[syslinux] Problems booting WinPE ISO

[Bernd Blaauw]

Op 3-8-2011 16:05, Greg Treantos schreef:
> I have set up a RHEL 5.7 PXE server and trying to get a WinPE ISO to work.
> Currently PXE seems to handle the image properly but the process stops after
> Loading boot sector... booting... Full list of what is going on.
>
> Ramdisk at 0x72b9c00, length 0x0a680000
> command line: iso initrd=../images/windows/winpe_x86.iso
> BOOT_IMAGE=../memdisk
>
> Disk is hard disk 0, 170496 K C/H/S = 340992/1/1
> Total size needed = 2091 bytes, allocating 3K
> Old dos memory at 0x9bc00 (map says 09c00), loading at 09b00
> 1588: 0xffff 15E801: 03c00 0x71b9
> INT 13 08: Success, count = 1, BPT = 0000:0000
> old: int13 = f000827c  int15  = f000cebe
> new: int13 = 9b000008  int15  = 9b000290
> Loading boot sector... booting...
>
> I burned the WinPE ISO onto a CD and was able to boot the server fine.
> I'm using syslinux.x86_64 3.11-4 that came with RHEL 5.7

For me often the 'iso raw' options work. Windows is a protected mode 
operating system (as most modern OS's are) so you'd need some kind of 
mass storage driver for Windows to recognise the ISO.

I think the Syslinux wiki mentions MEMDISK and the WinVBlock driver.
[ http://reboot.pro ] is an entire forum dedicated to booting Windows, 
Linux and DOS in various ways (network, memory, USB etc).

Boot.kernel.org , ipxe.org netboot.me also offer some internet-based 
options, but that's unrelated to your subject likely.