v2.5.0 (2015-08-28)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.5.0.zip
• wimboot-2.5.0.tar.gz

Changes

• Limit initrd to the low 2GB of memory to work around versions of Windows that assume the ability to use arbitrary fixed addresses above 0x80000000.

• Prepare for UEFI Secure Boot signing.

v2.4.1 (2014-12-08)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.4.1.zip
• wimboot-2.4.1.tar.gz

Changes

• Ignore initrdfile command-line argument that may be appended by syslinux.

v2.4.0 (2014-11-07)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.4.0.zip
• wimboot-2.4.0.tar.gz

Changes

• Provide space for a protected-mode interrupt descriptor table, avoiding RSOD crashes on systems such as HP DL360p Gen8 that happen to occasionally generate IRQ 5 during boot.

v2.3.0 (2014-09-24)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.3.0.zip
• wimboot-2.3.0.tar.gz

Changes

• Fix building of 32-bit UEFI binary.

v2.2.5 (2014-09-23)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.2.5.zip
• wimboot-2.2.5.tar.gz

Changes

• Fix construction of FAT long filenames that are exactly 12 characters in length.

v2.2.4 (2014-09-09)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.2.4.zip
• wimboot-2.2.4.tar.gz

Changes

• Work around UEFI firmware that fails to populate the DeviceHandle in EFI_LOADED_IMAGE_PROTOCOL.

v2.2.3 (2014-09-03)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.2.3.zip
• wimboot-2.2.3.tar.gz

Changes

• Display an optional prompt when using the pause command-line option.

v2.2.2 (2014-09-03)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.2.2.zip
• wimboot-2.2.2.tar.gz

Changes

• Generate position-independent code for UEFI, to allow for relocation to arbitrary 64-bit addresses.

• Fix assorted build toolchain issues.

v2.2.1 (2014-09-02)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.2.1.zip
• wimboot-2.2.1.tar.gz

Changes

• Respect the selected boot index when extracting files from the .wim image.

• Add pause command-line option to allow for inspection of debug output before transferring control to bootmgr.exe or bootmgfw.efi.

v2.2.0 (2014-09-02)

Downloads

Binaries

• wimboot (for BIOS and 64-bit UEFI systems)
• wimboot.i386 (for BIOS and 32-bit UEFI systems)

Source code

• wimboot-2.2.0.zip
• wimboot-2.2.0.tar.gz

Changes

• Add the ability to extract individual files from the .wim image.

• Extract bootmgr.exe or bootmgfw.efi automatically from the .wim image.