Whilst there is no guide for someone to use for other development like nlite, i can give some ideas on what i know about winxp installs. This file TXTSETUP.SIF contains a list of files that are loaded during the first phase of install if there are any files to be added or deleted then this is what file that should be modified if you make changes to TXTSETUP.SIF they also have to be changed in DOSNET.INF . So if you want to modify these files you can therefore add or delete files listed in them. Take note that when you add files you have to use the CAB compression program that not only compresses the file but to rename it such as filename.ex_ This file WINNT.SIF is the setup file for the gui part of installation which are a list of answers to the prompts that the install program would ask. To create the ISO a program called mkisofs.exe is used and xpboot.bin or something like this that runs the winxp setupldr file is used for the boot aspect. There is some more information in the deploy files that are sometimes on the winxp cd. So in summary you need to: 1. Text edit of files. 2. Compress files using cab format 3. Create a bootable CD/DVD Point 1 and 3 are doable on linux not sure of point 2 as i have no idea if the compression function of cab. cheers
