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.
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.
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
@Wayne-Workman Noice. Tell me if you need more info. im not the best at documenting.
@Sebastian-Roth I have a similar problem. i get an error at Backing up old data … Failed! then on fog web address i get 403 forbiden.
Mine is failling at " Backing up old Data" then the fog web page give me 403 Forbiden
@Wayne-Workman Noice. Tell me if you need more info. im not the best at documenting.
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
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.
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.
@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.
@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.
i just tried with winpe and i get the same thing.