[Nepali]

here goes mine..

Easy Boot 5

screenshot 1 (based on Vista )


screenshot 2 (based on XP MCE)

[ideas]

these are great menus with wise thoughts when making them

[Nepali]

of course,
these menu and toolz will come on handy in any operation.
Especially recovery console on a automated XP,,
partition magic, windows 98 bootable, ghost, antivirus tools, are the tools to talk abt few..

[pmshah]

How difficult is it to put 2 different OSes requiring I386 folders in the root under EZBoot? Do you think it is worth the effort?

[Nepali]

for dual boot,, it is not concerned with ezboot,, ezboot is just for multiboot,,
for multiboot requiring same i386, u need to go through multiboot CD/ DVD guide by gosh. u need to hack some files to change the folder structure. some of them are boot.bin(boot sector), txtsetup.sif, setupldr.bin

[pmshah]

Nepali, on Oct 21 2006, 09:45 PM, said:

for dual boot,, it is not concerned with ezboot,, ezboot is just for multiboot,,
for multiboot requiring same i386, u need to go through multiboot CD/ DVD guide by gosh. u need to hack some files to change the folder structure. some of them are boot.bin(boot sector), txtsetup.sif, setupldr.bin

I have seen a dvd image of 4.3 gb with ezboot menu system containing close to 30 different distros. Each distro is in a folder which is not necessrily a 4 character name. Each folder contains its own i386 folder and other files which you would find within each individual individual setup cd. Not a single file is hacked. I have checked quite a few of them by binary compare.

If I simply copy the contents of such a folder & add a appropriate boot.bin to create a cd they work absolutely perfectly.

So there must be something in EZBOOT menu system that allows it.

These do not boot to dos & run winnt.exe. These are all standard installations.

This post has been edited by pmshah: 25 October 2006 - 09:11 PM

[Nepali]

i can't believe this is possible without editing some files,
First thing it is build with optimize option, (crosslinking identical files) therefore it can hold as many distros.
second thing there must be each relavent folder that points to the dedicated folder, for that, open the ISO with ultraISO(it will show the hidden content of the ISO)
inside the ezboot folder check all the boot.bin (or just like same) in notepad. It must show some thing like this at the end of the file SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINHOME . Here boot.bin is pointing HOME directory. Now go to home directory(Approx 8 - 10 MB only) open the txtsetup.sif in notepad. Search for SetupSourcePath = "\SETUP\XP\XPhome\" , again it is pointing the main root folder, i.e inside setup\xp\xphome. here nothing is changed. the folder name is also i386. (this is just a simple idea, this may vary with ur iso but the idea is same) Simillarly check other boot sectors inside ezboot folder open that with notepad, find out the folder name, go to that folder open txtsetup.sif with notepad and search for SetupSourcePath = "XXX\XXXX\XXXX".

This post has been edited by Nepali: 25 October 2006 - 09:31 PM

[pmshah]

As mentioned earlier I have already done that. I also know how optimisation works. I have also seen ERD commander & OOBE boot disks with doctored setuplder.bin If I were to copy the contents of the DVD to a hard disk in conventional manner using say Total Commander it would take up close to 45 GB of space.

Just to check it out I simply copied the folder under w2kpro to my hard disk. Found the relevant boot.bin on the net, it is available from a hundred different places. Used it as a boot loader pointing to \i386\setupldr.bin & burnt a cd. The I386 folder was in the root of the CD. In such a scenariomany changes to setupldr.bin on txtsetup.sif should render it invalid.

It booted & installed in full unattended mode. It dis not go the winnt.exe route either.

So I am assuming that it must be doing something different.

Even BCDW can boot BartPE with a simple change of the I386 folder to say WNPE & pointing to \WNPE\setupldr.bin to run live CD.

I have looked up a lot of material on putting 2 different OSes requiring I386 folders in the root of the CD. I have never seen any reference to editing txtsetup.sif, only to changing setupldr.bin in 3 - 4 locations & renaming from \I386 to say \W2KP or the like. I have tried this approach but it did not work It asked for the service pack disk. Same compilation with the I386 folder name unchanged & undoctored setupldr.bin file installed without a single hitch or prompt.

This post has been edited by pmshah: 26 October 2006 - 03:21 AM

[Nepali]

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I have looked up a lot of material on putting 2 different OSes requiring I386 folders in the root of the CD. I have never seen any reference to editing txtsetup.sif, only to changing setupldr.bin in 3 - 4 locations & renaming from \I386 to say \W2KP or the like. I have tried this approach but it did not work It asked for the service pack disk.

if it is asking the service pack DISK then the problem is something else,,
the CD root contents are not complete
u must keep relevent files intact

eg
WIN51IP
WIN51IP.SP2
WIN51.. (depends upon the version of windows XP, 2K, 2K3.........)


if u miss these files, the CD is worthless to boot from CD and run unattended

Note:
the process i explained was for clean install process which will boost up the installation more then 5 minutes.. but doesn't work for upgrade.

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Even BCDW can boot BartPE with a simple change of the I386 folder to say WNPE & pointing to \WNPE\setupldr.bin to run live CD

for this boot.bin must be pointing to WNPE, i must be sure on this

To make the structure like this
CD
-all version of TAG files (WIN51IP, WIN51IP.SP2, WIN51, WIN51IP.SP1, blah blah blah)
-home
------i386
------files
------folders (all necessary which comes on OEM CD)
-PRO1
------i386
------folders (all necessary which comes on OEM CD)
-MDEA
------i386
------folders (all necessary which comes on OEM CD)

in this case, each boot.bin should be pointing to their respective folder, again setupldr.bin is pointing each respective folder. thats all

This post has been edited by Nepali: 26 October 2006 - 10:52 AM

[pmshah]

I will give it a go over the weekend. So I am assuming I have to hex both the boot.bin & setupldr.bin.

In this case my path increases by more than 4 characters & will change the file size. If I am simply changeing the I386 occurances then that approach has not worked.

Simply for testing purpose I changed the name of the I386 folder. Used the hexed setupldr.bin & booted the cd. It did not work. I restored the I386 name & restored the unhexed setupldr.bin & worked flawlessly. So I am not missing file in my compilation.

If possible could you pm me the output of dir2text file for the directory structure? Will work from there.

Thanks.

[rajeshjamnadas]

5128, on Dec 30 2005, 04:35 PM, said:

Hey,

I've created a graphical boot menu with the program CD SHell.
All Layer info is included so all files are fully editable.

These files and other modded multiboot-files of 5128 can be found at http://bhs.gwmfiles....?page=downloads

I am using cdshell for this bootmenu
attachment
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greetzz

EDIT:

note: only for use in combination with cdshell :
direct download
homepage

boot menu download link:
Boot-menu-by5128

here yu go

Can i have the content of boot utilities

[Nepali]

uuphss,,
u cannot get those without purchasing. warez,cracks and piracy are not discussed in this forum
sorry to let u know,,
some of the programs are not free,
better u purchase those

[mordof]

Nepali... i registered on this forum just to prove you wrong, i'm not sure where you got your information, but that is entirely incorrect.

cdshell is free for non-commercial use. presonal use is free.

[Nepali]

oh my god....

read the post clearly first ...

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Can i have the content of boot utilities

Focused : Can i have the content of boot utilities
he is asking the content of boot utilities not the program to build boot menu

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Nepali... i registered on this forum just to prove you wrong, i'm not sure where you got your information, but that is entirely incorrect.

if i am posting in this forum, i must know CDSHELL is absolutely free

i would be great ful if u could provide me those stuff for free
including ERD commander, Norton Antivirus, Partition magic, Drive image, Ghost, Recovery Disk.

and thanks for regestering on MSFN
Welcome to MSFN

This post has been edited by Nepali: 26 November 2006 - 08:06 AM

[Delphianrex]

Thank u both of u:)
it was a nice share!!!!
it solved one of my big problems.but unfortunately it seems, rapidshare has deleted cdshell boot menu.
may someone reupload it somewhere.


Thanks in advance

[Delphianrex]

may someone reupload the boot menu which is made by CD-Shell plz. it seems it`s deleted!

[Delphianrex]

for Godsake plz
there`s nobody here to reupload it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HJW]

easy pal

http://regtweakage.p...wnload/CDSm.rar

only for personal use
PNG files editable with Macromedia Fireworks free trial on the www ( use google)

gr
HJW

This post has been edited by HJW: 03 February 2007 - 04:40 AM

[Delphianrex]

I really appreciate you
thanks for your attention

[C01eMaN]

reuploaded the boot menu, ive been offline and ignorant for some time now,,, sorry about that