[pieczniq]

I have that problem since I've integrated some ryan's updates, addons, and nLite Addons for my unattended instalation. When I start VMware and mount the ISO file it doesn't boot. There isn't any text: "Press any key to boot..." and I didn't turned that option in nLite.

Any ideas to solve the problem, mates?

Greetings from Poland

[HØLLØW]

How have you created your ISO-file? With nLite?

This post has been edited by HØLLØW: 23 November 2009 - 03:39 PM

[pieczniq]

Sure as I always do. And that's why I'm surpriced. It's first time happening. And I don't know how to fix that :/

[pieczniq]

Any ideas how to FIND the reason why ISO does not start even in VMWare?

[jaclaz]

pieczniq, on Nov 25 2009, 11:15 AM, said:

Any ideas how to FIND the reason why ISO does not start even in VMWare?

Open the .iso file in 7-zip.
Can you see a folder named [BOOT]?
What are it's contents?

jaclaz

[Sp0iLedBrAt]

If you still have the folder with the contents of the XP CD, open nLite again, point it to the folder and choose only Create a bootable ISO fro the options. Then, instead of the default engine, choose mkisofs and make another ISO. This should do the trick.

If you have deleted the contents of the folder, then just mount the ISO, copy/paste the contents into the folder and do the above given procedure.

[pieczniq]

Bootable_NoEmulation.img - this is the only file on my [BOOT] directory.

Sp0iLedBrAt, on Nov 25 2009, 07:09 AM, said:

choose mkisofs and make another ISO

Unfortunately that didn't work

[jaclaz]

pieczniq, on Nov 25 2009, 03:08 PM, said:

Bootable_NoEmulation.img - this is the only file on my [BOOT] directory.

Which, if it is exactly 2048 bytes in size "seems" right.

Let's go on, still in the open in 7-zip .iso, can you locate:
\I386\BOOTFIX.BIN
\I386\SETUPLDR.BIN
\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF or \I386\TXTSETUP.SI_
?

jalcaz

[pieczniq]

jaclaz, on Nov 26 2009, 05:18 AM, said:

\I386\BOOTFIX.BIN
\I386\SETUPLDR.BIN
\I386\TXTSETUP.SIF or \I386\TXTSETUP.SI_

I located that files. Weird situation :/

[jaclaz]

It is very strange, at this point I would think of an iso creating problem.

Can you try creating another bootable .iso with same PC?

As an example try creating this one:
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=2254
which is fairly small/fast to download files for/create, but still uses El-Torito No-emulation bootsector.

Additionally, try booting those .iso in another VM (to check if for any reason the problem is in your VMware install).

Qemu Manager:
http://www.davereyn.co.uk/download.htm

jaclaz

This post has been edited by jaclaz: 28 November 2009 - 08:50 AM