Hi all! Since Flyakite's Guide is offline for quite some time now, i'll try to add the missing files to one of those upload sites.

Hi Drago, if i understood right you're asking if it's possible to add Server 2003 Release 2 to a multi boot DVD. As far as i now theres absolutely no problem I believe you can add the entire Server 2003 R2 CD or just integrate the R2 component, like if it where a sleapstreamed update. The second option lets you choose from Server 2003 and Server 2003 R2. But in my opinion who ever has the chance to install R2 would never need the non-R2 version

By the way, can someone give me a realistic reason for using Windows 2000 instead of Server 2003 R2?

I want to create a multiboot DVD with Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu Linux distros and on their install discs there are directories used by all 3 distros...I mean I cannot just copy the installation files of the three distros in one folder, because Ubuntu's files will get replaced with Kubuntu's and so on... How can I put the installation files of every distro in a separate directory on the DVD ?

Hum, don't know about that, this guide is actually about multi booting Windows, however maybe someone here can help you with that...

This post has been edited by andregcasal: Jan 14 2007, 06:18 PM

Updated!

Fixed some offline links, since Flyakite's Multi Boot Guide's offline.
Fixes some spacing and added color for easier reading.

I've been on vacation and had little time to try out some new things i want to add to the guide. Any time soon i'll be adding some more cool features that make the work easier

Since Flyakite's multi boot guide is offline i've made a clone site, hope you like it

Guide

@damian666
I'll try to help you to include Win98 to your DVD, please feel free to ask any question if there's something not clearly specified.

1) Create a Windows 98 or Windows ME boot disk. You can do it from within your win98 OS, or you can get an image file from here.

2) Create a Win98 folder within your setup folder, your folder structure should look like this:
3) copy the content of your Win98 CD to the C:\DVD\SETUP\Win98 folder (you may remove the "Extras" and "Support" folders.

4) If you have a Win98 boot disk image file (.ima or.img file), skip this step. If not, we assume you've created your Win98 startup diskette.
- Please download winimage (shareware). You can download it from here.
- Install it.
- Insert your win98 startup diskette on your floppy drive
- Open Winimage
- Click on Disk\Read Disk (or just press Ctrl+R)
- Click on File\Save As. Name it Win98.ima (be sure to select "Image file [*.IMA] from the 'Save as' dropdown list.
- Voilá! you have your Win98 Boot Image!

5) Copy Win98.ima to a folder of your choice, I personally prefer C:\DVD\Setup\BootSect, but it's up to you, just be sure it's not in the root folder of your project. Now here's the tricky part:
* Open Win98.ima file with winimage.
* Drag and drop Autoexec.bat file to your desktop. Don't close WinImage!!
* Right click Autoexec.bat file (in your desktop), and select Edit.
* find the following line (or the most similar)* modify it to include your Win98 source in the path variable:* Below that line type: Setup.exe, your autoexec.bat now should look like this (among other lines of code): * Save your autoexec.bat file
* Drag it to your WinImage open window, click yes when prompted if you want to overwrite it.
* Save your Win98.ima file and close winimage.

6) Now goto C:\DVD\BOOT and open CDShell.ini (we'll be using André Guimarães Casal's file for this example) Add the following line just below the XP Professional one: print "2) Windows 98 \n". Part of your cdshell.ini should now look like this:Now go to the getkey part and add: "if $lastKey == key[2]; THEN DISKEMU /Setup/BootSect/Win98.IMA" (without the quotes), be sure to point where your .IMA file resides. Now it should look like this:Save changes to your cdshell.ini file.

Now if you type number 2 key in the cdshell boot menu, cdshell will load win98.ima boot disk, which will run the autoexec.bat file, who is responsible for calling setup.exe from the C:\DVD\SETUP\Win98 folder.

Well, that's it, that should do the trick!
Of course if you want your win98 setup to be unettended you'll have to deal with the msbatch.inf file. But that would take another tutorial beyond the scope this topic
Again: fell free to ask!

This post has been edited by chon_: Sep 15 2006, 01:04 PM

Wow, awesome chon_!

That's really great, i'll update the guide first thing tomorrow

Hey!
I have (for Windows 98):

@ECHO OFF
set EXPAND=YES
SET DIRCMD=/O:N
cls
set temp=c:\
set tmp=c:\
path=a:\

IF "%config%"=="NOCD" GOTO QUIT
LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:oemcd001 /L:D

echo.
IF "%config%"=="SETUP_CD" goto AUTOSETUP
GOTO QUIT

:AUTOSETUP
set CDROM=FOO23
FINDCD.EXE
if "%CDROM%"=="FOO23" goto NOCDROM
path=a:\;%CDROM%\
%CDROM%
cd \WIN98
echo.
OEMSETUP.EXE /K "/IE /NF"
goto QUIT

:NOCDROM
echo.
echo The Windows 98 Setup files were not found.
echo.

:QUIT











should i mod it to...

@ECHO OFF
set EXPAND=YES
SET DIRCMD=/O:N
cls
set temp=c:\
set tmp=c:\
path=a:\

IF "%config%"=="NOCD" GOTO QUIT
LH MSCDEX.EXE /D:oemcd001 /L:D

echo.
IF "%config%"=="SETUP_CD" goto AUTOSETUP
GOTO QUIT

:AUTOSETUP
set CDROM=FOO23
FINDCD.EXE
if "%CDROM%"=="FOO23" goto NOCDROM
echo Loading...
echo.
path=%RAMD%:\;a:\;%CDROM%:\SETUP\Win98\
Setup.exe
echo.
GOTO QUIT

:NOCDROM
echo.
echo The Windows 98 Setup files were not found.
echo.

:QUIT




Thanks for your time!

wow nice one man, i am going to take it home with me and look in to it man.
i'll get back on you when i tried that.
thanx alot dude.



damian666

im tring to make a muiltboot dvd but the windows i want to put on dont have then winnt32.exe so i cant get $WIN_NT$.~BT and $WIN_NT$.~LS and i was wondering if there was some way to get aroud that cuz im trying to make a aio with 8 different windows xp and 1 windows 2003 and i was tring to use magiciso to make it but evey time i test it i get cannot boot from cd and ive made it twice and got the same probly and going through this guide i dont knwo how to get the to files needed sence i dont have winnt32.exe in any of my i386 folders

@slipk487
If you have a legit XP CD, I can't explain myself how you ended up with no winnt32.exe. Anyway, here's a link for the XP Pro SP2 files

i have a real xp but i was workign with tinyxp and i wanted to make a aio with those but none of them have the winnt.exe's in them

@slip487
well i tried your way of inserting win98 in my cd and at last it workt!
im so stupid that it took so long to complete that.
but its okay now thanx man!

damian666

This post has been edited by damian666: Oct 17 2006, 03:42 AM

The files you want are on the install drive aftrer the first boot. You have to start a fresh install. When the system reboots you have to prevent it from booting from c: drive. Boot from a cd & the files you are looking for will be there. If the c: drive is ntfs formatted you would have to boot BartPE to be able to read them. Fat32 are visible from even win98 floppy disk.





Tinyxp is for fresh install only. I don't think winnt.exe or winnt32.exe would work as files & folders required for upgrading your win98, ME or 2K are missing.

Has anyone gotten this to work with XP x64? I looked at the post about it, but it is quite vague.

this site is great but i still need some help.
it seems that www.cdshell.org is offline and was wondering if someone could point me in the direction to where i could find cd shell, boot scripter or something else that will work to make a multi boot cd/dvd menu for windows xp based operating systems

to anyone that was reading my post i did a little more searching and found the files that i needed to finish up what i was doing and thanks to all who put all this info out on the web

This post has been edited by xpforall: Dec 7 2006, 08:49 PM

hi, it seems that this is still the case, is anyone able to point me in the right direction for another source? i have tried google and not found anything as yet.

thanks

How i do thats ??? i can not upen the file with winrar, someone tell me how ????



The File svcpack.inf I Have Starte With This, I Have All Updates To 16/12/06 In My svcpack.inf
[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\I386\svcpack"
[SetupHotfixesToRun]
KB926255.exe /q /n /z /b:SP2GDR
KB926247.exe /q /n /z /b:SP2GDR
KB925486.exe /q /n /z /b:SP2GDR

The Guide Will Have This
[SetupData]
CatalogSubDir="\i386"
[SetupHotfixesToRun]
CMD\RunOnce.cmd

Can someone tell a stupid danish gay, what it mean.

Thanks

Hi all!
It seems this post has been outdated for a while now... That's because MSFN stoped sending me emails for new posts :/
Well, now i'm here, and will be continuing writing on this thread.

TheExterminator you only have to right-click and choose "Open With..." and then choose WinRar. Easy

I can not uppen .inf file with winrar and i have not the .in_ file.

Can i mail you my .inf file, and so can you put the lines to it, and mail me the file back ???

Thanks