add support for booting windows pe and load the associated image drivers - #104
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you must also configure the image boot parameters to, including a initial blank line:
initrd {{BASE_URL}}/boot/{{CACHE_DIR}}/iso/Boot/BCD bcd
initrd {{BASE_URL}}/boot/{{CACHE_DIR}}/iso/Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
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…b share NB to use a non-default port, windows 11 24H2 (or later) or windows server 2025 (or later) is required.
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this adds support for booting windows pe (tested with rgl/windows-pe-vagrant/).
you must also configure the image boot parameters to, including a initial blank line:
the boot menu entry (as returned by, e.g.,
curl http://localhost:8080/menu.ipxe) should look something like:PS I've also added the --windows-smb-port parameter value into the
startnet.cmd:Setting the smb port is supported in windows since late 2024, which works on windows 11 24H2 (or later) or windows server 2025 (or later).
See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/file-server/smb-ports?tabs=command-line
PPS I've also added support for loading the associated image drivers (fixes #101). This will use
PnPUnattendto detect and load the drivers in windows pe. Then usesetup /installdrivers x:\driversto load the drivers in the installed windows.