Windows PE cannot start

[bsmiller]

I have followed your instructions for configuring SCCM2007 and deploying Vista to a tee but have gotten stuck right after the PXE boot with the following error:

 

Windows PE cannot start because the actual SYSTEMROOT directory (X:\WINDOWS) is different from the configured one (X:\$Windows.~BT\Windows). This can be configured with the peimg /targetpath command. Please consult the documentation for more details.

Press the OK button or close this message to reboot.

 

So, I did what it has asked me to do, but I am not 100% sure which PE I should modify.

This is a 100% new installation of SCCM 2007 (no upgrade from SMS)

 

I appreciate any help and have nothing but good things to say about all of the great stuff on this forum.

 

 

added info:

the boot.wim I got is from the Server 2008 DVD (sources\boot.wim)

[anyweb]

are there any errors in your event viewer ? have you tried rebooting the server ? can you give me more info....

[bsmiller]

are there any errors in your event viewer ? have you tried rebooting the server ? can you give me more info....

Rebooting now. I did have a problem with WSUS getting the service "lost", but I think I found the "fix" on that to remove the msi from the machine so it does not try to re-install when the SCCM server is backed up.

 

I can give you more info. What would you like?

[bsmiller]

Ah ha...

There is this in the Event log:

Faulting application wmiprvse.exe, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x4791950f, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 6.0.6001.18000, time stamp 0x4791adec, exception code 0xc0000374, fault offset 0x00000000000a6e97, process id 0xe64, application start time 0x01c95ef53418fe68.

[bsmiller]

I may have things so screwed up on this server now that it may be a good idea to start over......

[anyweb]

starting over is sometimes a good idea but only if you plan how to install the next one and follow the plan

 

cheers

[bsmiller]

After a total re-install things look a bit better, but I am getting stuck in a different place now.

 

I am getting to the "Initializing Windows PE" with my background BMP image. Then it sits for a few seconds with just the image showing - then reboots.

 

It is not getting to the Build and Capture Task sequence. How can I check to see if it is being advertised correctly?

[anyweb]

I am getting to the "Initializing Windows PE" with my background BMP image. Then it sits for a few seconds with just the image showing - then reboots.

 

enable F8 support and post the log here, i'm sure its a network related problem

[bsmiller]

Info No unattend file was found; WPEINIT is using default settings to initialize WinPE

Info Spent 7691ms initializing removable media before unattend search

Info ==== Initializing Display Settings ====

Info No display settings specified

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

Info ==== Initializing Computer Name ====

Info Generating a random computer name

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000000)

Info ==== Initializing Virtual Memory Paging File ====

Info No WinPE page file setting specified

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

Info ==== Initializing Optional Components ====

Info WinPE optional component 'Microsoft-WinPE-WSH' is present

Info WinPE optional component 'Microsoft-WinPE-WMI' is present

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000000)

Info ==== Initializing Network Access and Applying Configuration ====

Info No EnableNetwork unattend setting was specified; the default action for this context is to enable networking support.

Info Service dhcp stop: 0x00000000

Info Service lmhosts stop: 0x00000000

Info Service bfe stop: 0x00000000

Info Service ikeext stop: 0x00000000

Info Service mpssvc stop: 0x00000000

Info Spent 312ms initializing security templates; status 0x00000000

Info Install MS_MSCLIENT: 0x0004a020

Info Install MS_NETBIOS: 0x0004a020

Info Install MS_SMB: 0x0004a020

Info Install MS_TCPIP6: 0x0004a020

Info Install MS_TCPIP: 0x0004a020

Info Spent 6801ms installing network components

Info iSCSI: iBFT ACPI Table is not available on this system

Info Installing device pci\ven_14e4&dev_1677&subsys_01ad1028 X:\WINDOWS\INF\netb57vx.inf succeeded

Info Spent 2387ms installing network drivers

Info QueryAdapterStatus: found operational adapter with DHCP address assigned.

Info Spent 16ms confirming network initialization; status 0x00000000

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000000)

Info ==== Applying Firewall Settings ====

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

Info ==== Executing Synchronous User-Provided Commands ====

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

Info ==== Executing Asynchronous User-Provided Commands ====

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

Info ==== Applying Shutdown Settings ====

Info No shutdown setting was specified

Info STATUS: SUCCESS (0x00000001)

 

 

That is the wpeinit.log file.

I dont see any errors there. Are there other log files I should be looking at?

[anyweb]

I dont see any errors there. Are there other log files I should be looking at?

 

yup

 

look at SMSTS.log as detailed in the link i gave you, i'll edit that post to make the LOG file name clearer

 

cheers

 

anyweb

[bsmiller]

Ah, reading was never one of my specialties. Sorry about that. At least you were nice about it - thanks.

Here is the log file. I agree it looks like a networking error. That share is visible to me on other systems, but I am not sure exactly what file it is looking for there.

smsts.log