WinPE boot : Can't find Windows shares. Can't set jumbo frames.
I have created WinPE media with True Image 2019 . I have added the driver for my Aquantia AQN-107 PCIe 10 Gbps NIC.
I'm experiencing multiple issues :
1) I can't find other machines on the network to browse for backups to restore
When I browse for machines in the network browser, it can't find any.
The way I work around this is :
a. CTRL-C in the terminal window
b. kill the Acronis GUI
c. NET USE g: \\server10g\zfs /user:"My user name" mypassword
d. restart Acronis from x:\program files\acronis
At that point, I'm able to find backups on the local g: drive
Is there a better solution ?
2) How can I set jumbo frames on the NIC ?
9KB jumbo frames really do make a difference with 10 Gbps networks. Up to 10-20% faster throughput.
How can I enable them on the NIC driver ? Normally on Windows, this is done in the device manager GUI "Advanced options" for the NIC.


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Mustang wrote:1. Use the MVP Tool and follow the instructions to automatically map your network share.
2. I found info on Jumbo frames here:
Try these two commands:
reg add HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E972-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\0007 /v *JumboPacket /t REG_SZ /d 9014 /f
netsh int ip set int "Local Area Connection" mtu=9000
Thanks. I'll give it a try. I'm not really confident that the info for jumbo frames will work for Windows 10, though. And it depends on a specific network interface name also, which is not necessarily static, especially if there are multiple NICs in the machine.
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I was able to get jumbo frames to work by editing the INF file for my Aquantia card drivers, and changing the default value from 1514 to 9014 bytes.
Now, I'd love to also be able to be able to choose the keyboard layout . On some machines I use AZERTY, others QWERTY. Also left/right handed mouse. Varies depending on hardware. I don't want to hardcode that into the stick. I want to be able to choose it at runtime.
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Good work getting jumbo frames to work.
For the keyboard issue you'll need to add a language pack that uses AZERTY to the build. Then at runtime you'll need to use a dism command to switch input. You'll need to use dism /? to determine the format of the command.
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The dism command would be:
dism /online /Set-InputLocale:en-US
Change en-US to the proper name for the language pack you installed during the build.
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