wimboot Exec Format error (2e008081) uEFI

[rweisman]

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.

[NiKiZe]

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

[rweisman]

(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

[NiKiZe]

(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.

[rweisman]

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/1995...-extension