Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: error vga737.fon
started by: machinakias
Posted by machinakias on Dec. 28 2008,13:38
hi all! here is the situation...

i made an unattended win xp pro greek with sp3 and i'm trying to make a multiboot dvd with it....

i run the procedure but i get this error "error vga737.fon"

something says about line 14 i think.....i cant read the message 'cause i see weird characters...

any clues? thanx for your time....
Posted by balder on Dec. 28 2008,15:17
Hi machinakias

I’m not 100% sure how you created your multiboot dvd, but if you used “wxp.bat” to get you boot files you are in trouble. Basically, “wxp.bat”  can only create the right set of boot-files from English version not Greek, German, Swedish, Turkish or whatever – only English version works. There is a work around for this. Question is, what have you done so far? Did you run “wxp.bat”  to get boot files?

Note: if you only copy folder i386 with ident files (win51 etcetera) from your greek CD/ISO there shouldn’t be any problem.

balder
Posted by machinakias on Dec. 28 2008,15:35
dear balder, first of all thanx for your quick reply...
well,i really DID it with that wxp.bat file....but it was wrong..
so, i dont need to do it ?

so i just have to copy my i386 folder and do all the procedure except applying this wxp.bat?

can you give me some tips please? i tried a lot to make this thing work...(well i did it work with english xp...)

also,if you have any tips for adding a live ubuntu linux,it would be a great help for me!

once again,thank you and i hope you got the answer for my problem!!  looking forward to hear from you...
greetings from greece !!!   :)

Posted by balder on Dec. 28 2008,15:59
Hi machinakias

If your only goal is to use only one folder named i386 (Greek version) you only need to copy folder i386 and ident files (Win51, Win51ip, Win51ip.sp2  and if present Win51ip.sp3) to the root of you CD/DVD build witch is EasyBoot\disk1 and make a copy of w2ksect.bin (rename copy to setupxp.bin and put this in EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot) and in menu set command:  run setupxp.bin

Obviously you can’t use two folders named i386 on same spot (root of CD/DVD).
The main point why we run wxp.bat to folder i386 is the need to “free up” folder name i386 to give space for another folder i386.
Note: you can use one English version (using wxp.bat) you then have space for one folder named i386 – your Greek version. But in case you still need space for folder name i386 (like for winternal-2007) you obviously must “free up” folder name i386 for your Greek version of folder i386.

Read here how this is done: < http://gosh.msfn.org/intro.htm >

Read especially this: Making a custom CD/DVD>>Creating the CD/DVD>>Reducing source

Read more about “second root” explained by eureka here:
< http://www.ezbsystems.com/cgi-bin....nd+root >

balder
Posted by machinakias on Dec. 29 2008,12:04
oh well... i'll give it a try today and i'll be back!
Thank you very much!!!