Need help troubleshooting Booting WinPE 3.0 with PXELINUX

[clivebuckwheat]

Hi I have been trying to accomplish this feat for about a week now, and I always seem to get a boot up error. See screen shot at then end of the post any guidance would be appreciated.

Here is how I call WinPe from my default file

label WinPE
menu label ^WinPE
menu default
kernel Boot/startrom.0
append Bootmgr.exe

here is the content of my /tftpboot

pxelinux.0

boot.img.gz

mini.iso

pxelinux.cfg

vesamenu.c32

bootmgr.exe

netboot.tar.gz

tftpd.remap

/tftpboot/Boot

abortpxe.com

boot.sdi

hdlscom2.com

startrom.0

wgl4_boot.ttf

BCD

hdlscom1.com

hdlscom2.n12

WdsConfig.inf

WinPE.wim

BCD.LOG

hdlscom1.n12

pxeboot.com

wdsnbp.com

/tftpboot/tftpd.remap file

rg \\ /

/etc/default/tftpd-hpa

RUN_DAEMON="yes"

OPTIONS="-l -s /tftpboot -m /tftpboot/tftpd.remap -vvv"

/etc/inetd.conf

tftp dgram udp wait root /usr/sbin/in.tftpd /usr/sbin/in.tftpd -s /tftpboot

/etc/dhcp3/dhcp.conf

default-lease-time 86400;

max-lease-time 604800;

authoritative;

subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {

range 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.255;

option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;

option broadcast-address 192.168.1.255;

option routers 192.168.1.1;

filename "pxelinux.0";

next-server 192.168.1.195;

Contents of /var/log/syslog

/var/log/syslog

Mar 27 20:24:35 pxe-server in.tftpd[15040]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename howtoforge_pxe.png
Mar 27 20:24:39 pxe-server in.tftpd[15041]: remap: input: Boot/startrom.0
Mar 27 20:24:39 pxe-server in.tftpd[15041]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:39 pxe-server in.tftpd[15041]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename Boot/startrom.0
Mar 27 20:24:39 pxe-server in.tftpd[15042]: remap: input: bootmgr.exe
Mar 27 20:24:39 pxe-server in.tftpd[15042]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:39 pxe-server in.tftpd[15042]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename bootmgr.exe
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15043]: remap: input: \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15043]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15043]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15043]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15043]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15043]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf remapped to /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15044]: remap: input: \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15044]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15044]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15044]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15044]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:40 pxe-server in.tftpd[15044]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf remapped to /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:41 pxe-server in.tftpd[15045]: remap: input: \boot.ini
Mar 27 20:24:41 pxe-server in.tftpd[15045]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /boot.ini
Mar 27 20:24:41 pxe-server in.tftpd[15045]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:41 pxe-server in.tftpd[15045]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \boot.ini remapped to /boot.ini
Mar 27 20:24:41 pxe-server in.tftpd[15045]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to 192.168.1.5
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15046]: remap: input: \Boot\BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15046]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot\BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15046]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15046]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15046]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \Boot\BCD remapped to /Boot/BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15047]: remap: input: \Boot\BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15047]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot\BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15047]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/BCD
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15047]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:56 pxe-server in.tftpd[15047]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \Boot\BCD remapped to /Boot/BCD
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: remap: input: \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf remapped to /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15048]: tftp: client does not accept options
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15049]: remap: input: \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15049]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15049]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15049]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15049]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15049]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \Boot\Fonts\wgl4_boot.ttf remapped to /Boot/Fonts/wgl4_boot.ttf
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15050]: remap: input: \hiberfil.sys
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15050]: remap: rule 0: rewrite: /hiberfil.sys
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15050]: remap: done
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15050]: RRQ from 192.168.1.5 filename \hiberfil.sys remapped to /hiberfil.sys
Mar 27 20:24:57 pxe-server in.tftpd[15050]: sending NAK (1, File not found) to 192.168.1.5:'

[bj-kaiser]

I think the bootloader message together with your TFTP log is quite clear, isnt it?

Something in the BCD file is wrong, as it can apparently load it and tell you that. And you never see the .wim getting requested from TFTP.

so check your BCD config. "bcdedit /store BCDfile /enum"

update:

this is what a succesful boot of WinPE 2.0 looks like from the TFTP server side:

Edited March 28, 2010 by bj-kaiser

[jaclaz]

Cross-linking:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=23759

jaclaz

[kai4785]

I totally feel your pain. I've spent many many hours trying to do exactly what you're doing. The good news is that I just finished up putting my final touches on this project last week.

So here's the parts of the puzzle I think you might be missing. As a point of clarification, there are two lines in the following script that will probably fail. I modified the original 'startnet.cmd' file to add a call to 'mac.bat', and then added the 'mac.bat' script to my WinPE.wim file. I use these two script to mount my SMB share, cd to the installer directory, and run setup.exe with an unattended file. If you'd like a copy of those scripts, I can add them, but you don't need them to start WinPE.

Also, don't forget to change the GUID to the return value of the BCD creation command. I've yet to go back to the script, and rewrite it to capture the GUID. I plan to do it at some point, just haven't gone back to it yet.

# Run this from the Windows Machine that has WAIK installed.

#Mount the TFTP root of the Linux Server via SMB
net use Y: \\pxe\REMINST

# Create and copy over the WinPE image (renamed to boot.wim)
copype.cmd amd64 c:\winpe_amd64
imagex /mountrw C:\winpe_amd64\winpe.wim 1 C:\winpe_amd64\mount
copy /Y c:\winpe_amd64\mount\Windows\Boot\PXE\*.* Y:\Boot
copy /Y Y:\Boot\pxeboot.n12 Y:\Boot\startrom.0
copy /Y Y:\images\WINDOWS_ISOS\startnet.cmd c:\winpe_amd64\mount\Windows\System32\startnet.cmd
copy /Y Y:\images\WINDOWS_ISOS\mac.bat c:\winpe_amd64\mount\Windows\System32\mac.bat
Imagex /unmount /commit c:\winpe_amd64\mount
copy /Y c:\winpe_amd64\winpe.wim Y:\Boot\boot.wim
copy /Y "c:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\boot\boot.sdi" Y:\Boot

#Create the BCD
Bcdedit -createstore c:\winpe_amd64\BCD
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -create {ramdiskoptions} /d "Ramdisk options"
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdidevice  boot
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {ramdiskoptions} ramdisksdipath  \Boot\boot.sdi
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -create /d "Fibernet WinPE Boot Image for Unattended Installs" /application osloader

#The last command returns a unique GUID string that needs to be used in later commands:
# The entry {ea0be71a-4bf4-11df-aecf-c21c162604c3} was successfully created.
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {6a81174a-4d52-11df-b87f-e53851c295c4} systemroot \Windows
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {6a81174a-4d52-11df-b87f-e53851c295c4} detecthal Yes
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {6a81174a-4d52-11df-b87f-e53851c295c4} winpe Yes
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {6a81174a-4d52-11df-b87f-e53851c295c4} osdevice ramdisk=[boot]\Boot\boot.wim,{ramdiskoptions}
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {6a81174a-4d52-11df-b87f-e53851c295c4} device ramdisk=[boot]\Boot\boot.wim,{ramdiskoptions}
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -create {bootmgr} /d "Windows BootManager"
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -set {bootmgr} timeout 30
Bcdedit -store c:\winpe_amd64\BCD -displayorder {6a81174a-4d52-11df-b87f-e53851c295c4}
copy c:\winpe_amd64\BCD Y:\Boot

You want to do the amd64 one because it will do both the amd64 and x86 installs. The opposite is not true.

Then my tftp remap file, and xinetd.d/tftp file.

# cat /etc/tftpd.rules 
r	^\\cdrom\\i386\\pcntpci5.sys	pcntpci5.sys
r	^\\\\i386	i386
rg	\\	/
r	KDCOM.DL_	kdcom.dl_
r	KDCOM.DLL	kdcom.dll
r	BOOTVID.dl_	bootvid.dl_
r	BOOTVID.dll	bootvid.dll
r	SETUPREG.HIV	setupreg.hiv
r	SPDDLANG.SY_	spddlang.sy_
r	SPDDLANG.SYS	spddlang.sys
r	WMILIB.SY_	wmilib.sy_
r	WMILIB.SYS	wmilib.sys
r	1394BUS.SY_	1394bus.sy_
r	1394BUS.SYS	1394bus.sys
r	PCIIDEX.SY_	pciidex.sy_
r	PCIIDEX.SYS	pciidex.sys
r	USBPORT.SY_	usbport.sy_
r	USBPORT.SYS	usbport.sys
r	USBD.SY_	usbd.sy_
r	USBD.SYS	usbd.sys
r	HIDCLASS.SY_	hidclass.sy_
r	HIDCLASS.SYS	hidclass.sys
r	HIDPARSE.SY_	hidparse.sy_
r	HIDPARSE.SYS	hidparse.sys
r	SCSIPORT.SY_	scsiport.sy_
r	SCSIPORT.SYS	scsiport.sys
r	CLASSPNP.SY_	classpnp.sy_
r	CLASSPNP.SYS	classpnp.sys
r	TDI.SY_	tdi.sy_
r	TDI.SYS	tdi.sys
r	OPRGHDLR.SY_	oprghdlr.sy_
r	OPRGHDLR.SYS	oprghdlr.sys
r	VIDEOPRT.SY_	videoprt.sy_
r	VIDEOPRT.SYS	videoprt.sys
r	HALAACPI.DL_	halaacpi.dl_
r	HALAACPI.DLL	halaacpi.dll
r	iaStor	iastor
r	Fasttx2k	fasttx2k
r	S150sx8	s150sx8
r	QL2300	ql2300
r	Si3112	si3112
r	SiSRaid	sisraid
r	RTL8139.SY_	rtl8139.sy_
r	RTL8139.SYS	rtl8139.sys
r	3waredrv.sys	3wareDrv.sys
r	3waredrv.sy_	3wareDrv.sy_
r	bootmgr.exe	/Boot/bootmgr.exe
r	/boot/		/Boot/


# cat /etc/xinetd.d/tftp 
# default: off
# description: The tftp server serves files using the trivial file transfer \
#	protocol.  The tftp protocol is often used to boot diskless \
#	workstations, download configuration files to network-aware printers, \
#	and to start the installation process for some operating systems.
service tftp
{
	socket_type		= dgram
	protocol		= udp
	wait			= yes
	user			= root
	server			= /usr/sbin/in.tftpd
	server_args		= -vv -c -s /tftpboot -m /etc/tftpd.rules
	disable			= no
	per_source		= 11
	cps			= 100 2
	flags			= IPv4
}

That should do it for you. I can pretty much guarantee that I can help you resolve this issue. Go back to the Ubuntu forums and other places you've posted the same issue, and close the threads with a link back to this one.

[hj_fr]

Hi clivebuckwheat,

I successfully boot up WinPE 3 AMD64 from a Linux TFTPD server.

Contents of /etc/tftpd.map :

# Convert backslashes to slashes
rg \\ /

Tree of my tftpboot directory:

.
|-- Boot -> boot
|-- boot
|   |-- BCD
|   |-- WdsConfig.inf
|   |-- abortpxe.com
|   |-- boot.sdi
|   |-- bootmgr.exe
|   |-- en-US
|   |   |-- bootmgr.exe.mui
|   |   `-- wdsmgfw.efi.mui
|   |-- fr-FR
|   |   |-- bootmgr.exe.mui
|   |   `-- wdsmgfw.efi.mui
|   |-- hdlscom1.com
|   |-- hdlscom1.n12
|   |-- hdlscom2.com
|   |-- hdlscom2.n12
|   |-- pxeboot.0 -> pxeboot.n12
|   |-- pxeboot.com
|   |-- pxeboot.n12
|   |-- wdsmgfw.efi
|   `-- wdsnbp.com
|-- bootmgr.exe -> boot/bootmgr.exe
|-- pxelinux.0
|-- pxelinux.cfg
|   `-- default
`-- sources
    `-- boot.wim

My pxelinux.cfg/default :

KERNEL boot/pxeboot.0