Topic: How to make my WinPE bootable on Cent OS under Grub  (Read 1474 times)

How to make my WinPE bootable on Cent OS under Grub
« on: December 08, 2015, 08:41:45 AM »

tvu

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Hi all,

I used WinBuilder to build up a WinPE bootable ISO file, and it works perfectly while booting from CD/DVD mode. However, now I want to boot it in another way:

- Master OS: Cent OS
- Copy WinPE ISO file (0903_Win7PESE_x86.ISO) into Cent OS folder
- Edit "PXE Boot Menu" in Cent OS (pxelinux.cfg):

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[root@CentOsMngOpswat pxelinux.cfg]# cat default

default menu.c32
prompt 0
timeout 300
TOTALTIMEOUT 6000
ONTIMEOUT local

menu title ########## PXE Boot Menu ##########

label 1
menu label ^1) Install Cacti_Nagios CentOS6.5
kernel Cacti_Nagios/isolinux/vesamenu.c32
APPEND /Cacti_Nagios/isolinux/isolinux.cfg method=http://10.0.0.22/Cacti_Nagios lang=us keymap=us ip=dhcp

label 2
menu label ^2) OPSWAT
kernel memdisk
INITRD 0903_Win7PESE_x86.ISO
APPEND iso raw

MENU end
label 3
menu label ^3) Boot from local drive localboot

- However, I cannot get it boot with WinPE ISO file (0903_Win7PESE_x86.ISO) then, I found that the ISO files can be extracted successfully but it just goes to GRUB for DOS, instead of Windows PE...

- I tried to use another solution (AIK file) by following instructions at http://www.tecmint.com/installing-windows-7-over-pxe-network-boot-in-centos/ and do the same scenario, and this works fine.

Can you please advise how to make my WinPE (built by WinBuilder) bootable in this scenario?

Many thanks

Re: How to make my WinPE bootable on Cent OS under Grub
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2015, 04:57:31 PM »

0scar

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Try  Main Configuration Boot Manager Standard instead of Grub4Dos (recomended).

Re: How to make my WinPE bootable on Cent OS under Grub
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2015, 04:58:57 PM »

tvu

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Thank you for your advice!

I will give it a try and let you know then.

Re: How to make my WinPE bootable on Cent OS under Grub
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2015, 07:40:19 AM »

tvu

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Just wanted to let you know that your suggestion worked! Thank you so much.

 

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