@george1421 Oh, ok ! So it’s just pointing to the setup.exe I had in the server.

I’ll check the route, because if I click the setup.exe from a windows machine (accessing via samba) it works , so there is something bad with my connection for sure!

Maybe because I have no user access or something, ill figure out

thanks!

@george1421 Stuck at 1º step at the moment…

@george1421 Sure, no problem

My only goal here is to get to the w10 installation load, just that, because my linux installation is working and loading.

I will try the MDT

@george1421 maybe that was the problem, I will try it right now and with the first menu, wich is the one it is supossed to be.

@sebastian-roth Hello! I tried with 2 laptops, one with 8gb, so it cant be the problem :S

@george1421 Hello George, here are my 2 photos.

The problem is still the same, so im 100% sure that im doing something bad or there is something bad with my config.

I boot using legacy bios, so I assume that it will be more “easy” to solve than in UEFI mode.

FIrst, I boot the ipxe and choose my menu entry for w10
Config:
initrd nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/10Pro/WinPE_amd6411.iso
chain memdisk iso raw
boot || goto MENU

Then, it downloads the iso (I added two 1 at the and of the name for testing)

After it download, it boots with this message (with your iso and mine)

If I dont pressed anything or a key, it just boots from the local hard drive, so its like its not doing anything.

Thanks!

edit: I updated the menu , and now the error is different!

new menu parameters:
initrd /images/os/mswindows/10Pro/WinPE_amd6411.iso
chain memdisk iso raw
boot || goto MENU

Error:

@george1421 said in Super newbie guide for creating image to w10?:

@motto That is what I’m going to test. That will give me a chance to make sure everything is correct before launching setup.

Sure, really apreciated

@george1421 So, for my understanding, I need to redo the iso but in the .bat I dont add the “setup.exe” line, right?

edit: interesting thing, I tried to force an ubuntu.iso (modifying the iso to load) and I get the same response, “press any key blabla” so maybe, even it is downloading the iso, is not executing it or something!!

My parameters:
initrd nfs://${fog-ip}:/images/os/mswindows/10Pro/WinPE_amd64.iso
chain memdisk iso raw
boot || goto MENU

@george1421 Sure! I can make you a video so you can check what’s going on for further investigation if you want.

The PXE computer is downloading my winpe iso from the pxe server, then trying to boot it, then failing.

I really appreciate if you redo the w10 setup , really!!!

ps. If I can contact you via email or something (and you want) pls let me know !

@george1421 Hello again !

Im using ubuntu 16 as server, but dont worry, I’ve setup samba OK (I can access from my w10 virtual machine with user and password)

my problem now is that when I pxe in the laptop to be installed, I can access the ISO, it downloads, then “press any key” and when I press it, it just boot from hard drive (same problem has yesterday)

But the commands are OK because I’ve tested it, and I think that the bat file is in the iso (how can I check it?)

any suggestions please? thanks!!

Im thinking that the problem is on my ISO file, wich is not loading properly, and thats why I get a black screen (its not even starting the .bat file to connect to samba share, and I cant even see the windows GUI, but it downloads the iso…)

I make the w10 iso as suggested in your tutorial, and I load my winpe_x64.iso over pxe… but fails…

@george1421 Oh, ok ! So it’s just pointing to the setup.exe I had in the server.

I’ll check the route, because if I click the setup.exe from a windows machine (accessing via samba) it works , so there is something bad with my connection for sure!

Maybe because I have no user access or something, ill figure out

thanks!