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wimboot Exec Format error (2e008081) uEFI - rweisman - 2017-08-04 18:46
Forgive me if this was already addressed, but my searching did not find the answer. (Yes I spend considerable time reading search results) I am trying to boot Winpe over http.
I have created a directory on my Webserver, extracted the winpe.iso file.
Extracted the latest wimboot to that directory
Create a script file in that directory
#!ipxe
kernel wimboot
initrd -n Boot/BCD BCD
initrd -n Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd -n sources/boot.wim boot.wim
boot
For trouble shooting I have used make bin-x86_64-efi/ipxe.efi EMBED=embed.ipxe
The contents of ipxe.efi
#!ipxe
dhcp
shell
My PXE EFI grub command to boot this
chainloader /ipxe.efi
All good booting the ipxe.efi to a shell.
When I try to boot / chain.. to the boot.ipxe (Saved as utf8) file on the webserver
ie:
boot http://xx.xx.xx.xx/www/aape/boot.ipxe
I get an ok, then:
I get the error "Could not Select: Exec format error (http://ipxe.org/2E008081)
I just started this project, so all the stuff is the latest release.
Maybe this is something stupid, but I am stuck at this point.
Thanks for any help.
RE: wimboot Exec Format error (2e008081) uEFI - NiKiZe - 2017-08-04 20:17
try imgfetch http://xx.xx.xx.xx/www/aape/boot.ipxe
followed by imgstat
it should show [SCRIPT]
If not make sure the script is saved without any BOM chars the magic #!ipxe must be the first 5 bytes of the file
RE: wimboot Exec Format error (2e008081) uEFI - rweisman - 2017-08-04 20:54
(2017-08-04 20:17)NiKiZe Wrote: try imgfetch http://xx.xx.xx.xx/www/aape/boot.ipxe
followed by imgstat
it should show [SCRIPT]
If not make sure the script is saved without any BOM chars the magic #!ipxe must be the first 5 bytes of the file
I don't get the [Script] from imgstat. Here is a cut and paste. Looking at it with Notepad++ show all characters, only LF's are in the file. I created the file in linux using vi.
imgstat shows SIVAC\ :4453 byes "ENGINEERING\ WEBSITE/aape/boot.ipxe.
Unfortunately the person who setup the Webserver used White spaces so I am refering to it using \ escape characters.
http://10.xx.xx.xx/SIVAC\ ENGINEERING\ WEBSITE/aape/boot.ipxe
don't know if that could be an issue.. as I am using Linux notation.
File is attached.
#!ipxe
kernel wimboot
initrd -n Boot/BCD BCD
initrd -n Boot/boot.sdi boot.sdi
initrd -n sources/boot.wim boot.wim
boot
RE: wimboot Exec Format error (2e008081) uEFI - NiKiZe - 2017-08-04 22:24
(2017-08-04 20:54)rweisman Wrote: imgstat shows SIVAC\ :4453 byes "ENGINEERING\ WEBSITE/aape/boot.ipxe.
Unfortunately the person who setup the Webserver used White spaces so I am refering to it using \ escape characters.
http://10.xx.xx.xx/SIVAC\ ENGINEERING\ WEBSITE/aape/boot.ipxe
As you can see it downloads a file called "SIVAC\" with size 4453 ande with "ENGINEERING\ WEBSITE/aape/boot.ipxe. as "argument"
Space in urls are converted to %20
Check your http server logs, that the correct file was fetch and check the filesize ... normally the server should respond with 404 in a case like this, and then iPXE would give you an error on the fetch instead.
RE: wimboot Exec Format error (2e008081) uEFI - rweisman - 2017-08-07 20:49
Thanks for the help.. It led me down the path to my issue. My IIS server would not allow serving files without an extension.
I found a link to fix that, and now I can get my Winpe Wim to boot.
Here it is for others: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19950882/iis-how-to-serve-a-file-without-extension