-.TH MKWINPEIMG "1" "September 2012" "mkwinpeimg (wimlib @VERSION@)" "User Commands"
+.TH MKWINPEIMG "1" "January 2013" "mkwinpeimg (wimlib @VERSION@)" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkwinpeimg \- Make a customized bootable image of Windows PE
.SH SYNOPSIS
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBmkwinpeimg\fR is able to make a bootable image of Windows PE by taking files
-from a mounted Windows DVD (Windows 7 or Windows 8) or the mounted ISO image for
-the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). The \fB--windows-dir\fR and
-\fB--waik-dir\fR options are used to specify the locations of these mounted
-ISOs. You only need one or the other. The files that \fBmkwinpeimg\fR will
-retrieve are \fIboot.wim\fR, \fIbootmgr\fR, \fIboot.sdi\fR, and \fIbcd\fR. If
-making an ISO image, the file \fIetfsboot.com\fR is also retrieved. Microsoft
-owns the rights to these files and they are not distributed with WIMLIB.
+from a mounted Windows DVD (Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8) or the
+mounted ISO image for the Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK). The
+\fB--windows-dir\fR and \fB--waik-dir\fR options are used to specify the
+locations of these mounted ISOs. You only need one or the other. The files
+that \fBmkwinpeimg\fR will retrieve are \fIboot.wim\fR, \fIbootmgr\fR,
+\fIboot.sdi\fR, and \fIbcd\fR. If making an ISO image, the file
+\fIetfsboot.com\fR is also retrieved. Microsoft owns the rights to these files
+and they are not distributed with wimlib.
\fBmkwinpeimg\fR can currently make two types of bootable images. The default
is to make a bootable disk image. The image is not partitioned and is formatted
Adds all the files in DIR to the Windows PE image.
.TP
\fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-tmp\-dir\fR=\fIDIR\fR
-Use DIR for temporary files. Defaults to a directory made using \e"mktemp
-\fB\-d\fR\e".
+Use DIR for temporary files. Defaults to a directory made using "mktemp -d".
+.TP
+\fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-arch\fR=\fIARCH\fR
+Use the Windows PE version from the Windows Automated Installation Kit that has
+the CPU architecture \fIARCH\fR. Only valid with \fB\-\-waik\-dir\fR. Possible
+values: "x86" or "amd64". Default is "x86". Note: the WAIK also contains a
+Windows PE image for the ia64 (Itanium) architecture; however, this is not
+supported by this script.
.TP
\fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR
Display help.
Show version information.
.SH EXAMPLES
-.IP
+Create a bootable disk image of Windows PE from the Windows Vista, 7, or 8
+installation media mounted on /media/windows:
+
+.RS
+.PP
mkwinpeimg --windows-dir=/media/windows winpe.img
-.LP
-Create a bootable disk image of Windows PE from the Windows DVD mounted on
-/media/windows.
+.RE
+.PP
-.IP
-mkwinpeimg --iso --waik-dir=/media/waik --overlay=winpe_overlay winpe.iso
-.LP
Create a bootable ISO of Windows PE from the WAIK mounted on /media/waik, and
-add all the files in "winpe_overlay" to Windows PE's filesystem.
+add all the files in "winpe_overlay" to Windows PE's filesystem:
+
+.RS
+.PP
+mkwinpeimg --iso --waik-dir=/media/waik --overlay=winpe_overlay winpe.iso
+.RE
+.PP
+
+Create a bootable image of Windows PE from the Windows installation media
+mounted on /media/windows, add and make it execute "install.cmd" when it starts
+up. In this example the image is created in the root directory of the TFTP
+server for network booting.
-.IP
+.RS
+.PP
mkwinpeimg --start-script=install.cmd --windows-dir=/media/windows /var/tftpboot/winpe.img
-.LP
+.RE
+.PP
-Create a bootable image of Windows PE from the Windows DVD mounted on
-/media/windows, add and make it execute "install.cmd" when it starts up. In
-this example the image is created in the root directory of the TFTP server for
-network booting.
.SH NOTES
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