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winpe [2009/10/01 04:25] tal.aloni Note regarding running the WinPE creation script in a batch file |
winpe [2010/06/05 07:34] (current) sha0 Add info about next-server DHCP option |
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| Install the AIK onto a working Windows system (the "technician computer"). The installation requires around 1GB of disk space. | Install the AIK onto a working Windows system (the "technician computer"). The installation requires around 1GB of disk space. | ||
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| ===== Setting up WinPE ===== | ===== Setting up WinPE ===== | ||
| - | Open the Windows PE Tools Command Prompt (//Start// -> //All Programs// -> //Microsoft Windows AIK// -> //Windows PE Tools Command Prompt//) and enter the following commands (some of which are case-sensitive): | + | Open the Windows PE Tools Command Prompt (//Start// -> //All Programs// -> //Microsoft Windows AIK// -> //Windows PE Tools Command Prompt//) and enter the following commands (some of which are case-sensitive). Note that if you intending to install a 64 bit version of Windows, the second command below should specify "amd64" instead of "x86" (amd64 is a generic reference to 64 bit support which includes support for both AMD and Intel based 64bit hardware): |
| mkdir C:\Temp | mkdir C:\Temp | ||
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| ===== Configuring DHCP and TFTP ===== | ===== Configuring DHCP and TFTP ===== | ||
| - | Configure your DHCP server to hand out //"\Boot\pxeboot.n12"// as the boot filename. For ISC DHCPD, you can do this by adding | + | Configure your DHCP server to hand out //"\Boot\pxeboot.n12"// as the boot filename. |
| - | filename "\\Boot\\pxeboot.n12"; | + | **For ISC DHCPD**, you can do this by adding the following to ///etc/dhcpd.conf//. |
| - | to ///etc/dhcpd.conf//. | + | next-server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX; |
| + | filename "\\Boot\\pxeboot.n12"; | ||
| + | where the **next-server** details either the IP address or DNS hostname of your TFTP server. | ||
| {{ :warning.png}} | {{ :warning.png}} | ||
| - | Note that you **must** use a backslash (\) as the path separator, rather than the more usual forward slash (/). If you use a forward slash, //pxeboot.n12// will be unable to locate //bootmgr.exe// and the boot will fail. Your TFTP server must be configured to support the use of backslashes as path separators; see [[:tftp_backslash|Supporting broken TFTP clients]] for instructions on configuring your TFTP server to do this. | + | <sub>Note that you **must** use a backslash (\) as the path separator, rather than the more usual forward slash (/). If you use a forward slash, //pxeboot.n12// will be unable to locate //bootmgr.exe// and the boot will fail. Your TFTP server must be configured to support the use of backslashes as path separators; see [[:tftp_backslash|Supporting broken TFTP clients]] for instructions on configuring your TFTP server to do this. |
| - | Note also that each backslash is doubled within ///etc/dhcpd.conf//; this is because ISC DHCPD treats a backslash as an escape character. | + | Note also that each backslash is doubled within ///etc/dhcpd.conf//; this is because ISC DHCPD treats a backslash as an escape character.</sub> |
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| + | **For Microsoft DHCP Server**, set the following options | ||
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| + | Option Number Option Name Value | ||
| + | 066 Boot Server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX | ||
| + | 067 Bootfile Name boot\pxeboot.n12 | ||
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| + | where option 66 refers to your TFTP server's IP address or DNS hostname. | ||
| ===== Booting WinPE ===== | ===== Booting WinPE ===== | ||
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| Congratulations on a successful boot of Windows PE! | Congratulations on a successful boot of Windows PE! | ||
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