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====== Adding AoE boot support to Microsoft Windows ====== First download the latest WinAoE package from [winaoe.org] and extract all files to a directory. Then go to: Control Panel -> Add Hardware {{winaoe:winaoe01.png}} "Next" {{winaoe:winaoe02.png}} Wait a few seconds to minutes {{winaoe:winaoe03.png}} "Yes, I have already connected the hardware" {{winaoe:winaoe04.png}} "Add a new hardware device" {{winaoe:winaoe05.png}} "Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced)" {{winaoe:winaoe06.png}} "SCSI and RAID controllers" {{winaoe:winaoe07.png}} "Have Disk..." {{winaoe:winaoe08.png}} Select "Browse...", browse to the bin directory from the unpacked WinAoE directory and press ok. {{winaoe:winaoe09.png}} "Next" {{winaoe:winaoe10.png}} "Next" {{winaoe:winaoe11.png}} "Continue Anyway" {{winaoe:winaoe12.png}} "Finish" You are now done with installing the WinAoE driver. You should be able to run the "aoe" utility in a command prompt to get general aoe mount/unmount and scan functionality. Next steps make the disk ready for booting over SAN. First go to: Control Panel -> System, and select the "Hardware" tab. {{winaoe:winaoe13.png}} "Device Manager" {{winaoe:winaoe14.png}} press the + in front of "Network adapters" and select the network adapter you will be booting over.Rightclick on that one and choose "Properties" {{winaoe:winaoe15.png}} In the Properties screen go to the tab "Details" and choose "Service" in the pulldown menu. Note the service name for the next step. {{winaoe:winaoe16.png}} Open regedit (Start -> Run -> "regedit") and browse to the key "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services". There browse to the key which you found in the last step (the "Service" of the network adapter) {{winaoe:winaoe17.png}} Double click the "Start" key on the left panel, change the Value data to 0 and press Ok. You are now done with installing WinAoE with boot support. * [[sanboot:transfer|Transfer the Microsoft Windows disk image to your AoE target]]
