Creating a Custom boot wim for task Sequence
Many times I have to modify my default Boot.wim file to accommodate
my requirements, such as adding tools, utilities and custom scripts. Sometimes I
have to check back the reference guide for few commands.
So I thought I will make my own reference guide for
myself so I know where to go when needed. So here I am with a simple n easy walkthrough
to get a custom Boot.wim or WinPE 3.0. for x64.
In this walkthrough I have used WAIK version 6.1.7600.16385
(Typically Windows 7). If you don’t know how to check what version of WAIK you
have installed, Please refer to this how to guide.
First go to Start -> All programs -> Microsoft
Windows AIK folder. Select Deployment
Tools Command Prompt then choose
“Run as administrator”
The following command window will display
Inside the command window run copype.cmd amd64 c:\winpe_amd64
This will create a folder called Winpe_amd64 under C:\
and will copy few files.
Now, Copy the base image (winpe.wim) into \Winpe_xamd64\ISO\sources
folder and rename the file to boot.wim. by
running
copy
c:\winpe_amd64\winpe.wim c:\winpe_amd64\ISO\sources\boot.wim
At this stage we need to mount the boot.wim to mount directory
so we can add our own custom stuff. To mount the base wim to mount directory
use following command-
Dism
/Mount-Wim /WimFile:C:\winpe_amd64\ISO\sources\boot.wim /index:1
/MountDir:C:\winpe_amd64\mount
As shown above the image is mounted to \mount folder.
If you want to browse to winpe system 32 folder you can do that by going to C:\winpe_amd64\mount\Windows\System32.
Now, we will add some custom packages to the boot wim
by using Add-Package command. This is the first stage of customizing the
Boot.wim.
Here I want to add WMI package by using the following
command -
Dism
/image:C:\winpe_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"C:\Program
Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\WinPE_FPs\winpe-wmi.cab”
Next HTA package –
Dism
/image:C:\winpe_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"C:\Program
Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\WinPE_FPs\winpe-HTA.cab”
Then Scripting package-
Dism
/image:C:\winpe_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"C:\Program
Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\WinPE_FPs\winpe-Scripting.cab”
Then WDS tools –
Dism
/image:C:\winpe_amd64\mount /Add-Package /PackagePath:"C:\Program
Files\Windows AIK\Tools\PETools\amd64\WinPE_FPs\winpe-WDS-Tools.cab”
After adding required packages, you can run dism /image:c:\winpe_amd64\mount
/Get-Packages command to see what all got installed. The above
command will list all the added packages, but the status will show as pending
as we haven’t saved the changes.
Now I want to add my very own customization to the
Boot.wim file. This includes few OSD Task Sequence build scripts, Trace32.exe, and
OSD++ tool Created by Jason.
First I want to create a separate folder in winpe to
copy the stuff we needed by running following command - md C:\Winpe_amd64\Mount\Windows\System32\Scripts
Above command created a folder called Scripts under C:\Winpe_amd64\Mount\Windows\System32\Scripts.
We can add all our scripts to this folder by using xcopy
or by using copy paste option.
Similar way I have created another folder called OSD
under Scripts, then used xcopy to copy the OSD files and related scripts to C:\Winpe_amd64\Mount\Windows\System32\Scripts\OSD.
I have copied Trace32.exe to the root of the C:\Winpe_amd64\Mount\Windows\System32\.
Trace32.exe will be handy when we want to view the logs when running in WinPE.
Till now we have added all our customization to the
boot.wim. Now it is the time to save the modifications by using a command commit.
Please beware of commit command. Once you run commit you cannot
modify the boot.wim. So, if you want to make changes, then it is the time to do
it.
Use Dism
/unmount-wim /Mountdir:c:\winpe_amd64\mount /commit to commit the changes.
Presto !! You have your own custom boot wim to use with
the OSD Task Sequence.
Now you can copy the custom boot.wim file from C:\winpe_amd64\ISO\sources folder and
add it to the OSD Task Sequence.
If you want to create a bootable ISO, then type -
Oscdimg
-n -bC:\winpe_amd64\Etfsboot.com C:\winpe_amd64\ISO
C:\winpe_amd64\winpeamd64.iso
That will create a bootable ISO under C:\winpe_amd64 with a file name winpeamd64.iso
Finally Type Exit to close the “Deployment Tools Command Prompt”.
You can extract this ISO file to any bootable USB keys or
CD or DVD. If you want to know how to create a USB bootable follow the steps
here
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