ENGL Imaging Toolkit™ 11.0.5 for ENGL Deployment

Create WinPE Boot Media Wizard

The Create WinPE Boot Media Wizard can be used to create bootable USB media for restoring WIM images that were created using ENGL Imaging Toolkit.

Requirements

The following table includes storage device compatibility.

Network connectivity Supported storage device Zim binaries and script WIM images
Connected USB disk drive or USB pen drive
(2GB or above capacity)
Retrieved from TFTP server Restored from server
Disconnected USB disk drive
(2GB or above capacity)
Included in media Included in media (optional)

Note: The Disconnected option is not available for USB pen drives because a USB pen drive only supports a single partition. The Disconnected option requires two partitions, one for WinPE to boot from and a second partition for image files.


Network Device Drivers

The Boot Media Wizard will automatically add any Network Device Drivers listed in the File Library to the WinPE boot media. Before running the Boot Media Wizard ensure any required network drivers for WinPE connectivity are added to the File Library.

Folder structure and configuration

Folder structure

<boot_partition>
+ EnglBoot.ini
+ \zimfiles
  + \x86
  + \x64

The boot partition contains WinPE, EnglBoot.ini configuration file and Zim files (disconnected mode only).

Note: In disconnected mode, the contents of the Zim files path entered into the Create WinPE Boot Image Wizard, will be copied to the <boot_partition>\zimfiles folder. The following files will be required: zim.cfg, images.ini and projects.ini.

<images_partition>
+ \images
  + \drivers
  + \os
  + \projects

The images partition is the location where WIM image files can be stored.

Note: In disconnected mode, the contents of the WIM images path entered into the Create WinPE Boot Image Wizard, will be copied to the <images_partition>\images folder. The images folder structure should mirror the standard images folder structure used by Imaging Toolkit on the imaging server.

EnglBoot.ini

The EnglBoot.ini file is created by the Create WinPE Boot Media Wizard.

INI Section Key Value / Description
ZimLoader BootMethod Specifies the network connection mode as follows:
  • Network - Zim files and WIM images will be restored from the network
  • Local - Zim files and (optionally) WIM images will be stored on the USB device
TFTPIP Specifies the TFTP server's IP / DNS address in network connected mode.
ZimCmdLineParams Specifies the Zim command line parameters when loading Zim in disconnected mode.

Environment variables

Windows environment variables will be created by Zim Loader as part of the WinPE boot process and settings in EnglBoot.ini.

The environment variables can be used in a Zim Script (zim.cfg) to check for network connectivity and to specify a source path for WIM image restore.

Note:

 

Variable name Value
PROXYADDR Set depending on the EnglBoot.INI BootMethod value as follows:
  • Network - PROXYADDR will be set to the EnglBoot.INI TFTP address
  • Local - PROXYADDR will be set to 127.0.0.1

Create network connected WinPE imaging media

The following are steps to create network connected media.

  1. From Build Console select Tools>Create WinPE Boot Media.
  2. At the Welcome page click Next.
  3. At the Boot Media page perform the following steps:
    1. Ensure a supported USB storage device is connected to the machine running Build Console.

      Note: Click the button to refresh the target device list.
    2. Select the Target device that will be erased and configured to boot WinPE.

      Warning: All partitions and data on the target device will be destroyed. A warning will be displayed and confirmation will be required before the target device is written to.
    3. For Network connectivity, select Connected, then enter the TFTP server IP or DNS address.
    4. Click Next.
  4. At the Customisation page select the Windows PE Language required for the boot media.

    Note: The language selection will control the keyboard layout and user interface language in Windows PE.
  5. Select whether to Enable F8 command prompt access for troubleshooting purposes and click Next.
  6. If the File Library contains any Mass Storage Drivers which are valid for Windows PE 10 the Mass Storage Drivers page will be displayed. Select the required mass storage drivers and platforms to be added to the Windows PE boot media.
  7. At the Progress page, click Next.
  8. A warning that all partitions and data on the specified USB device will be destroyed. Click Cancel to abort or OK to continue.
  9. When the boot media creation process completes, select to Display log file if an error occurred then click Finish.

Create disconnected WinPE imaging media

The following are steps to disconnected media.

  1. From Build Console select Tools>Create WinPE Boot Media.
  2. At the Welcome page click Next.
  3. At the Boot Media page perform the following steps:
    1. Ensure a supported USB storage device is connected to the machine running Build Console.

      Note: Click the button to refresh the target device list.
    2. Select the Target device that will be erased and configured to boot WinPE.

      Warning: All partitions and data on the target device will be destroyed. A warning will be displayed and confirmation will be required before the target device is written to.
    3. For Network connectivity, select Disconnected, then enter a path to the Zim files and WIM images.

      Note: See Folder structure and configuration for Zim files and WIM image path requirements. Refer to ENGL TID-2016010 for configuring the disconnected imaging environment.
    4. Click Next.
  4. At the Customisation page select the Windows PE Language required for the boot media.

    Note: The language selection will control the keyboard layout and user interface language in Windows PE.
  5. Select whether to Enable F8 command prompt access for troubleshooting purposes and click Next.
  6. If the File Library contains any Mass Storage Drivers which are valid for Windows PE 10 the Mass Storage Drivers page will be displayed. Select the required mass storage drivers and platforms to be added to the Windows PE boot media.
  7. At the Progress page, click Next.
  8. A warning that all partitions and data on the specified USB device will be destroyed. Click Cancel to abort or OK to continue.
  9. When the boot media creation process completes, select to Display log file if an error occurred then click Finish.