Greetings, I must say this is my first time using Vista PE and i am absolutely loving it over my last PE builder. Everything seemed to be farily easy (atleast for someone not so new to PE builders) to use and configure. I thought i had everything organized and ready to go however when i add the ghost image to the CD using the custom folder inclusion the boot image hangs instead of loads. If i remove the ghost image from custom folder the cd boots fine. Any thoughts? see below for a little information about what im using to build.
Its a bare build ( although it booted with all options checked before )
Im using vista ultimate 32 from a folder copied to the root of E:
Winbuilder exists in a folder in root of E:
Custom folder located there-in.
vistape is 12 beta 3 with packaged winbuilder.
Im not using the grub 4 dos ( although even with it, the disc still does not boot with ghost image included )
One last note, the ghost image makes the ISO 980 megs however the ghost images ( 2 of the ) total 4.7 gigs by themselves. This iso is to be burned on a dual layer dvd however im simply using daemon tools to emulate a cd drive and virtual pc 2007 to test the image.
If you need any more information just ask. Hope to get this resolved today =)
VistaPE Boot Hangs when ghost imgs added to custom
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 08:58 AM
Same result with vistape 11 and winbuilder 074.
Thoughts?
Thoughts?
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 09:33 AM
hmm, post the filetree of the iso...maybe this give use an idea...
and maybe the logfile of the build process...once with and one without the ghost files...
and maybe the logfile of the build process...once with and one without the ghost files...
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 09:54 AM
ok, im currently compiling one right now using vistape 11 and winbuild 074 that only contains a custom folder housing the ghost files but not the image. I will post that info, then grab a shower and do a vista pe 11, winbuild 074 with the ghost files AND the image, then i'll do the newest versions.
my next post is inc.
my next post is inc.
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 10:51 AM
VistaPE 11 Log, Picture of ISO File Tree.
This contains the ghost exe files needed but not the big image. (this was tested as a working compile) Size of ISO is 246 mb which is about right.
the html log was too big to attach and the html code is too long to post so here is a hosted site with the log available.
so far only the first link ( the one that corresponds to this post is active, the other 3 will be active within the next hour as i post those. )
This contains the ghost exe files needed but not the big image. (this was tested as a working compile) Size of ISO is 246 mb which is about right.
the html log was too big to attach and the html code is too long to post so here is a hosted site with the log available.
so far only the first link ( the one that corresponds to this post is active, the other 3 will be active within the next hour as i post those. )
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 12:24 PM
VistaPE 11 Log, Picture of ISO File Tree.
This contains the ghost exe files needed but AND the 2 image files. (this was tested as a non working compile)
the html log was too big to attach and the html code is too long to post so here is a hosted site with the log available.
so far only the first two links work, the last two will be working when the i compile those.
This contains the ghost exe files needed but AND the 2 image files. (this was tested as a non working compile)
the html log was too big to attach and the html code is too long to post so here is a hosted site with the log available.
so far only the first two links work, the last two will be working when the i compile those.
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 01:13 PM
hmm, can not download the logfiles...please chekc this...will come back tomorrow...maybe i can help then...
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 02:36 PM
all the log files are up... Furthermore i tried to download the latest winbuilder over again fresh and start from scratch.
When i finished compiling the ISO and attempted to boot it i got an I/O Error instead of a hang.
When i finished compiling the ISO and attempted to boot it i got an I/O Error instead of a hang.
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 03:23 PM
no time yet for logs, but do you use wim compression (multiboot or from ram) and did you set it to maximum? I often had problems when using wim files and compression was not set to maximum. also di not use direct from cd...this always causes strange problems...
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 04:10 PM
im sure what options i had set for the vistape 11 logs, i was playing around with ALOT of variables trying to get this to work, however the vista pe 12 was set to the defaults, which is multiboot, wim to max etc..
just a thought but because the file size of the ghost image is 4 gigs for the first file and 800 megs for the second file, the file format needed would have to be UDF instead of ISO, however the mkiso function i assume would have auto-detected that unless the iso packer you use doesnt understand that distinction... i will try and use a third part iso creator and pack the target folder using that, however i will have to make a compilation before-hand without the ghost images to get the bootimage.img that corresponds with the settings im attempting to make, then add in the ghost images seperately to the target folder.
just some thoughts but will try that next.
just a thought but because the file size of the ghost image is 4 gigs for the first file and 800 megs for the second file, the file format needed would have to be UDF instead of ISO, however the mkiso function i assume would have auto-detected that unless the iso packer you use doesnt understand that distinction... i will try and use a third part iso creator and pack the target folder using that, however i will have to make a compilation before-hand without the ghost images to get the bootimage.img that corresponds with the settings im attempting to make, then add in the ghost images seperately to the target folder.
just some thoughts but will try that next.
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Posted 14 September 2008 - 05:05 PM
ok, when i ran the script and then compiled into an iso using magic iso i got a different and a little bit more positive of a result, it atleast attempts to boot but doesnt recognize a file on the DVD, however when i check the dvd file structure the file is there. see attached image.
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Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:38 AM
Ok, so i figured out what appears to be the problem. First off, mkisofs doesnt like files over 2gb, there is a version on the net you can get that you compile that is updated for files up to 8TB. downloading that alone however didnt fix it all.
Secondly, the PE image is pretty particular as to where on the disk BCD is located, and it does this by folder so if you are going to add alot of custom files to the Custom\VistaPE-Core\ dir its recomended that you create another dir inside that one starting with Z so in my case im adding ghost images mine looks like this.
Custom\VistaPE-Core\ximgs\current\ghostimage.gho
the extra directory , the current dir , is also another way of pushing the images to the end of the disk. it helps to ensure success.
that is all.
Secondly, the PE image is pretty particular as to where on the disk BCD is located, and it does this by folder so if you are going to add alot of custom files to the Custom\VistaPE-Core\ dir its recomended that you create another dir inside that one starting with Z so in my case im adding ghost images mine looks like this.
Custom\VistaPE-Core\ximgs\current\ghostimage.gho
the extra directory , the current dir , is also another way of pushing the images to the end of the disk. it helps to ensure success.
that is all.
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Posted 19 September 2008 - 09:43 AM
VistaPE 11 Log, Picture of ISO File Tree.
This contains the ghost exe files needed but AND the 2 image files. (this was tested as a non working compile)
the html log was too big to attach and the html code is too long to post so here is a hosted site with the log available.
so far only the first two links work, the last two will be working when the i compile those.
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Posted 21 September 2008 - 04:46 PM
i am really sorry, but i am very busy right now an will not be able to check this for the next few days, maybe somone else can test this out...
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Posted 01 January 2009 - 12:20 PM
Hi.
I have the same problem and this is my probe list:
I have windows xp sp2 in a pc and xp sp3 in other, but i have the same problem in both.
- Vistape 11 cannot copy files over 4 Gb. In the log file you'll see a message about this error (i cant find information about this "bug"). Then I have spanned ghost image in 950 Mbs files (i saw it in: http://www.boot-land...?...st&id=6358) and rebuild the image. Now there arent problems in log file but it does not work neither
- I had reinstalled WAIK but it did not work
- I had installed vistape 12 and it didnt work
- I had openned bare building and have added ghost image with Ghost Explorer, MagicISO and PowerISO but it showed CRC errors
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance
I have the same problem and this is my probe list:
I have windows xp sp2 in a pc and xp sp3 in other, but i have the same problem in both.
- Vistape 11 cannot copy files over 4 Gb. In the log file you'll see a message about this error (i cant find information about this "bug"). Then I have spanned ghost image in 950 Mbs files (i saw it in: http://www.boot-land...?...st&id=6358) and rebuild the image. Now there arent problems in log file but it does not work neither
- I had reinstalled WAIK but it did not work
- I had installed vistape 12 and it didnt work
- I had openned bare building and have added ghost image with Ghost Explorer, MagicISO and PowerISO but it showed CRC errors
Can anyone help me?
Thanks in advance
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Posted 07 January 2009 - 07:40 PM
I have resolved my problem.
- I have renamed my ghost image because Mkisofs tool do an alfabetic sorting of the files so it assigned to my files a LBA lower than boot.wim, so my boot.wim had a LBA too high to be bootable.
- I have spanned ghost image in 950 Mbs files
Now, it works!
- I have renamed my ghost image because Mkisofs tool do an alfabetic sorting of the files so it assigned to my files a LBA lower than boot.wim, so my boot.wim had a LBA too high to be bootable.
- I have spanned ghost image in 950 Mbs files
Now, it works!
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