Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: How to boot W2k3 BartPE?
started by: schd
Posted by schd on Dec. 18 2008,04:16
Hi,

does anyone know how/where i can get a Win 2003 bootloader for easyboot?

I want to use easyboot in combination with bartpe on a dell server, so i have to use w2k3, because drivers are only available for this os (or win 2008).
Posted by balder on Dec. 18 2008,04:35
Hi schd

You can use bootloader that are delivered with EasyBoot (w2ksect.bin) you have this file in EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot-folder.
Note: this is only for server-2003

You can of course change name to something else to file w2ksect.bin. I guess 2003.bin or whatever.

Procedure is: copy folder i386 and ident files (win51 etcetera) to EasyBoot\disk1
Use command as usual:  run w2ksect.bin  (or what name you set to this bootloader file).

You can change name to BartPE folder-i386 and hex edit files in an appropriate way. Read < here >

balder
Posted by schd on Dec. 18 2008,05:09
the problem with this solution is, that w2ksect.bin is not compatible with w2k3 i386 files.

i always get the error "ntldr is corrupt. system cannot boot". => changed i386 files to win xp, no problem. (but i cant use xp as i wrote before)

Posted by balder on Dec. 18 2008,05:35
Hi schd

Just tested with server-2003_sp1 (I used my tutorial) I don’t get any "ntldr is corrupt. system cannot boot".
It works fine using w2ksect.bin.

Bye the way, you haven’t been hex edit setupldr.bin in folder i386 that belongs to server-2003 have you?

balder
Posted by schd on Dec. 18 2008,06:19
No, i haven't. What do i have to change in the file?
Posted by balder on Dec. 18 2008,07:29
Hi schd

Quote: “What do i have to change in the file?” Answer is: nothing!
But you should be aware that if hex editing setupldr.bin in server-2003_sp1 or WinXP_64-bit or ERD Commander 2007 setupldr.bin gets corrupted. But as you haven’t done any hex edit this is no issue to “dig in to”.

As I stated earlier my built (ISO with server-2003_sp1) start up fine using original w2ksect.bin :)

Question is why yours doesn’t.
Bye the way…What do you mean with “Win 2003”? Is it not server-2003 we are dealing with here - or is it something different that I don’t have knowledge about ???

balder
Posted by schd on Dec. 18 2008,09:49
After building a new BartPE with 2003sp1 cd, i replaced setupldr.bin => works now with the w2ksect.bin
Don't know why i got this error.

I meant with Win 2003, that i probably have to use another bootloader than w2ksect.bin because of the error.
Posted by balder on Dec. 18 2008,09:57
Hi schd

Great that you fixed your problem :)  but remember in future: “be aware that if hex editing setupldr.bin in server-2003_sp1 or WinXP_64-bit or ERD Commander 2007 setupldr.bin gets corrupted”. Plenty of users have bad experience of this issue :(

Anyway, you solved this problem :D

balder