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Re: Converting WIM to ISO
From: "Gibson, Nathan J. (HSC)" <Nathan-Gibson () OUHSC EDU>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 15:30:20 -0600
Basically a discover image is used to boot a machine into windows PE mode. What I want to do is create an ISO with an image I created. The image is in WIM format. I want to convert this 4 gig customized image into I ISO so I can put it on a DVD and carry it out to remote locations and install my customized image from the DVD. Currently my customized image is in WIM format on the deployment server. How do I covernt that WIM to an ISO? I followed the steps below (you had sames steps I tried) but the ISO wont boot. I get the following error…. FILE: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe Status: 0xc0000001 Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the applications is missing or corrupt These are the steps I took to create this ISO that doesn’t work. 1. Installed Windows 7 on a machine and customized it 2. Sysprep /oobe /generalize /reboot 3. PXE boot to Capture image and pushed it to the deployment server 4. Tested the deployment process with the image and it works great deploying over the network 5. Log into the deployment server and exported the image to the c:\univeristybase.wim 6. Opened a Deployment tools command prompt and ran the following: a. Cd C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools b. CopyPE x86 C:\Winpe c. Copy /y c:\universitybase.wim c:\Winpe\ISO\Sources d. Cd C:\Program Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools e. Oscdimg –n -m -bc:\winpe\ISO\boot\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\ISO c:\universitybase.iso When I try and boot from universitybase.iso I get the following error: FILE: \windows\system32\boot\winload.exe Status: 0xc0000001 Info: The selected entry could not be loaded because the applications is missing or corrupt From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Casey R DeBord Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:25 PM To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Converting WIM to ISO Nathan, I'm not sure what you mean with "Discover" and "captured", sorry If I'm totally off base. I've created bootable winPE images for a cd and a thumbdrive if that is what you are asking. If the image is small enough, you can also include that image onto the same cd/dvd or thumbdrive without "discovering" anything over a network connection. Here is an excerpt I wrote for my Technology Coordinators here on campus. Hopefully it will help you: While you were in c:\winpe you might have also noticed another folder named “ISO”. This is where we can make that WIM file into something we can use. Inside the c:\winpe\iso folder is a file called boot.wim. Rename it to boot.old and move it out of there. This boot.wim file is a backup of the default WinPE image we just edited. Now, copy the winpe.wim file from c:\winpe into c:\winpe\iso and rename it to boot.wim. Now we can use our iso creating tool to make use of edited boot.wim file. Oscdimg –n –h –bc:\winpe\etfsboot.com c:\winpe\iso c:\winpe\winpe.iso This command tells etfsboot.com to find the boot.wim file and create an iso out of it. The –n allows for longer filenames, the –h allows it to see hidden files, and the –b makes it bootable. After this process completes, you’ll have a bootable iso file named winpe.iso. Burn this image to CD to make a bootable WinPE disc. I have taken it a step further and placed the contents of that iso onto a thumbdrive to allow me to quickly edit the contents without being forced to burn cd’s. The final ISO will be about 200mb. If you're ask about a live os where you can simply boot into the OS, I'm not sure that is possible. At least I haven't done it. _______________________________ Casey DeBord Systems Administrator, ITS OTOL #214B Phone: 308.865.8792 Fax: 308.865.8941 From: "Gibson, Nathan J. (HSC)" <Nathan-Gibson () OUHSC EDU> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU Date: 02/02/2010 01:48 PM Subject: [SECURITY] Converting WIM to ISO Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv <SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU> ________________________________ We are using Windows Deployment Server to deploy base images across campus. I some cases I need to have the base image installed on devices not directly connected to our network. I would like to take this base image and convert it into an ISO. I am having a little trouble figuring out how to do this. 1. Basically I need to convert a .WIM capture image to a bootable .ISO I some documentation at Microsoft using PETools in the AIK; however, it appears to be limited to creating ISO’s of “Discover” images not “captured” images. I tried to use this documentation to create my ISO of the captured image but it doesn’t work. I’m reaching out for some help, if anybody has some information on how to accomplish this task, I would be grateful. V/R, GIBBY _____________________________ Nathan J. Gibson, MsIA, CISSP, CISM,CCNA, MCSA Sr. IT Analyst Infrastructure Services The University of Oklahoma HSC voice: 405.271.2644 x50340 fax: 405.271.2181 Feedback? 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