Re: winpe boot cd & partition size

From: steve tretakis (stevetretakis_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:35:22 -0700

Yeah but my plan was to avoid the whole floppy issue...

"Rob" wrote:

> you can still use a floppy for the WINBOM.INI. If it's in the floppy drive
> on the machine you boot the WinPE CD from, it will automatically
> load the WINBOM.INI and override the WINBOM on the CD (if you have one).
> This is handy in case you have multiple source servers where
> you load your apps from. You don't need to create a new WinPE bootable CD
> each time, you just edit the WINBOM.INI on the floppy to point
> to the new location.
>
> "steve tretakis" <stevetretakis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7A2300E0-AB71-4E21-89D2-88E42C7533DF@microsoft.com...
> > My fault Rob, thanks for getting back to me but I guess I didn't mention
> > that
> > I wasn't using a floppy. I used the "oscdimg -betfsboot.com -n -h
> > d:\source"
> > d:\targert.iso" run from the winpe directory t build a bootable cd.
> > One cd has xp & one has w2k3. I did this mainly for my home lab & vm
> > machines...Im looking at the built iso's I don't even see a winbom file.
> > All
> > I did was build & unattend.txt file & rename to winnt.sof & place it in
> > the
> > i386 directory.
> >
> > Steve Tretakis
> >
> > "Rob" wrote:
> >
> >> Here's how I do it (ignore anything not relevant to you, this is just a
> >> cut
> >> paste from documentation I wrote)
> >>
> >> The WINBOM.INI file is on your Windows PE configuration floppy created
> >> during the Setup Manager process. This file is processed when WinPE runs
> >> and contains all the information on where WinPE can find your custom
> >> configuration set.
> >>
> >> Edit A:\WINBOM.INI and add the following:
> >>
> >> [Factory]
> >> Logfile = a:\winbom.log
> >> Logging = Yes
> >> LogLevel = 2
> >> LogPerf = No
> >>
> >> This will enable WinPE logging and write the log file to your floppy
> >> during
> >> WinPE setup. Also add:
> >>
> >> [OemRunOnce]
> >> "Hard Drive Setup","""a:\begin.cmd"" "
> >>
> >> This will execute the begin.cmd file whic
> >> hwewillbeplacingonthefloppy.
> >> This file will create a 4gig partition on your target hard drive. We
> >> must
> >> use this methodology so as not to delete any existing partitions on the
> >> target hard drive (such as the Intel Service Partition).
> >>
> >> Create A:\begin.cmd with the following contents:
> >>
> >> diskpart /s a:\part.txt
> >> format c: /fs:ntfs /q /y
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Create A:\PART.TXT with the following commands:
> >>
> >> Sel Disk 0
> >> Create Part Pri Size=4000
> >> active
> >> assign letter=c:
> >> exit
> >>
> >>
> >> "steve tretakis" <steve tretakis@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> >> message
> >> news:3192CB02-9D79-4461-9687-3C21882CBD58@microsoft.com...
> >> > Anyone know how to get a pebuild to make a , say 10 or 12 gb c:
> >> >
> >> > (boot/system) drive? In my winnt.sif, no matter what I put in the
> >> > [Unattended]
> >> > ExtendOemPartition=0
> >> > ExtendOemPartition=1
> >> > ExtendOemPartition=10240
> >> >
> >> > It take the whole drive for C: here is a copy of the whole data
> >> >
> >> > section & Unatteneded sctions.
> >> >
> >> > [Data]
> >> > AutoPartition=1
> >> > MsDosInitiated="0"
> >> > UnattendedInstall="Yes"
> >> >
> >> > [Unattended]
> >> > UnattendMode=FullUnattended
> >> > OemSkipEula=Yes
> >> > OemPreinstall=No
> >> > TargetPath=\WINDOWS
> >> > Repartition=Yes
> >> > ExtendOemPartition=??????
> >> >
> >> > And yes I read the chm in the deploy.cab folder and as I read it
> >> >
> >> > the 10240 entry should have givin me about a 10 gb drive c:?
> >> >
> >> > steve Tretakis
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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