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Title
FAT32 Formatted USB KBE is not able to contain images or files larger than 4gb -
Description
Unable to use a FAT32 formatted USB image deployment with a USB WIM deployment larger than 4gb or a USB K-Image deployment that contains files larger than 4gb. -
Cause
A FAT32/UEFI formatted USB KBE will not be able to contain files larger than 4gb due to the limitations of the FAT32 file system.
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Resolution
There are currently two methods of resolving this issue:
1. Use 2 USB drives; one loaded with a "bootable USB flash drive image of the Boot Environment" and the other loaded with a "bootable USB flash drive image of the System Image" Both of which can be downloaded from the Details page of each respective deployment.
- The first USB Drive should be formatted as FAT32 and loaded with the KBE files as described in the "readme.txt" file included in the Boot Environment package download.
- Currently (SDA version 5.1) in order to correctly handle deployment from a USB flash drive, the KBE will need to be created with KBE Manipulator which allows removable drive letter associations to be cleared as the KBE loads.
- The second USB Drive should be formatted as NTFS and loaded with the image files by point the install.bat to drive letter of second USB flash drive. This is done within an administrative command prompt, after navigating to the directory containing the extracted package.
- The command is: install.bat F: (replacing "F" with the current drive letter of the target USB flash drive)
2. Use Legacy/BIOS instead of UEFI (if that's an option) and format the drive as NTFS