On 11/17/2010 2:09 PM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > PE omits a lot of windows components/subsystems that likely the fw installer > requires. > The error just didn't know how to interpret the missing dependency and likely > returned that useless output...
No, it explicitly said it won't run in Windows; I guess that includes a WinPE environment. When I booted with just an NTFS floppy image on USB (i.e., no Widows components/subsystems at all), it executed just fine ... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Leone [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 11:47 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Creating a bootable flash drive from Win7 to install firmware > > On 11/17/2010 12:04 PM, Art DeKneef wrote: >> I made a bootable USB flash drive with Win PE on it and use that for >> all the times I need a bootable USB drive. Just add your files and >> then navigate there to run said file. > > We actually have a PE environment available via PXE from our LANDesk server. > But the formware program would not execute in that environment - kept saying > "The file can not be found", even though we were explicitly in the directory > where we had copied it (so no path issues). > > Hence the need for the USB boot ... > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
