Hi all,

Does PkgMgr.exe work from *inside* WinPE?

Here's what I'm trying to do:

1) Create baseline image

2) Sysprep/Capture

3) Boot WinPE image (which includes various tools - imagex, pkgmgr etc)

4) Format hard disk

5) Imagex /apply WIM

6) Copy drivers to C:\OEM\Mouse, C:\OEM\Video etc

6) Use PkgMgr to inject drivers.

Stages 1-5 seems to work fine.

Stage 6 crashes and burns

I *think* I have the XML and commands correct:

XML snippet:

   <settings pass="offlineServicing">
        <component name="Microsoft-Windows-PnpCustomizationsNonWinPE" processorArchitecture="x86" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS">
            <DriverPaths>
                <PathAndCredentials wcm:keyValue="1">
                     <Path>c:\oem</Path>
                </PathAndCredentials>
            </DriverPaths>
        </component>
    </settings>

PkgMmgr command:

pkgmgr /o"c:\;c:\windows" /n:c:\unattend.xml /l:"c:\log2.txt"

And the resulting log file:

2007-01-31 10:02:54, Info                  CBS    Pkgmgr: called with: "pkgmgr  /o:"c:\;c:\windows" /n:c:\unattend.xml /l:"c:\log2.txt""
2007-01-31 10:02:54, Info                  CSI    00000001@2007/1/31:18:02:54.564 WcpInitialize (wcp.dll version 0.0.0.5) called (stack @0x73a7f745 @0xb02dbf @0xafd892 @0xafe27e @0x77273833 @0x7734a9bd)
2007-01-31 10:02:54, Error                 CSI    00000002@2007/1/31:18:02:54.564 (F) d:\vistartm\base\xml\udom_builder.cpp(932): Error c000a083 [Error,Facility=(system),Code=41091 (0xa083)] originated in function CMicrodomXmlWalker::XmlError expression: (null)
[gle=0x80004005]
2007-01-31 10:02:54, Info                  CBS    Pkgmgr: return code: 0x5b9

I've very probably got something misconfigured, but I'm scratching my head....!

All pointers/suggestions welcome.

Cheers,

Mike

Edited January 31, 200719 yr by mdolan

Another day, another try... and success!

For those of you who encounter this problem, the solution is:

DO NOT CUT AND PASTE FROM THE WAIK HELP FILE.

For some reason it dumped some invisible junk in the XML file. Not viewable from notepad, but enough to cause the package manager to cough blood and die. It would be slightly nicer if the error messages were a *little* more informative ;-)

So either retype by hand, find a known working sample (in very plain text!), or use the SIM.

Cheers,

Mike