Hi everybody!
Happy New Year!!!!!
So...
It's possible to download an image of the BartPE(WinPE) via WDS?
WDS 2008 only works extension .WIM, but my BartPE was developed in WinPE XP!
Somebody already made this?

Thanks!!!

I have no experience with wds 2008 but will guess it boils down to what is chainable by bootmgr.

You would need a rambooted PE so possibly choose from;

- startrom.0 -> ramdisk.sys
- pxelinux.0 -> memdisk/grub.exe -> firadisk/winvblock/disklessangel/wimboot

This was an extremely simplified illustration...


Joakim

I see...but how I create a rambooted PE? Could you explain me step-by-step?

Thanks!!!

A rambooted PE is a PE running completely in ram. You will need to create a partition/disk image and copy your PE build onto it. You will also need a usable "ramdisk" driver for it.

- "ramdisk.sys images" must be loaded with setupldr.bin(must be from server 2003 sp1 or sp2) for PE.
- firadisk, winvblock, disklessangel images can be loaded with grub4dos and/or memdisk (look into their respective threads on boot-land). The firadisk thread is probably the easiest to understand as it is a very detailed tutorial.

Preferrably you will format your image with ntfs compressed filesystem. Then gzip/zip the image afterwards so that transfer time over network is lowest possible.

But if you are unfamiliar with ramboots, then it is not very easy start out with network booting. I will advise you to start with local rambooting first (ie from hdd or cd/iso). You will likely need to spend some time working on this before you succeed.

I have not seen a complete guide for how to master ramboots. The bits and pieces are spread all over and bringing network booting to it, makes it even more difficult. (maybe it's time for an all-in-one tutorial on the subject).

Search for terms like; ramboot, inram, ramdisk.sys, 512 limit, sdi, firadisk, winvblock, disklessangel, mbrbatch, disk image, vdk descriptor, rdimageoffset.

During your search you will see what to put inside winnt.sif/menu.lst. Good luck!

Joakim