[OpenAFS] XP embedded

[Stephen Brown]

On Thu, 7 Apr 2005, Rodney M Dyer wrote:

> We have converted and use Microsoft Windows PE, instead of DOS to build our
> Windows XP workstations.  I have been interested in trying to install the
> OpenAFS Windows client into PE.  However there are a few difficulties that
> are immediately apparent.  First, there appears to be no SYSTEM registry,
> so you can't install your own services.  This makes sense because Microsoft
> doesn't want PE to "get out" and become a small operating system of its
> own.  The second problem is installing OpenAFS.  You can't use any
> installer under Windows PE, everything would need to be hand
> installed.  And finally, there can be no "live" caches under PE, so the
> AFSCache file is out.  I haven't had time to look any further, but it
> really would be cool to mount AFS under PE for network builds.

You might want to look at Bart's PE instead of the Windows version:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
It's sorta equivalent to the WinPE, but not quite, in that it lets you
build your own environments.

Steve Brown
sbrown7@umbc.edu