WinPE & Winbom.ini

[Alice Spencer]

Hello
has anyone got a sample winbom.ini file that works.
I am trying to boot WinPE from a CD and use a Winbom.ini on the floppy
drive.
I wish to use a static IP address.
There are no Winbom.ini files on my cd but it still picks up a DHCP address
when WinPE boots.
I think I must have some syntax wrong somewhere.
Thanks
Alice
PS
one of my winbom.ini files:
[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 123.45.6.122
IPConfig = 123.45.6.123
StartNet = no
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0

 

[Johan Arwidmark]

You need to set Startnet to Yes. Remember that Startnet.cmd must
include "factory -winpe" otherwise the Setup ignores all entries in
this this section

Here is a working winbom.ini


[Factory]
WinBOMType=WinPE
Reseal=No

[WinPE]
Restart=No

[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 192.168.1.254
IPConfig = 192.168.1.50
StartNet = Yes
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0


regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net

 

[Alice Spencer]

Many thanks, I'm all sorted now. It iws the 'factory -winpe' that I was
missing.
Incidentally, is it possible to create a ram disk in WinPE and generated a
Winbom.ini there?
Thanks Johann

You need to set Startnet to Yes. Remember that Startnet.cmd must
include "factory -winpe" otherwise the Setup ignores all entries in
this this section

Here is a working winbom.ini


[Factory]
WinBOMType=WinPE
Reseal=No

[WinPE]
Restart=No

[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 192.168.1.254
IPConfig = 192.168.1.50
StartNet = Yes
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0


regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net

Hello
has anyone got a sample winbom.ini file that works.
I am trying to boot WinPE from a CD and use a Winbom.ini on the floppy
drive.
I wish to use a static IP address.
There are no Winbom.ini files on my cd but it still picks up a DHCP address
when WinPE boots.
I think I must have some syntax wrong somewhere.
Thanks
Alice
PS
one of my winbom.ini files:
[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 123.45.6.122
IPConfig = 123.45.6.123
StartNet = no
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0

 

[Johan Arwidmark]

You can add a ramdisk by following the steps in this article

How to add a Ramdrive (Ramdisk) to Windows PE
http://www.wug-nordic.net/articles/winpe_ramdrive.htm

I havent tested to use a ramdisk for winbom.ini but you can change how
factory locates the winbom.ini file by specifying a path in the PE
registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Factory\Winbom
(FWIK the easiest way to that would is to change the WINPESFT.INF file
before compiling the PE Image)

You can also try removing all other winbom.ini files and put
factory.exe and the winbom.ini file in the ramdisk before executing
factory.exe

regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net

Many thanks, I'm all sorted now. It iws the 'factory -winpe' that I was
missing.
Incidentally, is it possible to create a ram disk in WinPE and generated a
Winbom.ini there?
Thanks Johann

You need to set Startnet to Yes. Remember that Startnet.cmd must
include "factory -winpe" otherwise the Setup ignores all entries in
this this section

Here is a working winbom.ini


[Factory]
WinBOMType=WinPE
Reseal=No

[WinPE]
Restart=No

[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 192.168.1.254
IPConfig = 192.168.1.50
StartNet = Yes
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0


regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net

Hello
has anyone got a sample winbom.ini file that works.
I am trying to boot WinPE from a CD and use a Winbom.ini on the floppy
drive.
I wish to use a static IP address.
There are no Winbom.ini files on my cd but it still picks up a DHCP address
when WinPE boots.
I think I must have some syntax wrong somewhere.
Thanks
Alice
PS
one of my winbom.ini files:
[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 123.45.6.122
IPConfig = 123.45.6.123
StartNet = no
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0

 

[Alice Spencer]

Many thanks, I will give it a go

You can add a ramdisk by following the steps in this article

How to add a Ramdrive (Ramdisk) to Windows PE
http://www.wug-nordic.net/articles/winpe_ramdrive.htm

I havent tested to use a ramdisk for winbom.ini but you can change how
factory locates the winbom.ini file by specifying a path in the PE
registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Factory\Winbom
(FWIK the easiest way to that would is to change the WINPESFT.INF file
before compiling the PE Image)

You can also try removing all other winbom.ini files and put
factory.exe and the winbom.ini file in the ramdisk before executing
factory.exe

regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net

Many thanks, I'm all sorted now. It iws the 'factory -winpe' that I was
missing.
Incidentally, is it possible to create a ram disk in WinPE and generated a
Winbom.ini there?
Thanks Johann

You need to set Startnet to Yes. Remember that Startnet.cmd must
include "factory -winpe" otherwise the Setup ignores all entries in
this this section

Here is a working winbom.ini


[Factory]
WinBOMType=WinPE
Reseal=No

[WinPE]
Restart=No

[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 192.168.1.254
IPConfig = 192.168.1.50
StartNet = Yes
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0


regards
Johan Arwidmark

Windows User Group - Nordic
http://www.wug-nordic.net



On Sun, 5 Sep 2004 11:27:53 +0100, "Alice Spencer"

Hello
has anyone got a sample winbom.ini file that works.
I am trying to boot WinPE from a CD and use a Winbom.ini on the floppy
drive.
I wish to use a static IP address.
There are no Winbom.ini files on my cd but it still picks up a DHCP address
when WinPE boots.
I think I must have some syntax wrong somewhere.
Thanks
Alice
PS
one of my winbom.ini files:
[WinPE.Net]
Gateway = 123.45.6.122
IPConfig = 123.45.6.123
StartNet = no
SubnetMask = 255.255.255.0