PE Builder v3.1.10, is available... Options

[Bart Lagerweij]

v3.1.10 is available.
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

Please read the change log below:

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# PE Builder changes (from v3.1.9 until v3.1.10)

Boot BartPE on a system with 64MB
  Did you ever try to boot BartPE on a system with only 64MB of memory? I used
  to keep a separate CD (nickname "SmallPE") for this. This CD did not have a
  ramdrive and some other plugins, so that it would boot on those old 64MB
  systems. Not anymore! Thanks to an updated nu2menu and a little ramdisk
  parameter tuning, you can use the same BartPE CD also for 64MB system. Of
  course this does not include huge and hungry plugins like xpe and so...

Supported languages
  PE Builder currently supports the following languages:
  english*, dutch*, czech*, german*, japanese*, russian*, slovak*, arabic,
  brazilian, chinese_chs, chinese_traditional_bg5, french, greek, italian,
  macedonian, polish, portuguese, romanian, spanish and turkish.
  (*) Help pages are also available.

Pre-Flight check
  This is a first attempt to check if all files required to boot BartPE exist in
  the output location. At current a warning message is printed if a file is
  missing.

See below for more details...

Changes to pebuilder.exe:
- Added an error and warning counter on build dialog.
- Added a value of 8 to SourceDisksFiles attribute. This will rename the
  filename to uppercase.
- Uppercasing windows files is only done, when an ISO image is build.
- Added an option where you can disable uppercasing the windows files.
- The output directory was created in uppercase, while this is not needed. Fixed
  it.
- Added a routine that, after building, checks if files required for booting
  BartPE are missing from the output directory. Prints warning messages if files
  are missing.
- Added a parser variable @Lcid@, which expands to the system default language
  identifier (for example "409").
- Added an option to erase the ISO image and the output folder after succesfull
  CD burn.
- When burning using starburn, only devices capable of writing to CD or DVD are
  shown in the device listbox. Also when no device is selected PE Builder will
  select the best device for you.

Changed items:
+ pebuilder.inf: Removed olethk32.dll from KnownDLLs. 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.
+ pebuilder.inf: bootfont.bin is now also copied. Mainly used in non-english
  languages. It uses the new sourcedisksfiles attribute value of 8 to uppercase
  the file in ISO images.
+ nu2shell.exe: v1.3, the environment variables USERPROFILE and ALLUSERSPROFILE
  where not set correctly (in fact they where erased). Fixed.
+ plugin\stinger: updated to work with new stinger filenames like "stng259.exe".
+ plugin\irfanview: added "files" folder.
+ plugin\ramdisk: updated ramdisk.inf. Now the ramdisk switches to 4MB in size
  when the system is low on memory. Normally systems with 90MB or less will end up
  with a 4MB ramdisk. This enables you to run your normal BartPE CD on system with
  only 64MB of memory.
+ plugin\nu2menu: updated nu2menu.exe to v0.3.52. Nu2menu was running out of
  memory a bit fast on systems with very little memory (<64MB). Fixed memory
  allocation bug.
- plugin\total commander\wincmd.ini, Small83Names=0
- Updated the following languages files:
  lang\english.lng: updated, the following language numbers: 288-293
  lang\dutch.lng
  lang\chinese_chs.lng
  lang\czech.lng
  lang\dutch.lng
  lang\english.lng
  lang\french.lng
  lang\german.lng
  lang\greek.lng
  lang\italian.lng
  lang\macedonian.lng
  lang\polish.lng
  lang\romanian.lng
  lang\slovak.lng
  lang\spanish.lng
- Updated the following help files:
  help\english\pluginformat.htm, added help for SourceDisksFiles attribute value 8.
  help\dutch\pluginformat.htm

Added items:
- Added the following languages:
  lang\arabic.lng
  lang\brazilian.lng
  lang\chinese_traditional_bg5.lng
  lang\japanese.lng
  lang\russian.lng
  lang\portuguese.lng
  lang\russian.lng
  lang\turkish.lng

Regards,
Bart.

[Joshua]

great new functions !!!
thank's

Joshua

[techman]

once again thanks for all the hard work
its a life saver.

[stuartr]

Tested and working well with 63 plugins.

[alex qiriazi]

Tested and working well with 63 plugins.

hello to all
when i downloaded 3.1.9 version and i tried to build computer restarted so i waited for the next version but same thing in 3.1.10.Can someone help me please

[Daemonforce]

You probably have a horrible configuration setting or a bad SP install. Uninstall your current service pack and reinstall.

[JonF]

- Uppercasing windows files is only done, when an ISO image is build.

This means that those of us who build the ISO with a CMD file of our own have to put the uppercasing of I386 back in. No problem as long as we understand that

[Ed_P]

This means that those of us who build the ISO with a CMD file of our own have to put the uppercasing of I386 back in. No problem as long as we understand that.

oooo Good point JonF. Thanks for pointing it out.

hello to all
when i downloaded 3.1.9 version and i tried to build computer restarted so i waited for the next version but same thing in 3.1.10.Can someone help me please

Start with a basic PEBuilder install and plugin setup. If that works slowly add in other plugins till the problem reoccurs. Then you will know what to debug.

If the basic PEBuilder install and plugin setup has the same problem your slipstreamed folder is most likely messed up and you will need to rebuild it.

hth

[GenericSetup]

Bart - wanted to say thanks for all the hard work on the program. Great work.

Question/Comment though on version numbers.

PE Builder changes (from v3.1.9 until v3.1.10)

3.1.9 is a higher number than 3.1.10
By not listing the 0 or other number after the 9 doesn't change the value. If it were to use 2 places it would be .90 vs .10

Up to you how you version control your work, but thought I'd at least mention it.

Thanks again.

[Ed_P]

3.1.9 is a higher number than 3.1.10
By not listing the 0 or other number after the 9 doesn't change the value. If it were to use 2 places it would be .90 vs .10

Not sure what country you are in but in America and most of Europe that I am aware of 10 is considered higher than 9. And it is worth more in terms of money too.

Certain, less sophisticated, (pc) systems sort decendingly 9s before 1s because they don't take into account the number of digits change. If you take the time and rename all the 3.1 versions prior to 10 to be 3.1.0x, ie the 0 BEFORE the digit, your listing will be fine.

Dumb computers.

[Bart Lagerweij]

This means that those of us who build the ISO with a CMD file of our own have to put the uppercasing of I386 back in.

Yes,
Bart.

[Bart Lagerweij]

Hi,

When building from server 2003 you will get:

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Checking for missing files
Error: File "c:\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE" not found
Builder has stopped because there are 1 build errors

This message should have been a warning message, but as you can see, it is an error messages.

Workaround:
You can close the build screen and press F5 key in the main screen to build ISO/Burn anyway...

Regards,
Bart.

[stuartr]

Hi,

When building from server 2003 you will get:

CODE

Checking for missing files
Error: File "c:\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE" not found
Builder has stopped because there are 1 build errors

This message should have been a warning message, but as you can see, it is an error messages.

Workaround:
You can close the build screen and press F5 key in the main screen to build ISO/Burn anyway...

Regards,
Bart.

Hmmm, I"m building from Server 2003 and not getting this error message at all.

[oscar]

May somebody remember me why/when uppercasing?

Is it a must uppercasing? I guess not because I have no problem at all with my CD (pebuilder 3.1.10,XPE, XP SP2, 700Mb, ISO created with cdimage.exe) and no file is uppercased

Thanks

[hilander999]

hello to all
when i downloaded 3.1.9 version and i tried to build computer restarted so i waited for the next version but same thing in 3.1.10.Can someone help me please

As strange as this is going to sound, some pc configurations are having trouble with
the newer versions of pebuilder & restarting.

One workaroud is to start the PC in "safe mode" & then run pebuilder, this seems to work
although I have no idea as to what the error is related too.

We tested on several systems of different configurations that had the problem & the only "common ground" between them was some of the anti-virus programs and\or drive overlays (ie..Acronis).

PS: Almost forgot.....
THANK YOU BART.

[Bart Lagerweij]

Hmmm, I"m building from Server 2003 and not getting this error message at all.

I got it building from Server 2003 US (no SP)

Bart.

[batchman61]

my environment since long without any trouble:

Running OS Version: 5.0.2195 (Service Pack 4)
Source product is: Windows XP Professional
CD-Rom name is: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1-CD

PE Builder 3.1.9 : OK
PE Builder 3.1.10 : Error: File "...\NTOSKRNL.EXE" not found

[Daemonforce]

I got it building from Server 2003 US (no SP)

Bart.

This is funny.

You still don't trust service pack 1?
I don't trust it and I don't like what it did to IIS among several other neat tools I like to use. I still need to do several tests with both the gold and slipstreamed builds. That's probably why I haven't built a (working)BartPE from anything outside of Windows XP this year.

my environment since long without any trouble:

Running OS Version: 5.0.2195 (Service Pack 4)
Source product is: Windows XP Professional
CD-Rom name is: Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1-CD

PE Builder 3.1.9 : OK
PE Builder 3.1.10 : Error: File "...\NTOSKRNL.EXE" not found

Comedy Goldmine!

Didn't Bart drop support for all Windows NT 5.0 builds around the start of PE Builder v3.1 and move straight to NT 5.1 for the minimum, or am I thinking of something else?

Something tells me that WinPE can be made from Windows 2000, but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's my old copy of Disk Commander. Maybe it's because I remember mention of PE Builder and Windows 2000...If it worked then, it should work now. Right?

[gely]

This means that those of us who build the ISO with a CMD file of our own have to put the uppercasing of I386 back in.

Yes,
Bart.

This means that who use the sherpya binl python script on linux box for ris booting can use another pebuilder than 3.1.3

thanks for all your work.

---happy admin here :]

[Bart Lagerweij]

Hi,

When building from server 2003 you will get:

CODE

Checking for missing files
Error: File "c:\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32\NTOSKRNL.EXE" not found
Builder has stopped because there are 1 build errors

This message should have been a warning message, but as you can see, it is an error messages.

Workaround:
You can close the build screen and press F5 key in the main screen to build ISO/Burn anyway...

Regards,
Bart.

After more testing it shows that besides server 2003 (no SP) Windows XP (with SP1) also has the same problem...

Regards,
Bart.