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CreateBTImages--Manage Boot Images

Valid on Windows

The Image Prepare System command createBTImages provides the following functionality:

If you do not set the -x or -d flags, the createBTImages command creates a new boot image.

The command has the following format:

CreateBTImages 
{-x | -d <imagename> | -i <imagename> -o <type> | -i <imagename> -e}
[-s <winpeimgpath>] 
[-c <winpepath>] 
[-w <ospath>]
[-t <driverpath>] 
[-n <loader>] 
[-b <floppydrv>] 
[-l <lanman>]

where:

-x

List of all created boot images

-d<imagename>

Deletes boot images (<imagename>[<extension>])

-i<imagename>

Creates boot images (<imagename>[<extension>]).

Without ext it creates for DOS: .2 (disk partition image)

and .3 (OS install image). It creates for WinPE, WinPE2, WinPE3 only .2

Default: osinstal.2 and osinstal.3 or winpe.2, winpe2.2, winpe3.2, winpex64.2, winpe264.2, winpe364.2

-o<type>

Specifies the Boot Image platform.

Possible platforms are:

-e

Deletes an existing boot image and creates a new image with the same name and type.

For WinPE20, WinPE30, WinPE20x64, and WinPE30x64:

CreateBTImages -i <image name> -e 

For WinPE and WinPEx64:

CreateBTImages -i <image name> -c <winpepath> [-w <ospath>] -e 
image name

Specifies the name of an existing image that you want to delete and recreate.

winpepath

Specifies the path to Windows PE 2005.

-s<winpeimgpath>

Specifies the temporary directory to prepare WinPE image files

(winpe.iso, winpe.wim)

Default: Temporary directory in <image store>\bttemp\<type>\

-c<winpepath>

Specifies the source path of the Windows PE directory or the Windows AIK depending on the version of Windows PE.

-w<ospath>

Specifies the path to Windows OS files to create a WinPE 1.x image

Default: Path to Windows OS (Windows 2003 Server SP1 for 32-bit, Windows 2003 Server x64 or Windows XP x64 for 64-bit) files on CD

This option is not required for WinPE20, WinPE20, WINPE20x64, or WINPE30x64

-t<driverpath>

Specifies the path to additional drivers (*.inf, *.sys) for a WinPE image. For WinPE20, WinPE30, WinPE20x64, and WinPE30x64, you can store the drivers in subdirectories under the given driver path. Driver files are added to the driver directory of the boot image template in the image prepare system. The drivers are then inserted in any new boot image based on the type and template files. By default, this switch adds the drivers that already exist in the boot image template.

-n<loader>

Specifies the name of the WinPE network loader.

Default: startrom,pxeboot.n12

-b<floppydrv>

Specifies the floppy disk drive with DOS floppy.

Default: First drive of a bootable floppy disk, for example, a:

-l<lanman>

Specifies the path to Microsoft LAN Manager files for DOS; these files are available on the Microsoft Server or Windows NT Server 4.0 CD

Default: Path to the LAN Manager files on Windows NT Server 4.0 CD

Notes: (for DOS and DosX boot image)

Provide a bootable, write-enabled floppy disk based on MS-DOS 6.22, Windows 95 or Windows 98, when you create boot images. For more information, see Creating DOS Boot Images.

If you create boot images the first time after installing the Image Prepare System, you also have to: