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FWIW - I used the same WINPE2005 build to boot to a harddisk before I compressed to WIM.
PE2005 in WIM format working with Vista bootloader
Well, almost... Need someone with 5270 or later build to help
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#22
Posted 28 March 2006 - 11:07 AM
There is a special GUID that is used in vista bootmgr named {legacy} that is designed to boot pre-vista OS like XP. You can see an example by typing BCDEDIT /? ID. If you are using dual boot bitween vista and xp, through BCDEDIT you can see {legacy} entry to boot xp. Now, that {legacy} entry is quiet shorter that of vista, and i have no idea if it would accept ramdisk as a device option.
Another option would be vista bootmgr after uncompressing wim into ramdisk would pas onto another boot sector , like bootsect.bin or something, but as well ihave no idea if bootmgr is able to do that. I hopr there is somebody who is savy in that whole bootmgr stuff could clarify me on theses thoughts.
Another option would be vista bootmgr after uncompressing wim into ramdisk would pas onto another boot sector , like bootsect.bin or something, but as well ihave no idea if bootmgr is able to do that. I hopr there is somebody who is savy in that whole bootmgr stuff could clarify me on theses thoughts.
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Posted 28 March 2006 - 11:17 AM
After a LONG involved process with this, I eventually gave up. Something breaks in the transition between loading the WIM into ram and handing that off to the underlying OS. I could push and pull in different places to make it break at varying points, but never could get anywhere with it.
Besides, the Vista PE load has a LOAD of items that can be removed it seems; I'm getting functional Vista PE images that are far smaller (WIM size versus SDI size) than the WinPE 2005 image I was fighting to pare down.
Besides, the Vista PE load has a LOAD of items that can be removed it seems; I'm getting functional Vista PE images that are far smaller (WIM size versus SDI size) than the WinPE 2005 image I was fighting to pare down.
#24
Posted 28 March 2006 - 11:34 AM
I'm almost giving up on it as well. I have a coulple of questions though.
how do i get rid of that slowness in command prompt?
what i could delete from the image to slim it down, just to keep networking?
thnx in advance
how do i get rid of that slowness in command prompt?
what i could delete from the image to slim it down, just to keep networking?
thnx in advance
