WinPE Stuck as Novell Netware

I think you have two issues.

1. WinPe 1.5 i think still the default until you go to Boot Disc Creator and change the default to use WinPe 2.1

2. Novel Netware this might not be a supported environment, I could be wrong.

Nelo

I appreciate the reply. However, the WinPE 2.1 environment is set to default in Boot Disk Creator. Also, there is nothing that ever asks what file server type that the WinPE environment needs to be. It just installs and defaults to Novell Netware. I read a post online that said a fresh install of the Deployment Solution fixed this issue, but I'm really trying to find an alternative to that solution.

Did you find a solution to this as I'm experiencing the same issue? Thanks Geoff

Haven't found one yet. Right now, the only resolution I can find for this is at:

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/Developme...

You won't be able to view the solution without creating an account, but I'll save you the trouble and tell you that the guy just reinstalled the Deployment Solution software. He said that after a fresh install, his WinPE 2.1 worked just fine. Haven't tried that yet, but probably will before too long if we can't find another solution.

Thanks anyway... don't much like the idea of a fresh install though. One of our PXE servers got corrupt so we need to recreate the local winpe image and we can't. Dos works though :-)

seems to have worked for me
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=32520&p=1

refers to default.bdc file in bootwiz folder.

certainly got as far as creating winpe images.

I'm still stuck with this issue. I've gone through the boot disk creator plenty of times, but there is no way to change this to Windows that I can see. The knowledgebase document refers to step 5 in the process, but this only allows me to designate a file server and username/pass for that server. The default.bdc file you mentioned just has the information collected in it that is in the WinPE 2.1 configuration. I'm not sure if I could change this information to make the file system reflect a Windows install or not. Any help?

This is what our default.bdc looks like. I think there is stuff missing however it does work.

I had to remove a section called NWServer ( i think that was it was called) and add the [Network] section. I later also found I had to set Transport=1 to enable TCPIP instead of IPX.

This has got us working again, but we're coming to the conclusion a re-install may be a good idea sometime in the future!

Hope it helps a bit.

[PACKAGES]
WMI=Required
WSH=True
JA_JP=Hide
KO_KR=Hide
ZH_CN=Hide
ZH_HK=Hide
ZH_TW=Hide

[Application]
Compress=True
Version=6.9.9020.317

[DOMAINS]
********=1  

[USERNAMES]
*******=1   

[Network]
Type=0
Transport=1

Waller, you are a godsent sir. I edited my default.bdc file in the way you described, deleted and reconfigured my WinPE 2.1 install, and voila! My 2.1 now says that the file server is Windows instead of Netware. I've been working on this for so long and was about to pull my hair out over it. I'd better not get ahead of myself, as I haven't tried to image a machine with it yet, but it's definitely a step in the right direction. Thanks a bunch dude.