Win7

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Installing windows 7 from the net

Those are just some notes about a implementation of how to install windows 7/vista from the net using Windows Preinstallation Environment. It does not mean that is going to be the final way to do it. But it is just a start. You can find initial documentation on the ticket #3

TFTP Server Ready for windows

Windows need to be special isnt?. In order this stuff to work a remap needs to be done by the tftp server to map a \ to / .No all the tftp server support remaping under debian you can use tftpd-hpa

apt-get install tftpd-hpa

• Modify the default value under /etc/default/tftpd-hpa

  RUN_DAEMON="yes"
  OPTIONS="-l -s /srv/tftp -m /srv/tftp/tftpd.remap"
  

• Create a file called tftpd.remap and save under the tftp root directory

  gr \\ /
  

Automated Installation Kit

• Copy source:/trunk/winpe/aik.bat to unattended/install/scripts
• execute the prepare script.
• you will find a iso image under unattended/updates/common/
• burn this iso on a cd (or use a virtual machine to mount it)
• install on c:\aik

Set up enviroment

 cd \aik\tools\petools\
 copype.cmd x86 c:\winpe_x86

create pxe image

cmd
C:\aik\Tools\PETools\pesetenv.cmd
setwin7pxe.bat

You will get a guid that you need to write down for the next command modify bcd.bat and you are set