WinPE support and virtual mount functionality

[Jean-Luc GAUTIERPosts: 5]

Hello,

I use for years Pismo and it is an absolutely fabulous tools, powerful and very light (4MB!)
I just regret that the virtual-mount feature has disappeared.
So, I use version 1.73 to mount ISOs on a server and I share all this on the network for my installations.
Indeed with the new versions of Pismo, the creation of a symbolic link does not allow access to the content of the monted ISO via a shared network access. A junction don’t work too.
I need to keep my directory structure when I mount and share the ISO. (C: \ Volumes\… is not possible for that)
So I do not have the choice and actualy I must use version 1.73 on my server. Can you reenable this functionality ?

But today to go further in what I do, I need to use the cool feature of Privates Folder from the environments Microsoft WAIK, ADK (WinPE x86 & x64)
But I can not install or run Pismo (pfm mount) in theses environments.

Would it be possible to support a version of Pismo on this environment (I do not need the version 1.73 in particular) ?
If not please give me more informations about the windows dll you use and the operations performed by the setup during the installation.
I scanned the log file, but failed to replicate for make everything work properly.
For example, I have a problem loading / launching the pfmfs_190.sys / inf module which is very important.
For the rest a regsvr32 dll work properly and I can create a new PFO file from WinPE, but I can’t mount it to access and write on it.
I have to use it from the WinPE client machine for security reasons.

Thank you for your help and your response

Best regard

Long life to Pismo Technic Inc.

• This topic was modified 3 months, 2 weeks by  Jean-Luc GAUTIER.

[Joe LowePosts: 97]

For installing PFM to headless Windows installs: Try the PFM test package instead of the audit package.
pfm-190-testing-win.exe -h
pfm-190-testing-win.exe install

You can share mounted ISOs with current PFM builds, no need to use build 173:
pfm mount -l c:\shared\somecontainer.iso
mklink /j c:\shared\somecontainer c:\volumes\somecontainer.iso

The virtual mount point functionality is not coming back. It was dropped to increase compatibility with 3rd party system extensions (anti-virus, undelete, encryption, cloud storage) and to increase compatibility with the increasing number of “symlink aware” applications that have come since Vista was released in 2007 (such as explorer).

[Jean-Luc GAUTIERPosts: 5]

Hello,

Thank you very much for your reply.
When I launch pfm-191-testing-win.exe install I have these errors :

ERROR: License file “X:\Windows\Temp\pfm-191-testing-win-XYZ…\pfm-license-*.txt” is missing.
ERROR: Core install failed.

In “X:\Windows\Temp\pfm-191-testing-win-XYZ…” the license file “pfm-license-testing.txt” exist.

I have try with the build 190 and I have the same error

Thank you for your help and your response

Best regard

[Joe LowePosts: 97]

I just ran the test package install successfully on a windows 10 and a windows 8.1 system from an administrator cmd prompt. I assume you are seeing this install error only on Windows PE.

[Jean-Luc GAUTIERPosts: 5]

Yes absolutely

Can you help me to work in the Winpe environment please or add this environment in a next release ?

Best regard

[Jean-Luc GAUTIERPosts: 5]

Hello

Could you please answer me ?

Best regard

[Joe LowePosts: 97]

I have noted the issue. I don’t expect I will add support for the PE environment any time soon, but if some business case arises then maybe.

[Jean-Luc GAUTIERPosts: 5]

Hello,

I haven’t see your reply

Thanks

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