Hi (I am new to this forum and need help)

I have the Windows Vista Beta 2, Build 5270 DVD and it works fine on my system. A am tring to add drivers and applications to this DVD so I have one DVD with all the files I need, but keep the DVD as bootable.

I have copied the DVD to my HD and also extracted the "Microsoft Corporation.img" from the DVD. I then add a folder called Applications to the folder where Windows Vista is on my HD. When I make an ISO with CDImage and use the "Microsoft Corporation.img" as the boot file the DVD won't boot. It works fine when installing via Windows XP, but not as a bootable DVD.

So, what I am asking is, has anyone managed to take the Vista DVD, add files to the DVD and then re-complied it with CDImage (so files aren't duplicated" and got it to boot and install from a "cold start"?

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN & THANKS IN ADVANCE.

Kal ...

um.. i always use NERO to build a bootable DVD

Hi

The problem is not building the ISO, it is getting the ISO to be bootable, as the boot sector seams to be different in Vista.

WELL, I think you may creat the iso image of vista 5270 from DVD DISK.. the add files into the ISO image, in this way i think it may boot well.

What software would you recommend for adding to the ISO?

I think WinISO is good!

Yes
use winISO 2 get the image of the dvd in iso format

save the ISO image 2 hdd

then open the iso with winISO and add the folder u needed 2 it
make sure the ISO is not Read-Only

Save the new ISO
burn it. WinISO can also burn images

Hi

That didn't work because the Vista DVD is in UDF format and when you add the folder it saves the new image in both ISO and UDF formats which makes the DVD not operationing in Windows.

adding folders to the image will not work, right, you best bet it to wait for ximage to be released so that you can incoporate the drivers into the vista image rather then just a folder on the DVD

ximage 5270 is available in the 5270 DDK.

Where do i get 5270 DDK from?

become part of the beta program, will not be release to vista is out other then that

@ paraglide,

good to know have been looking for that for this version for a good long time