Windows install ISO FOG server 1.3
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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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I’m using that with FOG 1.2.0:
:WS2012R2 sanboot --no-describe --drive 0x81 ${boot_url}discimg/WS2012R2.iso goto MENU
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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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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@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?