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BDD Standard 2.5 Windows PE continually restarts

 
 
Kevin
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      28th Sep 2005
I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5. I've run config.hta and
gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD. I can make the ISO and burn it to a CD
but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system around the point
where a basic Windows PE installation would present the command prompt.
Sometimes it just resets and I don't see anything other than the desktop
background before it restarts. Other times it flashes a quick error dialog
that says something like "The operation cannot be completed" or something
and then resets. I've tried it on several different systems with the same
results. I've also re-run the "Make Lab CD" button in config.hta just to
make sure it was built properly. My source Windows PE CD (the one I used as
the basis for the BDD customized WinPE) boots to the command prompt just
fine on these same computers.

Any clues as to what's wrong? Is there something I can change to sort of
step through the BDD WinPE boot process to see where it might be going
wrong? I've been unable to find documentation on what changes are made and
this is my first experiences with WinPE so I don't really know where to
start or how to troubleshoot it.

Thanks.

Kevin


 
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Johan Arwidmark
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      28th Sep 2005
Make sure you didn't overwrite the mkimg.cmd files that was included
in BDD 2.5 (it contains fixes for source files in pathnames with
spaces in them)

Make sure you add a non-hotfix-slipstreamed XP SP2 CD to the folder
specified as WinPE 2004 source for BDD WinPE 2004.

regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment


On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:42:10 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5. I've run config.hta and
>gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
>building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD. I can make the ISO and burn it to a CD
>but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system around the point
>where a basic Windows PE installation would present the command prompt.
>Sometimes it just resets and I don't see anything other than the desktop
>background before it restarts. Other times it flashes a quick error dialog
>that says something like "The operation cannot be completed" or something
>and then resets. I've tried it on several different systems with the same
>results. I've also re-run the "Make Lab CD" button in config.hta just to
>make sure it was built properly. My source Windows PE CD (the one I used as
>the basis for the BDD customized WinPE) boots to the command prompt just
>fine on these same computers.
>
>Any clues as to what's wrong? Is there something I can change to sort of
>step through the BDD WinPE boot process to see where it might be going
>wrong? I've been unable to find documentation on what changes are made and
>this is my first experiences with WinPE so I don't really know where to
>start or how to troubleshoot it.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Kevin
>


 
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      28th Sep 2005
Thanks for your reply Johan.

The mkimg.cmd file that I have has a date of 8/5/2005 at 10:12PM. I install
BDD Standard 2.5 on another system and copied the mkimg.cmd file to make
sure I'm using the correct one.

As well, I'm using a copy of Windows XP with SP2 that came as part of our
Open License Value order. I have not made any modifications to the source
files but to be sure, I deleted and copied them again.

I still have the same issue.

Kevin

"Johan Arwidmark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Make sure you didn't overwrite the mkimg.cmd files that was included
> in BDD 2.5 (it contains fixes for source files in pathnames with
> spaces in them)
>
> Make sure you add a non-hotfix-slipstreamed XP SP2 CD to the folder
> specified as WinPE 2004 source for BDD WinPE 2004.
>
> regards
>
> Johan Arwidmark
> Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
>
>
> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:42:10 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5. I've run config.hta and
>>gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
>>building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD. I can make the ISO and burn it to a
>>CD
>>but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system around the point
>>where a basic Windows PE installation would present the command prompt.
>>Sometimes it just resets and I don't see anything other than the desktop
>>background before it restarts. Other times it flashes a quick error
>>dialog
>>that says something like "The operation cannot be completed" or something
>>and then resets. I've tried it on several different systems with the same
>>results. I've also re-run the "Make Lab CD" button in config.hta just to
>>make sure it was built properly. My source Windows PE CD (the one I used
>>as
>>the basis for the BDD customized WinPE) boots to the command prompt just
>>fine on these same computers.
>>
>>Any clues as to what's wrong? Is there something I can change to sort of
>>step through the BDD WinPE boot process to see where it might be going
>>wrong? I've been unable to find documentation on what changes are made
>>and
>>this is my first experiences with WinPE so I don't really know where to
>>start or how to troubleshoot it.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Kevin
>>

>



 
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Johan Arwidmark
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      29th Sep 2005
What Nic do you have on the PC which yo are booting the winpelab iso
from? Have you added updated drivers to the winpe image?

Is the network started correctly? Can you do a manual net use to the
server.


regards

Johan Arwidmark
Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment



On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:29:13 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Thanks for your reply Johan.
>
>The mkimg.cmd file that I have has a date of 8/5/2005 at 10:12PM. I install
>BDD Standard 2.5 on another system and copied the mkimg.cmd file to make
>sure I'm using the correct one.
>
>As well, I'm using a copy of Windows XP with SP2 that came as part of our
>Open License Value order. I have not made any modifications to the source
>files but to be sure, I deleted and copied them again.
>
>I still have the same issue.
>
>Kevin
>
>"Johan Arwidmark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Make sure you didn't overwrite the mkimg.cmd files that was included
>> in BDD 2.5 (it contains fixes for source files in pathnames with
>> spaces in them)
>>
>> Make sure you add a non-hotfix-slipstreamed XP SP2 CD to the folder
>> specified as WinPE 2004 source for BDD WinPE 2004.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Johan Arwidmark
>> Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:42:10 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5. I've run config.hta and
>>>gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
>>>building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD. I can make the ISO and burn it to a
>>>CD
>>>but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system around the point
>>>where a basic Windows PE installation would present the command prompt.
>>>Sometimes it just resets and I don't see anything other than the desktop
>>>background before it restarts. Other times it flashes a quick error
>>>dialog
>>>that says something like "The operation cannot be completed" or something
>>>and then resets. I've tried it on several different systems with the same
>>>results. I've also re-run the "Make Lab CD" button in config.hta just to
>>>make sure it was built properly. My source Windows PE CD (the one I used
>>>as
>>>the basis for the BDD customized WinPE) boots to the command prompt just
>>>fine on these same computers.
>>>
>>>Any clues as to what's wrong? Is there something I can change to sort of
>>>step through the BDD WinPE boot process to see where it might be going
>>>wrong? I've been unable to find documentation on what changes are made
>>>and
>>>this is my first experiences with WinPE so I don't really know where to
>>>start or how to troubleshoot it.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Kevin
>>>

>>

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Kevin
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      4th Oct 2005
The shipped drivers worked fine when I loaded WinPE from the original
factory CD. I tried integrating the most current NIC drivers but no change.
After reviewing the buildCD.log file I see two entries that I think are the
cause:

Error in copying (2) : C:\Program Files\BDD Standard 2.5\Computer Imaging
System\Source\XPPro\SP2\.\i386\factory.exe ->
C:\DOCUME~1\admin-ke.MM\LOCALS~1\Temp\winpe.tmp\.\I386\system32\factory.exe.
Error in copying (2) : C:\Program Files\BDD Standard 2.5\Computer Imaging
System\Source\XPPro\SP2\.\i386\winpeshl.exe ->
C:\DOCUME~1\admin-ke.MM\LOCALS~1\Temp\winpe.tmp\.\I386\system32\winpeshl.exe.

Not sure why the files won't copy but it might have something to do with the
fact that \.\ is in the source and destination paths. Perhaps there's an
error in the script somewhere? Not sure how to proceed but I'm sure this is
why I'm experiencing this behaviour.

Kevin


"Johan Arwidmark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> What Nic do you have on the PC which yo are booting the winpelab iso
> from? Have you added updated drivers to the winpe image?
>
> Is the network started correctly? Can you do a manual net use to the
> server.
>
>
> regards
>
> Johan Arwidmark
> Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
>
>
>
> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:29:13 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>>Thanks for your reply Johan.
>>
>>The mkimg.cmd file that I have has a date of 8/5/2005 at 10:12PM. I
>>install
>>BDD Standard 2.5 on another system and copied the mkimg.cmd file to make
>>sure I'm using the correct one.
>>
>>As well, I'm using a copy of Windows XP with SP2 that came as part of our
>>Open License Value order. I have not made any modifications to the source
>>files but to be sure, I deleted and copied them again.
>>
>>I still have the same issue.
>>
>>Kevin
>>
>>"Johan Arwidmark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Make sure you didn't overwrite the mkimg.cmd files that was included
>>> in BDD 2.5 (it contains fixes for source files in pathnames with
>>> spaces in them)
>>>
>>> Make sure you add a non-hotfix-slipstreamed XP SP2 CD to the folder
>>> specified as WinPE 2004 source for BDD WinPE 2004.
>>>
>>> regards
>>>
>>> Johan Arwidmark
>>> Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:42:10 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5. I've run config.hta
>>>>and
>>>>gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
>>>>building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD. I can make the ISO and burn it to a
>>>>CD
>>>>but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system around the point
>>>>where a basic Windows PE installation would present the command prompt.
>>>>Sometimes it just resets and I don't see anything other than the desktop
>>>>background before it restarts. Other times it flashes a quick error
>>>>dialog
>>>>that says something like "The operation cannot be completed" or
>>>>something
>>>>and then resets. I've tried it on several different systems with the
>>>>same
>>>>results. I've also re-run the "Make Lab CD" button in config.hta just
>>>>to
>>>>make sure it was built properly. My source Windows PE CD (the one I
>>>>used
>>>>as
>>>>the basis for the BDD customized WinPE) boots to the command prompt just
>>>>fine on these same computers.
>>>>
>>>>Any clues as to what's wrong? Is there something I can change to sort
>>>>of
>>>>step through the BDD WinPE boot process to see where it might be going
>>>>wrong? I've been unable to find documentation on what changes are made
>>>>and
>>>>this is my first experiences with WinPE so I don't really know where to
>>>>start or how to troubleshoot it.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>Kevin
>>>>
>>>

>>

>



 
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Kevin
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      4th Oct 2005
So it's now working. Error 2 is "the system cannot find the file
specified". I looked at the source folder "C:\Program Files\BDD Standard
2.5\Computer Imaging System\Source\XPPro\SP2\.\i386\" and the files that are
failing are not there. There were actually 3 files, winpeshl.exe,
factory.exe, and netcfg.exe. Strange thing is, these are WinPE files and
shouldn't be there. I have no idea why they are being sought from that
location. I copied the missing files to the source location that the
config.hta WinPE build process uses and then build the Lab ISO image again.
I then popped the CD in my test system and it boots successfully.

I'm still left with the question of why these files are being pulled from
the XP source media and not the WinPE source folder. Any insight?

Kevin

"Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> The shipped drivers worked fine when I loaded WinPE from the original
> factory CD. I tried integrating the most current NIC drivers but no
> change. After reviewing the buildCD.log file I see two entries that I
> think are the cause:
>
> Error in copying (2) : C:\Program Files\BDD Standard 2.5\Computer Imaging
> System\Source\XPPro\SP2\.\i386\factory.exe ->
> C:\DOCUME~1\admin-ke.MM\LOCALS~1\Temp\winpe.tmp\.\I386\system32\factory.exe.
> Error in copying (2) : C:\Program Files\BDD Standard 2.5\Computer Imaging
> System\Source\XPPro\SP2\.\i386\winpeshl.exe ->
> C:\DOCUME~1\admin-ke.MM\LOCALS~1\Temp\winpe.tmp\.\I386\system32\winpeshl.exe.
>
> Not sure why the files won't copy but it might have something to do with
> the fact that \.\ is in the source and destination paths. Perhaps there's
> an error in the script somewhere? Not sure how to proceed but I'm sure
> this is why I'm experiencing this behaviour.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> "Johan Arwidmark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> What Nic do you have on the PC which yo are booting the winpelab iso
>> from? Have you added updated drivers to the winpe image?
>>
>> Is the network started correctly? Can you do a manual net use to the
>> server.
>>
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Johan Arwidmark
>> Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:29:13 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thanks for your reply Johan.
>>>
>>>The mkimg.cmd file that I have has a date of 8/5/2005 at 10:12PM. I
>>>install
>>>BDD Standard 2.5 on another system and copied the mkimg.cmd file to make
>>>sure I'm using the correct one.
>>>
>>>As well, I'm using a copy of Windows XP with SP2 that came as part of our
>>>Open License Value order. I have not made any modifications to the
>>>source
>>>files but to be sure, I deleted and copied them again.
>>>
>>>I still have the same issue.
>>>
>>>Kevin
>>>
>>>"Johan Arwidmark" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>> Make sure you didn't overwrite the mkimg.cmd files that was included
>>>> in BDD 2.5 (it contains fixes for source files in pathnames with
>>>> spaces in them)
>>>>
>>>> Make sure you add a non-hotfix-slipstreamed XP SP2 CD to the folder
>>>> specified as WinPE 2004 source for BDD WinPE 2004.
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>>
>>>> Johan Arwidmark
>>>> Microsoft MVP - Setup/Deployment
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 23:42:10 -0400, "Kevin" <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I'm experimenting with BDD Standard edition 2.5. I've run config.hta
>>>>>and
>>>>>gone through the appropriate steps and I'm now at the stage where I'm
>>>>>building my lab Windows PE 2004 CD. I can make the ISO and burn it to
>>>>>a
>>>>>CD
>>>>>but it seems when Windows PE boots it resets the system around the
>>>>>point
>>>>>where a basic Windows PE installation would present the command prompt.
>>>>>Sometimes it just resets and I don't see anything other than the
>>>>>desktop
>>>>>background before it restarts. Other times it flashes a quick error
>>>>>dialog
>>>>>that says something like "The operation cannot be completed" or
>>>>>something
>>>>>and then resets. I've tried it on several different systems with the
>>>>>same
>>>>>results. I've also re-run the "Make Lab CD" button in config.hta just
>>>>>to
>>>>>make sure it was built properly. My source Windows PE CD (the one I
>>>>>used
>>>>>as
>>>>>the basis for the BDD customized WinPE) boots to the command prompt
>>>>>just
>>>>>fine on these same computers.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any clues as to what's wrong? Is there something I can change to sort
>>>>>of
>>>>>step through the BDD WinPE boot process to see where it might be going
>>>>>wrong? I've been unable to find documentation on what changes are made
>>>>>and
>>>>>this is my first experiences with WinPE so I don't really know where to
>>>>>start or how to troubleshoot it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>Kevin
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>

>>

>
>



 
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