PE Builder v3.1.9, Few small changes Options

[Bart Lagerweij]

I upgrade from 3.1.4 to 3.1.9. Now after cd-burning I can't find bootsect.bin in root directory of my disk. I think it is reason that ERD Commander 2005 placed together with BartPE can't load with message "ntloader failed". With 3.1.4 it works fine. How can I fix it?

bootsect.bin is the boot image, it is not visible on the CD.
I cannot "guess" what could be wrong the you start "mixing" with erd05.

Regards,
Bart.

I upgrade from 3.1.4 to 3.1.9. Now after cd-burning I can't find bootsect.bin in root directory of my disk. I think it is reason that ERD Commander 2005 placed together with BartPE can't load with message "ntloader failed". With 3.1.4 it works fine. How can I fix it?

bootsect.bin is the boot image, it is not visible on the CD.
I cannot "guess" what could be wrong the you start "mixing" with erd05.

Regards,
Bart.

[xrock]

bootsect.bin is the boot image, it is not visible on the CD.
I cannot "guess" what could be wrong the you start "mixing" with erd05.

Regards,
Bart.

OK. But how can I add bootsect.bin to disk to check depedency with ERD05? I can't do it with plugin's section SourceFiles cause BartPE ignore it

[RvdH]

OK. But how can I add bootsect.bin to disk to check depedency with ERD05? I can't do it with plugin's section SourceFiles cause BartPE ignore it

uhm...add it manually maybe?

[paraglider]

Use the Sherpya build scripts and wrapper.cmd. You have total control then over what parameters you pass to mkisofs

[Kalonji]

Pebldr 3.1.9 isn't executing wrapper.cmd anymore. Is is possible to add this functionality again?

Thanks, Kalonji.

[offtopic]

Pebldr 3.1.9 isn't executing wrapper.cmd anymore.

I expect you've over-written the fake mkisofs.exe with the real one from the PE-Builder.

Regards,
OT

[Kalonji]

I expect you've over-written the fake mkisofs.exe with the real one from the PE-Builder.

Regards,
OT

Sounds good! I'll test that later, thanks for your help!

[Kalonji]

@offtopic:

You were right. Many thanks again!

Kalonji.

[xrock]

uhm...add it manually maybe?

Yeah... If add file manually it works but why BartPE don't add this file? It ignores section bootsetc.bin=3000,bootsect.bin Actualy, that file is copied to HDD, but when iso-file is building it missing in root-directory.

[Sykoodad]

Hello togehter,

i think in pebuilder.inf line 344

CODE

0x1, "ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs", "olethk32", "olethk32.dll"

should better be

CODE

[SetupReg.AddReg.2600]
; only XP
0x1, "ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs", "olethk32", "olethk32.dll"

W2k3 SP1 will crash if the NTVDM.EXE is stored in i386\system32 with the above RegKey. This happens for example with the dospe plugin.
In W2k3 the olethk32.dll doesn't exist in the KnownDll List.

rgds
Sykoo

[Skinner]

Sykoodad

Big Thanks.
It seems this will solve my problem with DOSPE

[Bart Lagerweij]

Hello togehter,

i think in pebuilder.inf line 344

CODE

0x1, "ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs", "olethk32", "olethk32.dll"

should better be

CODE

[SetupReg.AddReg.2600]
; only XP
0x1, "ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\KnownDLLs", "olethk32", "olethk32.dll"

W2k3 SP1 will crash if the NTVDM.EXE is stored in i386\system32 with the above RegKey. This happens for example with the dospe plugin.
In W2k3 the olethk32.dll doesn't exist in the KnownDll List.

rgds
Sykoo

Hi, added in future v3.1.10

Regards,
Bart.

[cdob]

@Bart

Current StarBurn implementation does work well, CD and DVD writing is possible now. Thanks.


I use default PEBuilder 3.1.9 files and added one plugin z_multiprocessor.inf, containing:

CODE

[SourceDisksFiles]
ntkrnlmp.exe=2,NTOSKRNL.EXE

pebuilder.log

Section: SourceDisksFiles
Processing INF file "D:\Bcd\pebuilder319\plugin\z_multiprocessor\z_multiprocessor.inf"
...
Extracting "D:\Bcd\cds\xp-pro\files\I386\SP2.cab\NTKRNLMP.EXE" to "D:\Bcd\pebuilder319\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE"
Extracting "D:\Bcd\cds\xp-pro\files\I386\SP2.cab\NTOSKRNL.EXE" to "D:\Bcd\pebuilder319\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTKRNLMP.EXE"
...
DecompressOrCopy file "D:\BCD\CDS\XP-PRO\FILES\I386\NTKRNLMP.EXE" to "D:\Bcd\pebuilder319\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTKRNLMP.EXE"
DecompressOrCopy file "D:\BCD\CDS\XP-PRO\FILES\I386\NTOSKRNL.EXE" to "D:\Bcd\pebuilder319\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE"

File ntoskrnl.exe does contain ntoskrnl.exe, but not ntkrnlmp.exe.

If I edit layout.inf, remove ntoskrnl.exe, I get expected ntkrnlmp.exe.

What's more importand: layout.inf or a custom plugin?


If you integrate a hotfix, then file \I386\NTKRNLMP.EX? is most update version.
I like current process order: first *.cab next \I386\*.

[stuartr]

@Bart

Current StarBurn implementation does work well, CD and DVD writing is possible now. Thanks.
I use default PEBuilder 3.1.9 files and added one plugin z_multiprocessor.inf, containing:

CODE

[SourceDisksFiles]
ntkrnlmp.exe=2,NTOSKRNL.EXE

pebuilder.log
File ntoskrnl.exe does contain ntoskrnl.exe, but not ntkrnlmp.exe.

If I edit layout.inf, remove ntoskrnl.exe, I get expected ntkrnlmp.exe.

What's more importand: layout.inf or a custom plugin?
If you integrate a hotfix, then file \I386\NTKRNLMP.EX? is most update version.
I like current process order: first *.cab next \I386\*.

I'm not sure exactly what this accomplishes?

[waldense]

Bart-

Love your stuff!

Question,

I fresh downloaded and ran version 3.1.3 and 3.1.9.

To each I only added the plugin "scsi-raid.zip" downloaded from
http://www.oion.net/qnd/bootcd/plugindepot.shtml

I get the error:


Processing INF file: "C:\Projects\Bart PE\plugin\raid\raid.inf"
Section: SetValue
Error: cannot find file "U‹ìjÿhr>F"
Error: setValue() failed 0: The operation completed successfully. (Line 0 String "winpeoem.sif,OEMDriverParams,OemDriverRoot,drivers")


I get the same error with another plugin, but I don't have the original download link for that one.

It is also for 3rd party RAID drivers.

Both use XP SP2. Both are fresh downloads with nothing added except the plugin.

I've tried it on 2 different machines, same result; 3.1.3 works, 3.1.9 errors.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

[Bart Lagerweij]

@waldense

Not sure, in pebuilder 3.1.9 there is not file like "winpeoem.sif" that could be a problem.

This way (using winpeoem.sif) of adding drivers is old and bad.
You should add drivers to the "drivers" folder, see pebuilder help pages.

See for a few driver, http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#faq item number 31

Regards,
Bart.

[Sergio Neddi]

I am sorry for my poor english.

The bootfont.bin file need to be uppercased, the system boot does not see it in lower case.

[Bart Lagerweij]

@Sergio Neddi

I see that pebuilder 3.1.9 does not add bootfont.bin when needed.
Best thing todo here is add these lines to pebuilder.inf file.

CODE

; add bootfont.bin to [root] (if exists)
[SourceDisksFiles]
bootfont.bin=30000,BOOTFONT.BIN,4

Regards,
Bart.

[Plugin Builder]

@Sergio Neddi

I see that pebuilder 3.1.9 does not add bootfont.bin when needed.
Best thing todo here is add these lines to pebuilder.inf file.

CODE

; add bootfont.bin to [root] (if exists)
[SourceDisksFiles]
bootfont.bin=30000,BOOTFONT.BIN,4

Regards,
Bart.

I have NOT read some thing in here, so I can't confirm other
problems (including the above) with peb319.

I have burned a BartPE CD. I used pebuilder319, but found no problems, except
one plugin that I removed from pebuilder314-beta
to pebuilder319, named firefox DO NOT WORK if 319.

Regards Plugin Builder,
PS. Firefox Solution:


@echo off
rem FireFox startup file for BartPE
if not "%userprofile%" == "" goto LessThanPebuilder319
set userprofile=%tmp%\
set dp0=%systemdrive%\programs\firefox\
%dp0%firefox.exe -CreateProfile "BartPE %userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles"
copy "%dp0%bookmarks.html" "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\."
copy "%dp0%cookies.txt" "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\."
copy "%dp0%prefs.js" "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\."
start %dp0%firefox.exe -p BartPE
goto :_end

:LessThanPebuilder319
if not exist "%~dp0firefox.exe" (
echo FIREFOX: The file "%~dp0firefox.exe" does not exist.
goto _err)
echo FIREFOX: Creating directory: %userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
mkdir "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles"
if not exist "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" (
echo FIREFOX.CMD: The directory "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" does not exist!!!
goto _err)
echo FIREFOX: Creating profile
%~dp0firefox.exe -CreateProfile "BartPE %userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles"
if exist "%~dp0bookmarks.html" copy "%~dp0bookmarks.html" "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\."
if exist "%~dp0cookies.txt" copy "%~dp0cookies.txt" "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\."
if exist "%~dp0prefs.js" copy "%~dp0prefs.js" "%userprofile%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\."
echo FIREFOX: Starting...
start %~dp0firefox.exe -p BartPE
goto :_end
:_err
echo.
echo FIREFOX.CMD: Error, script aborted.
echo.
pause
:_end

[Plugin Builder]

SNIP... found no problems, except... Firefox...
OOPS. Avpersonal, etc. wont work after a simpel cleanup,

Regards Plugin Builder,
PS. Avpersonal, and/or a RAM Drive CleanUp... Solution:


@echo off
echo RamDriveCleanUp.cmd: Starting...
if (%tmp%) == (B:) rmdir /s /q B:\.
rem Strange, but if missing folder(s), avpersonal said
rem ERROR space needed, and then it freeze, so
if not "%userprofile%" == "" (
rem peb3x:
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Desktop"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Favorites"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Start Menu"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Local Settings\Application Data"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer"
) else (
rem peb319:
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Skrivebord"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Menuen Start\Programmer"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Skrivebord"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Foretrukne"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Menuen Start\Programmer\Start"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Lokale indstillinger\Application Data"
mkdir "%tmp%\Documents and Settings\Default User\Application Data"
)
rem Don't know how to write in your language, sorry.