[SOLVED] Installer cannot find Apps Folder

[x23piracy]

Hi,

 

iam starting my windows setup over a winpe that is booted over network (pxe).

My Problem is when Installer executes there is no more access to the network share where the windows setup and the apps folder is so installer cannot find anything to install.

 

Afaik installer search in all local drives for a apps folder but it seems not i mounted a net share to i: in this share there is the complete win 7 install sources and the apps folder.

Also installer aksked me for the app folder location so i pointed it there (direct appfolder) not the win7 folder and it didnt found anything to install.

 

 

Greetz X23

Edited March 11, 2013 by x23piracy

[x23piracy]

Hi,

 

for some kind of unknown reason its working know.

 

What i do:

 

Having a windows pe that is booted by pxe

the booted windows pe has most lan drivers included so it can mount a network share with

the windows installation files.

 

I use setupcomplete.cmd to mount the same network share again before installer starts so it can

find the apps folder.

 

Wow its very impressive to install windows 7 completely over network.

 

 

Greetz X23

[yogurt]

@x23Piracy

 

Interesting ... Can you post your setupcomplete.cmd ... BTW: AFIK WinToolkit installer looks for the 'apps' folder by looking first for the drive with the install.wim file  > %InstallRoot%\sources\install.wim

[crashfly]

What version of WinToolKit are you using x23piracy? The most recent (1.4.1.15) has made some changes to the install directory. WinToolKit now looks for a 'WinToolkit_Apps' folder. See thread here: http://www.wincert.net/forum/topic/10928-optional-location-for-apps-folder/

[x23piracy]

Hi,

 

i've started with the test14 then i used since today test 15.

I have it working

 

My setupcomplete.cmd look like:

 

net use x: \\ip\share /user:user pass

 

Thats all, so the install medium can be without the wintoolkit_apps folder, then with setupcomplete it mounts a share where is a complete windows 7 install files including wintoolkit_apps folder, so installer finds the folder on the network share.

 

 

Greetz X23