Putting this in the Win8 forum, as there doesn't seem to be one for Server 2012 deployment.
I am currently automating deployment of a Server 2012 customised image, but am getting very poor performance when booting off WinPE 4.0 on physical servers only.
I have the following comparisions:
1. Boot WinPE 3.0 on an HP DL380 Gen 8 using an ISO made with WAIK and mounted via iLo remote board - takes a couple of minutes max.
2. Boot WinPE 3.0 or 4.0 on a VMware version 8 guest running on vCenter 5.0 using an ISO made with WAIK/WADK and mounted via vmware console - takes a minute.
3. Boot WinPE 4.0 on the same HP DL380 Gen8 using an ISO made with WADK and mounted via iLo remote board - takes 15-20 minutes.
Typically all of the above images only have drivers for NIC and storage controllers for the approriate WinPE version, however I have also tried putting all Server 2012 drivers from the HP Service Pack for Proliant into the WinPE 4.0 image, with no change.
The wpeinit log shows no delays, so it would seem that any delay occurs before that log is started.
Anyone have any further ideas for troubleshooting?
