Converting WinPE/ISO to WIM for WDS

Question

Is there a way to convert boot images to WIM so that they work in Windows Deployment Services?

I have a file that was created PartAssist_WinPE.iso but contains no .wim file.

Does WDS only support .wim or windows os? Will I need another PXE service to support my other ISOs?

Solution

You use imagex.exe to capture the file system. Mount the ISO as a drive letter, and then use imagex to capture that to a wim file.

Comments

[mbrownnyc]

imagex.exe /capture

[Ramhound]

Can you be more specific?

[SD-6]

In the "Walkthrough: Create a Bootable Windows PE RAM Disk on CD-ROM" section of the WAIK instructions, it shows after detailing how to modify a wim image, to commit it to an iso file using the oscdimg command line tool which is installed with the Deployment Command Line tools. With a wim file in the proper path and/or naming convention, the command would be something like this: "oscdimg -n -bC:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com C:\winpe_x86\ISO C:\winpe_x86\winpe_x86.iso"