Windows PE hightlights

The following are excerpts from the page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxpesp1/html/winpepe.asp

here is what i have found out about windows pe.
you cant just downloadit or get it as whole or part off a software
from microsoft (like say visual studio 2003 comes as part
of the msdn)
i have to order the thing see the link.
http://www.ltcom.com/page/FAQ/WinXP%20OEM%20Preinstallation%20FAQ/

why did i start getting interested in windows pe in first place?
you are supposed to run the program tap inside the windows pe
cd and do hardware discovery. could put tap on barts pe?

here is what mario says to do



more information about using virtual pc and windows xp embedded.
look for the article
How to Demonstrate Windows XP Embedded using Virtual PC
on zdnet australia

mario biazzi states
that you should create virtual machine
in virtual pc (pretty standard) and use
windows xp as the guest o/s.

then he says you must use windows pe
to partition the disk using windows
pe. (but couldnt barts pe do this as
well?)

1. Type the following command from a command prompt: DISKPART
2. Type the following commands to create the partition:

SELECT DISK 0
CLEAN
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY

This creates a 16 GB partition.
3. Type the following command to verify the partition:

LIST PARTITION

4. Type the following commands to verify that the partition is active:

SELECT PARTITION 1
ACTIVE

5. Type EXIT to quit DISKPART.
6. Type EXIT again to reboot Windows PE.

then format the partition
with FORMAT C: /FS:NTFS /q

next day after some rest.
I dont want to have to be hassled with become
a microsoft partner to get windows pe, instead
I want to see if I can put the tap.exe on the bart's
pe bootable cd? My only concern is that tap.exe
might depend on other dlls. I miss a dll then
i have to come back and go back and forth and
kill a lot of cds.

Note I did install microsofts virtual pc. The UI
Is clunky and not as polished but it seems to work.
I was able to boot a barts pe cd using vitual
pc. VMWare did not! But I wasnt able to network
support working inside the VM. Not good, Marios
trick relies on being able to push out information
from the vm via network mounted drives.
Generally a vm will emulate a type of network device
qemu does this its ne2000 type device and so does
vmware. So what is virtual pc's device?
before rushing of to burn new derivatives of barts
pe i want to get networking in the vm functional.

finally got this to work.
the ethernet settings use mac miniport bridge.
then do as he says:
net use z: \\xx.xx.xx.xx\XPe
i had previous copied tap.exe into this directory
then i ran tap and got a pmq file.