn613857.aspx to add all network drivers (got around 40 laptops here) and created 2 samba shares on the FOG server. One to the installation folder (where I got win7, win8 and win10) and one to the same folder with write rights. This way I am able to alter the installations from my pc and create an unattended.

                        scrolling down shows me you beat me to it 🙂

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                          Quazz Moderator
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                          I’ll post a script to make your own WinPE on Monday. It does require you to have Windows AIK, but you can just download that from Microsoft.

                          It allows you to automatically map your network drive and even launch setup with arguments. It all depends on what kind of setup you want of course, but hopefully you’ll at least get some insight in how to approach the situation with it.

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                            raice @Wayne Workman
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                            @Wayne-Workman @Quazz already on it. Mounted the disk with DISM

                            dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:“c:\temp\winpe\x86_64\media\sources\boot.wim” /index:1 /MountDir:“c:\temp\winpe\x86_64\mount”

                            navigated to Windows\System32\startnet.cmd

                            It already contains wpeinit. Do not change that line, but add your code after that.
                            Mine so far is
                            net use z: \x.x.x.x\isos\win7
                            net use x: \x.x.x.x\isos\win8
                            net use y: \x.x.x.x\isos\win10
                            menu.bat
                            now creating a menu in a separate batch file
                            So after that I created a menu.bat in the system32 folder with
                            http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/78083-batch-files-create-menu-execute-commands.html
                            to start the setup of different windows versions. Now I only have one PE box and 3 Windows installs. The next step is to automate the installations.

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                              Quazz Moderator @raice
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                              @raice Don’t use x: to mount a network drive as WinPE will mount itself on X: on boot already!

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                                aruhuno
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                                I’m using that with FOG 1.2.0:

                                :WS2012R2
                                sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x81 ${boot_url}discimg/WS2012R2.iso
                                goto MENU
                                

                                "Parce que la connaissance appartient à tout le monde", inios.fr

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                                  Wayne Workman @raice
                                  last edited by

                                  @raice said:

                                  The next step is to automate the installations.

                                  I’d rather my installations not be automated lol. I WANT to do it manually, then I’ll take an image with FOG and blast it out to 500 computers in an automated fashion… 😉

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                                    george1421 Moderator @Wayne Workman
                                    last edited by george1421

                                    @Wayne-Workman said:

                                    I’d rather my installations not be automated lol. I WANT to do it manually, then I’ll take an image with FOG and blast it out to 500 computers in an automated fashion…

                                    Really? And out of those 500 systems, how many are the same make and model? Lets make it a bit harder for our selves like, lets install the french version of MS Windows and then load a US English mui so the Americans can use the computer. 😑

                                    While I understand what the OP is trying to accomplish there are better/easier ways than using FOG to hand out the iso images (thinking a multiboot flash drive would be less complex).

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                                      Wayne Workman @george1421
                                      last edited by

                                      @george1421 I make an image per model. 😉 and our 1Gbps network is far faster than USB 2.0 or optical disk. Plus, it’s handy. I will be able to load an alternative OS anywhere at any moment instead of carrying around flash drives.

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                                        raice @Wayne Workman
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                                        @Wayne-Workman in out environment that’s nearly impossible. We sell new and second hand laptops. So we got different models every day. Now we can just start the installation and sysprep it afterwards.

                                        Do you want the documentation or did you write your own now? I almost finished and only need to translate it.

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                                          Quazz Moderator
                                          last edited by Quazz

                                          @echo off
                                          
                                          rem The fileserver IP
                                          set FILESERVER=192.168.1.155
                                          
                                          rem Share on the fileserver.
                                          set SHARE=INSTALLERS\ISOFILES\0-WINPE
                                          
                                          rem Username for the share
                                          set SHAREUSER=root
                                          
                                          rem Password for the share
                                          set SHAREPASS=root
                                          
                                          rem amd64 or x86
                                          set ARCH=amd64
                                          
                                          rem Path to hold working files. Needs about 500MB of free space.
                                          set PEPATH="c:\winpe_%ARCH%"
                                          
                                          rem ##########################################################
                                          rem     Don't edit anything below here
                                          rem ##########################################################
                                           
                                          echo Creating the PE image
                                          call copype.cmd %ARCH% %PEPATH% > NUL
                                           
                                          echo Mounting the image
                                          dism /Mount-Wim /WimFile:%PEPATH%\media\sources\boot.wim /index:1 /MountDir:%PEPATH%\mount /quiet
                                           
                                          echo Adding commands to the startup script in PE
                                          echo. >> %PEPATH%\mount\windows\system32\startnet.cmd
                                          echo ping %FILESERVER% >> %PEPATH%\mount\windows\system32\startnet.cmd
                                          echo net use z: \\%FILESERVER%\%SHARE% %SHAREPASS% /u:%FILESERVER%\%SHAREUSER% >> %PEPATH%\mount\windows\system32\startnet.cmd
                                          echo z: >> %PEPATH%\mount\windows\system32\startnet.cmd
                                          echo z:\64.bat >> %PEPATH%\mount\windows\system32\startnet.cmd
                                           
                                          echo Creating the pxeboot directory
                                          mkdir %PEPATH%\pxeboot > NUL
                                          mkdir %PEPATH%\pxeboot\Fonts > NUL
                                          copy /y %PEPATH%\mount\windows\boot\Fonts\*.* %PEPATH%\pxeboot\Fonts\ > NUL
                                          copy /y "%WinPERoot%\%ARCH%\Media\Boot\boot.sdi" %PEPATH%\pxeboot\ > NUL
                                          copy /y "%WinPERoot%\%ARCH%\Media\Boot\BCD" %PEPATH%\pxeboot\ > NUL
                                           
                                          echo Unmounting the image
                                          dism /unmount-Wim /MountDir:%PEPATH%\mount /Commit /quiet
                                           
                                          echo Optimizing the image
                                          imagex /EXPORT %PEPATH%\media\sources\boot.wim 1 %PEPATH%\pxeboot\boot.wim > NUL
                                           
                                           
                                          echo.
                                          echo All the files you need for your PXE server are in: %PEPATH%\pxeboot\
                                          

                                          This script needs to be called from the Deployment and Images Tool Environment command prompt.

                                          I based myself on http://www.wcooke.org/wiki/Installing_Windows_using_PXELINUX but modified it since certain things didn’t work (it would create a corrupt BCD when there’s a perfectly fine working one included with WinPE) and other things were unnecessary.

                                          If you make changes to the script and call it again make sure to delete the target directory first or your startnet.cmd will get messed up!

                                          edit: Added ping command to give network drivers time to load before attempting to mount the network location.

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                                          • Wayne WorkmanW
                                            Wayne Workman @raice
                                            last edited by

                                            @raice Your instructions would be greatly appreciated, the more the better! We can compare notes and come up with the best solution!

                                            And for your environment, yes, being able to install windows from the network on many different models of PCs is the best option for you! I imagine you are a fan of Fog’s “Quick Image” feature that doesn’t require a registered computer, eh?

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