[TonyPE]

You can use BartPE or Windows PE to install either edition of Windows 2003 (x86 or x64) using this tool I've written.

It's been tested with Windows 2003, SP1, SP2, R2, Web, Standard, Enterprise versions.

Download and details available here: http://home.woh.rr.com/pombo/

This post has been edited by TonyPE: 05 April 2007 - 02:13 AM

[Albuquerque]

Generally speaking, you're completely out of luck. From Bart's intro-to-BartPE page:

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64-Bit - Bart's builder does not support Windows 64-bit editions.

[Jazkal]

TonyPE, on Mar 21 2006, 06:25 PM, said:

I need to do this because you can only install Windows x64 in an unattended manner from a running x64 environment.

Make a WinXP x64 Unattended CD/DVD. That works just fine.

If you are trying to create a WinPE CD to install x64 over the network, then your only option is WinPE 1.5 or 1.6 or WinPE 2.0.

v1.5 or 1.6 is only available to certain customers.

But v2.0 is part of Longhorn/Vista. It should be easier for you to get your hands on.

I think you can get WinPE (not sure which version) is you have SMS installed.

This post has been edited by Jazkal: 21 March 2006 - 08:46 PM

[TonyPE]

Albuquerque, on Mar 21 2006, 09:07 PM, said:

Generally speaking, you're completely out of luck. From Bart's intro-to-BartPE page:

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64-Bit - Bart's builder does not support Windows 64-bit editions.

I somehow missed this. Darn...

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Make a WinXP x64 Unattended CD/DVD. That works just fine

How can I do this?

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But v2.0 is part of Longhorn/Vista. It should be easier for you to get your hands on.

I have the Feb CTP of Vista, but the DVD doesn't seem to have anything related to PE on it. Am I missing something?

[kasandoro]

Windows XP x64 Edition cd's are bootable, and installs just fine.

[Jazkal]

TonyPE, on Mar 22 2006, 11:35 AM, said:

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Make a WinXP x64 Unattended CD/DVD. That works just fine

How can I do this?

Have you created a WinXP 32bit unattended CD/DVD before?

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But v2.0 is part of Longhorn/Vista. It should be easier for you to get your hands on.

I have the Feb CTP of Vista, but the DVD doesn't seem to have anything related to PE on it. Am I missing something?

Longhorn uses WinPE2 to do the install. WinPE v2.0 is in the boot.wim. I haven't played around with it that much, but I know there are other threads on this topic.

This post has been edited by Jazkal: 22 March 2006 - 12:06 PM

[fizban2]

the windows AIK tool kit has the PE 2.0 tools that you are looking for, if you have a MSDN account then you have access to this, also called the WAIK tollkit, included are the instructions for building and creating 32 bit and 64 bit PEs using ximage. this will be available to everyone once it comes out of the beta stages with vista.

[TonyPE]

I think I found a way to use 32-bit Windows to install 64-bit Windows...

Need to test more. I'll post my results here.

[ChrisBaksa]

You can deploy 64 bit OS images under a 32 bit Version of PE. ( Ghost oe Ximage images)

But you can't run the 32 bit Windows SETUP under a 64 Bit Version of PE. And you can't run the 64 bit Version of Setup under a 32 Version of PE.

Chris

[TonyPE]

I have created a Windows Script that will perform an unattended installation of Windows 2003 x64 Edition from any platform that runs Windows Scripting Host.

It's available here: Download

I've successfully installed x64 edition from BartPE. Comments are welcome.

[Jazkal]

TonyPE, very interesting tool. I will give it a look, and run it through some tests.

Just a quick question, how many of the switches from winnt32.exe have you imported into this script?

Would you consider releasing the code as open source?

[TonyPE]

Jazkal, on Apr 16 2006, 12:10 AM, said:

TonyPE, very interesting tool. I will give it a look, and run it through some tests.

Just a quick question, how many of the switches from winnt32.exe have you imported into this script?

Would you consider releasing the code as open source?

I am sorry for the delay in replying. I didn't notice the message. Anyway...

I've only implemented these switches: /syspart:C: /unattend /s /makelocalsource /noreboot

Yes, I would release it as open source. There is no compilied code involved (it's a script file), so it's basically already open.

[TonyPE]

This tool has been updated to version 2.0.

Changes are:
-- Program is now a native Windows 32-bit application. Windows scripting host is no longer required.
-- Enhanced logging and output options
-- Bootsector file is now automatically generated and works on any hard drive. (Fixed reboot and freeze problems)
-- Fixed a bug where boot.ini file always referenced C: even when the user specified a different drive letter.
-- Runs faster (native application)

Download from: http://home.woh.rr.com/pombo/

[Jazkal]

Very nice, good job!

[eastonj]

Tony,

I tried your program and the only thing I had a problem with is that your program requires a OEMFilesPath= in the unattend where as MS seems to indicate its optional. According the ref.chm;

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OemFilesPath
Specifies the path to the \$OEM$ folder (containing OEM files) if it does not exist under the \platform folder of the distribution share point, where platform is i386, amd64, or ia64.

Since my $OEM$ folders are under the /platform folder, I've never specified them with a OEMFilesPath=

Otherwise, a nice program.

-Jeff

[betamax]

A few questions:

When you start an install with syspart and makelocalsource, does it leave the local source files on the drive after setup has completed? Where does it leave them?

Does it set the registry values to point to the local source as the SourcePath, or does it still refer to the CD?

After you run winnt32.exe from the PE environment and reboot (to start text setup from the HDD), do you need the CD anymore? Or can it be removed from the cd rom drive?

[TonyPE]

eastonj, on Apr 10 2007, 11:10 AM, said:

I tried your program and the only thing I had a problem with is that your program requires a OEMFilesPath= in the unattend where as MS seems to indicate its optional.

Since my $OEM$ folders are under the /platform folder, I've never specified them with a OEMFilesPath=

Otherwise, a nice program.

Thank you, and you are correct. As a workaround, you can specify an empty folder for OEMFilesPath. I'll fix this in the next release.

[TonyPE]

betamax, on Apr 16 2007, 02:52 PM, said:

When you start an install with syspart and makelocalsource, does it leave the local source files on the drive after setup has completed? Where does it leave them?

No, just as Windows setup does not.

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Does it set the registry values to point to the local source as the SourcePath, or does it still refer to the CD?

It still refers to the CD. I use a .REG file to change the source to a network share on my installations.

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After you run winnt32.exe from the PE environment and reboot (to start text setup from the HDD), do you need the CD anymore? Or can it be removed from the cd rom drive?

Once the ManualWindowsSetup.EXE program exits, the CD is no longer needed and can be removed at any time thereafter.

FYI, my scripts reboot the system after ManualWindowsSetup.EXE finishes. I use a bootable CD with the "Press any key to boot from CD" patch, so I don't need to be around to eject the disk.

[IISINF]

We are using theManualWindowsSetup.exe from Tony to run XP64bit from WINPE 2.0.


It works like a charm but when we reboot the system the disk isn't bootable.
Any suggestions?

TIA,

Martin

[gar123]

maybe u need to run bootsect to apply switching between BOOTMGR and NTLDR if u are booting 2003