[jezza333]

ilko_t, on Feb 5 2009, 06:17 PM, said:

Windows 7 would be supported when all other programs used fully support it- AutoIt, grub4dos installer etc. etc.

Fair enough, but I presume that it'd be nearly identical to Vista [behaviour]

ilko_t, on Feb 5 2009, 06:17 PM, said:

As for the VistaPE- can you create an empty folder SOURCES if doesn't exist, next to folder BOOT. Does it accept it now?
Did you use Vista Setup/PE/Recovery ISO field or BartPE/UBCD4Win...? You should use the former one.

Thanks, I created an empty Sources Folder, and it installed it to the USB drive OK. The only problem was that when I booted it, only VistaPE's boot options were shown. This is because menu.lst is used by both the XP and VistaPE packages, and VistaPE had overwritten the previous entry.

Could there be an option to merge both instances of this file into the one, so all menu entries are preserved?

Thx for the help mate; appreciated

This post has been edited by jezza333: 05 February 2009 - 05:16 PM

[wimb]

jezza333, on Feb 5 2009, 11:07 PM, said:

Thanks, I created an empty Sources Folder, and it installed it to the USB drive OK. The only problem was that when I booted it, only VistaPE's boot options were shown. This is because menu.lst is used by both the XP and VistaPE packages, and VistaPE had overwritten the previous entry.

Make_USB.exe of U_XP_SET package solves this problem.
It makes use of an Exclude list for FileCopy given in file U_XP_SET\USB_XP_Setup\makebt\NO_xcopy_Vista.txt
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=5306

Quote

Support for VistaPE on MultiBoot USB-stick was made, where you can use the Vista Add Extra Source Selector to Select your VistaPE\Target\VistaPE-Core Folder.

This post has been edited by wimb: 06 February 2009 - 02:27 AM

[ilko_t]

jezza333, on Feb 5 2009, 03:07 PM, said:

The only problem was that when I booted it, only VistaPE's boot options were shown. This is because menu.lst is used by both the XP and VistaPE packages, and VistaPE had overwritten the previous entry.

Could there be an option to merge both instances of this file into the one, so all menu entries are preserved?

Can you post your curren menu.lst please?
Does VistaPE use menu.lst as well?

[jaclaz]

ilko_t, on Feb 6 2009, 10:18 AM, said:

Does VistaPE use menu.lst as well?

Yes.

It is however trivial to change the menu.lst of the last to be added item to include the entries for the previous ones, or in the case of VistaPE, changing the building Grub4dos .script to generate a "wider" menu.lst with a few TXTADDLINE statrements:
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=6468

Or again, open the §@ç#ing menu.lst with Notepad and add a few entries by hand.

Or again, press "c" and enter a couple of grub4dos commands....

jaclaz

[ilko_t]

Thanks jaclaz.

I've just excluded menu.lst from the files being copied, no matter from what source. This should fix unexpected problems later on, should more and more items included start using grub4dos.
Entries in menu.lst to start the various items are added by WinSetupFromUSB anyway. May also add merging menu.lst if found, with the one created by the program.

[jaclaz]

ilko_t, on Feb 6 2009, 11:40 AM, said:

May also add merging menu.lst if found, with the one created by the program.

Which would create the need to parse each entry to remove possible duplicates.... or otherwise posiibly create a menu.lst with a couple dozens entries....

Are you getting affected by some form of featuritis too?



jaclaz

[kanapfelka]

wtf?

This post has been edited by kanapfelka: 06 February 2009 - 08:45 AM

[ilko_t]

jaclaz, on Feb 6 2009, 03:48 AM, said:

Are you getting affected by some form of featuritis too?

No way, I had been immunized against that form of disease long ago

kanapfelka, on Feb 6 2009, 06:32 AM, said:

wtf?

Do NOT select I386 folder, but the parent one, "Новая папка", which consist I386. To stay on the safe side try NOT to use any spaces in paths.
Read the tooltips, there are plenty of them for each item in the GUI, just hold the mouse over it for a few seconds. In your case the tooltip says "Select a folder, where I386 can be found", not "select I386 folder". If still isn't clear enough- sorry, I am not native english speaker.

[kanapfelka]

It`s ok now! (just restart pc) Thanks

[ilko_t]

Nice one.

[stat5bot]

Hi

i downloaded WinSetupFromUSB.exe and installed it on my Windows Vista HP Compaq Laptop

what i did was i chose the destination of WindowsXP. and then, i formated the 2GB Kingston USB Flash Drive using HP Format Tool. then after that i press on Start.

after that i restarted the laptop and the BOOT screen for WindowsXP started. i chose the first option, then it went back to the boot screen again with a second option, here are two things that i did

1. I chose again the first option it went to a blue screen (like the WindowsXP Installation Screen) when i went on the C:\ Drive it only has 1.9GB (which looks like my USB Flash Drive Capacity, and it does not contain my Main Hardisk, so what i did was i chose Drive C:\ but it went into an Error Screen saying that its corrupted.. F3 to Quit. then i restarted the computer. it says that its MISSING OPERATING SYSTEM

2. I chose 2nd option but it says that its missing a file.. (forgot what file it was though)..

anybody can help? thanks a lot. this is for my ACER laptop. it has a defective CDROM Already so im looking for another way to install Windows XP in it. thanks

[ilko_t]

You need to integrate SATA drivers source. Either use nLite or BTS mass storage driver pack and select Text mode option:
http://driverpacks.n...rPack.php?pag=b
http://driverpacks.n...rPack.php?pag=m

Another way around is to switch to IDE (AHCI off) mode in your BIOS, if it has such option.
Then rebuild your USB stick.

[tedge0219]

Ok, I apologize first for the newbie nature of these questions but I have been unable to find and answer I understand yet.
1) using a 32gb fast patriot drive, during install I get the asms missing notification and have to abort install, but with 4 gb slow as hell drive I can install the same image fully but it takes forever, any ideas how I can get things to work on my faster drives?

2) I have been waiting for the first windows menu, then removing the drive, I got it to work once but never again and think I forgot something, but the problem is, I get a cannot boot message but when I restart with the key, then I can get into windows....what the hell did I miss?

3, where can I get some FAST 4gb thumb drives that are reliably bootable?

[cyberyeye]

I got Patriot "Xporter XT Boost" 4Gb and 8GB, both works fine, formatted in Ntfs (tested successfully with Wimb livexp method, and WinSetupFromUSB)

http://www.patriotmem.com/products/detailp...631&type=11

I don't have the 32Gb usb key, so i can't tell you about this one...

This post has been edited by cyberyeye: 08 February 2009 - 07:16 AM

[cdob]

tedge0219, on Feb 8 2009, 03:28 AM, said:

using a 32gb fast patriot drive, during install I get the asms missing notification and have to abort install

Missing ASMS rings a bell.
At CD first reboot there are no cd file system drivers loaded.
Ntldr and BIOS has to find files. First 4 gb of DVD media are available.

Does similar match to USB install?

Did you add XP installation files to a previous filled drive?
Did you start from scratch and format drive?

Can you start from scratch and format drive?
That way installation files are in front of USB drive.

Ntldr may load file system driver for (USB) hard disk boot device only.

I understand, you use FAT32 at USB drive.
Which file system do you use at local hard disk?
Do you use FAT32 too?

Try the same file system for USB drive and local hard disk.
E.g. try both NTFS for USB drive and local hard disk.

[jaclaz]

...or maybe we are around the 8Gb barrier?

BIOS/whatever use CHS and the files are beyond that?

Seemingly unrelated, but not much :
http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=5884&st=0

jaclaz

[tedge0219]

ok, so if I create a 4gb partition in the beginning of the drive it should work?

also, rather than reinstall right now, is there a way to fix the mbr so that it can boot without the usb drive in, what is it I am doing wrong on my install that makes it unable to boot without the usb, when should I remove the usb drive?

as I said, I did it right once, but can't remember what I did

I need the Q1 for a trip in a few days and would like everything to work for a bit, I will resume tinkering later

[ilko_t]

To fix boot- allow showing hidden and protected OS files (control panel->folder options->view), open up BOOT.INI in C:\ in Notepad and post it here.
What message do you get when you boot without the USB stick?

[tedge0219]

message

Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem.
Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware.
Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information.

boot ini

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect

[tedge0219]

nevermind the boot issue, fixed that, no problem

now, can anyone let me in on what I was doing wrong?