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wil 
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Joined: May 2006
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Posted on: May 29 2006,06:04 |
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Hello;
I just registrated on this forum and i've been viewing it for quit a while now. To a lot of EasyBoot questions I found an answer. Thank you!
However now i have a problem that I can’t solve
My goal:
a DVD with 4x windows => Xp_eng, Xp_dutch, 2K_eng & 2K_dutch
So far i did:
For each windowsversion I made a (source) CD with:
SP2 resp. SP4 slipstreamed,and unattended windows installation.
When each CD worked fine I proceed as follows:
Note: To start I only modified XP_eng for now.
I modified Xp_eng installation (i386 --> XPEN) according to instuctions in “EasyBoot Practical Guide”.
(runned WXP.BAT in xpen, taking care of XPEN.BIN, SETUPLDR.BIN and TXTSETUP.SIF)
I also added WIN51IP.SP2 in disk1-folder and WINNT.SIF in xpen-folder.
I (made 1 menu enty and) burned a CD within EasyBoot.
And than with the just burned CD I start to install windows XP (eng).
The text-based part of the installation goes well.
When the graphical part of the installation has started,within a minute a pop-up windows appears:
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. Please insert the compact disk .
. labeled "Windows XP Proffesional .
. Service Pack 2" into your CDROM .
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Although i'm able to manualy type the path of the files on my CD, it's not the way it should be.
By every file the installation asks where it can be found.
And there are a lot of files, I can tel you that!
When intergrating a Service Pack , a directory is made called D:\i386\ASMS, and the installation can't find that anymore after renaming i386 into XPEN.
I think somewhere I have to chance i386 into XPEN.
But where...
My question is clear:
Could anyone tell me how I can get the installation to work propperly.
Thanks in advance
Wil
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Incroyable HULK
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Joined: Oct. 2004
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Posted on: May 29 2006,08:21 |
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Make sure these are correct:
1- Files present at the root of the CD and your Source Folder (at the same level of your i386 folder):
WIN51
WIN51IP
WIN51IP.SP2
2- HexEditing of i386 and I386 to XPEN
3- Getting the proper boot folder for your localised version of Windows:
http://flyakite.msfn.org/
Because WXP.bat only works with English version of Windows...
Edited by Incroyable HULK on May 29 2006,08:23
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eureka
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Posted on: May 30 2006,08:54 |
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To wil
Thanks for nice feedback  Please note that my explanation “prim.ROOT and sec.Root” is something I “invented” to make it easier to explain how this stuff works (at least in theory).
Getting the right set of boot-files can be solved (I think or guess) by using right “setup-floppy-set”.
Choose right set from here: http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
You will be redirected to Microsoft download site. Attention: Don’t forget to choose right language on Microsoft download site (using option “Change Language”) before you finally start downloading floppy-set.
“WindowsXP-KB310994-SP2-Pro-BootDisk-ENU.exe” - This is the English version of setup-floppy-set if you have WinXP slipstreamed with servicepack-2. We are going to use this as an example.
Note: Use winrar (use right mouse button) to extract files from downloaded file. You now have six images and two other files extracted. We are only interested of those six images. Create a folder named BOOT in EasyBoot\disk1\ (I use the name BOOT in this example. You may call it XPEN or WIL3 or whatever 4-digit name you like, but letters must be in CAPS=uppercase)
Use winimage or ultraiso to extract every file from every image to this BOOT-folder.
You now have necessary set of boot-files. ATTENTION: YOU NEED TO DELETE “txtsetup.si_” in folder BOOT AND THEN COPY “txtsetup.sif” FROM YOUR i386-folder TO THIS “BOOT”-folder. Structure should look like this:
EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot
EasyBoot\disk1\win51 (and more ident-files)
EasyBoot\disk1\BOOT\ a bunch of boot-files including win51(and more ident-files)
EasyBoot\disk1\BOOT\system32
EasyBoot\disk1\BOOT\i386 (in this case slipstreamed with servicepack-2)
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Step 1. In folder BOOT. Change setupsourcepath to \BOOT\ inside txtsetup.sif
Step 2. Hexedit setupldr.bin in folder BOOT (use EasyBoot>>Tools>>Replace text>>) from i386 to BOOT
Step 3. Hexedit “w2ksect.bin” in EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot from I386 to BOOT. Note: I suppose you have – or would like to have - a different name on this w2ksect.bin, but you still need to hexedit that file to point to the right “BOOT”-folder.
Attention: don’t forget win51-files according to “prim.ROOT and sec.Root” (take attention to folder structure explained above here).
As option put winnt.sif (unattended file) in BOOT-folder together with the rest of boot-files – in case you want unattended setup.
In EasyBoot set menu as usual: run w2ksect.bin (or whatever name you have to w2ksect.bin)
Regards eureka
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wil
Group: Members
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Joined: May 2006
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Posted on: May 30 2006,10:39 |
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So correct me if i'm wrong:
- The files on the floppy sixpack are the "same" Â files as the WXP(NL).BAT file should have copy to the prim.ROOT (i.e. XPEN).
- Following the above discription, at the end we have in fact that set of files double, in the original i386(NL) dir. and the set from the floppy's.
- That's about 6.5 MB double, but I can live with that  
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By the way:
I've noticed that at my location is 2 Hrs later, then yours
i'm in Holland what's your location, if I may ask?
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Wil
Edited by wil on May 30 2006,10:43
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eureka
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Posted on: May 30 2006,11:04 |
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To wil
Yes wil, you have made the right conclusion. It’s the same files. But you don’t need to run that “noreboot” thing. Some people find it far from convenient to use noreboot method. I just mentioned it if you – or anybody else – would like to use this way to getting boot-files.
If using floppy-setup-set you may want to reduce size on multiboot-CD.
A simple suggestion to reduce size on i386 folder.
You can save disc space with this trick:
Inside folder i386 delete the LANG folder (if you don't need these languages), and you can delete the WIN9XMIG, WIN9XUPG and WINNTUPG folder if you are only doing clean installs. In fact, you only need folder i386 (reduced using method above) and necessary ident-files (win51 and those files).
Or do the “big thing”, make a false install using “gosh method”: http://gosh.msfn.org/part1.htm
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Quote: “I've noticed that at my location is 2 Hrs later, then yours
i'm in Holland what's your location, if I may ask?”
Well, this is Sweden, and I can tell you that I have worked (in earlier stage of life) side by side with people from Holland and it has always been a pleasure
Regards eureka
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