The latest version of E2B is now v1.B0p and MPI Tool Pack is v0.093v14. There has been a small bugfix to SWITCH_E2B too.
I have spent many weeks writing an eBook on UEFI payloads for E2B (complete with Exercises) and I am just tidying it up. It should be ready in a few weeks. If anyone wants to obtain an early copy then give me your email address, but you must agree to provide feedback on at least 50% of the eBook and work though at least some of the Exercises and test the E2B drive on at least three different PCs/Notebooks! I will limit this to the first 20 requests only (just in case I get 100's of requests!). Email me at steve (at) easy2boot (dot) com or use the Contact Me page.
I have removed the trial WinPE downloads now. They are no longer available.
I have built a WinPE download file that includes WinPE32 and WinPE64 .wim files and also includes a SWPEFAT32 partition image file which also includes these two WinPEs.
Details of how to obtain this download and how to make the E2B drive, will all be in the eBook.
This means if you make a FAT32 2nd partition on your E2B drive (replace the existing one) containing the files in the download, it should UEFI-boot on any system to WinPE.
Also, you can choose which extension to use for your .imgPTN files:
Ubuntu.imgptn23 - the FAT32 partition is kept
--- OR ---
Ubuntu.imgptnX4SWPEFAT32 - the SWPEFAT32 partition image file is inserted as Ptn4
If you wanted to keep your 2nd partition as NTFS, you would have to use the X4 file extension.
The download also includes MemTest86 which you can run if you include rEFInd in your .imgPTN files and you can also MBR-boot to WinPE32\64 if you really want to.
If you do add a second FAT32 partition containing these files, there are some disadvantages however (such as some systems will not allow you to MBR-boot from the E2B USB drive!). These issues + workarounds are discussed in the eBook too.
UEFI-booting is easier if you add rEFInd when you make your .imgPTN image files, but this will 'break' Secure Boot, so adding rEFInd is a choice you will need to make.
I have spent many weeks writing an eBook on UEFI payloads for E2B (complete with Exercises) and I am just tidying it up. It should be ready in a few weeks. If anyone wants to obtain an early copy then give me your email address, but you must agree to provide feedback on at least 50% of the eBook and work though at least some of the Exercises and test the E2B drive on at least three different PCs/Notebooks! I will limit this to the first 20 requests only (just in case I get 100's of requests!). Email me at steve (at) easy2boot (dot) com or use the Contact Me page.
I have removed the trial WinPE downloads now. They are no longer available.
I have built a WinPE download file that includes WinPE32 and WinPE64 .wim files and also includes a SWPEFAT32 partition image file which also includes these two WinPEs.
Details of how to obtain this download and how to make the E2B drive, will all be in the eBook.
This means if you make a FAT32 2nd partition on your E2B drive (replace the existing one) containing the files in the download, it should UEFI-boot on any system to WinPE.
Also, you can choose which extension to use for your .imgPTN files:
Ubuntu.imgptn23 - the FAT32 partition is kept
--- OR ---
Ubuntu.imgptnX4SWPEFAT32 - the SWPEFAT32 partition image file is inserted as Ptn4
If you wanted to keep your 2nd partition as NTFS, you would have to use the X4 file extension.
The download also includes MemTest86 which you can run if you include rEFInd in your .imgPTN files and you can also MBR-boot to WinPE32\64 if you really want to.
If you do add a second FAT32 partition containing these files, there are some disadvantages however (such as some systems will not allow you to MBR-boot from the E2B USB drive!). These issues + workarounds are discussed in the eBook too.
UEFI-booting is easier if you add rEFInd when you make your .imgPTN image files, but this will 'break' Secure Boot, so adding rEFInd is a choice you will need to make.
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