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      george1421 Moderator @robertkwild
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      @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
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        @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
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          @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.

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            robertkwild @george1421
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            @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

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

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