WinPE from USB on Mac

[lembi2001]

Hi all

I am a complete Mac Noob and everything i have learnt has been in the last 4 days through extensive and mind numbing research on the Internet. I have finally succumbed to asking for help here!!! lol

I have been able to create a usable version of WinPE on CD for use on a colleagues Mac. I know that Macs don't natively support USB Booting however i have managed to get my USB Deivce recognised at boot through the use of rEFIt. Couple this with a grub.efi loader and i should be able to boot a windows installation from my USB device (yes/no).

Everything i have tried so far has failed miserably with the following error:

cannot load image

From this i can see that rEFIt and Grub are working together but i am unable to load my WinPE installation. does anyone have any ideas how i can get this working or if it is even possible. (I am not afraid to try complex things as long as they are written clearly!!!)

Thanks

Leighton

 

[balamw]

I don't have a solution, but am interested in others' experiences with Win PE on their Macs so I'm bumping the thread.

I know that Macs don't natively support USB Booting

Actually I believe that all but the earliest 2006 Intel Macs support booting OS X from USB just fine. It's Windows that doesn't like USB, which is why you end up needing PE to begin with.

B