jaclaz

FYI, here: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=46581 you still have reference to vesrion 2.24 @herbalist yes, that should be the right one. Just open it in Notepad, you should be able to see jaclaz

NTFS is not "better" than FAT, no filesystem is "better" than another, each has it's own advantages/drawbacks: http://www.ntfs.com/ntfs_vs_fat.htm jaclaz

Well, I would be curious to understand WHY one would want to. jaclaz

For the record, ALL mentioned bootloaders (exception made for grub4dos) are very good, but they are still "old" in the sense that they use a combination of hiding /setting active partitions and use bootsectors to load the different OS. They miss the key feature (among the others) grub4dos has, i.e. that to load DIRECTLY the OS files bypassing the bootsector. System commander uses AFAICR some of the hidden sectors. XOSL, which is a very good app, needs either a dedicated (very small) partition or it litters the active partition with a number of it's files. However I don't t think we should further hijack this thread, sorry cannie for what has already been done. jaclaz

NO. IP Address=different for each computer Subnet Mask=must be the same on both computers Default Gateway=irrelevant, but usually it's the same (your DSL or server) DHCP Server=should be the same DNS Servers=irrelevant, but usually they are the same jaclaz

RIGHT attitude! jaclaz

Of course everyone has his/her own tastes , too bad you won't touch anything else , should you become more "tollerant", a "test drive" of grub4dos may enlarge your (IMHO right now a bit "narrow" ) angle of view. Even if you won't touch it, maybe you could read (from a distance ) this: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/Grub4dos.htm that illustrates just a small part of the features..... jaclaz

Sure, everyone has his "real" life, I am a project manager/construction engineer, and this kind of stuff is a hobby too. I don't t know. If you boot the PE from the UFD, it would be easier to use the MOUNTVOL command, there are a couple of threads about ways to identify drives through batch or .vbs: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=124539&hl= http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=125992&hl= http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=126069&hl= but anyway you'll have to study and experiment... jaclaz

Reading the FAQ's usually help : http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=116766 #2 And please note that most "eeepc" guides completely FAIL to mention the "origin" of the USB_multiboot: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showforum=157 And, what is worst, link to an old version of the batches, current is USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=111406 (rather obviously latest version has more possible bugs fixed/features added) Have fun with your eeePC , I am wanting to buy one myself, but I'm waiting for some good discount (yeah, I'm cheap) jaclaz

And, AGAIN, if you are using Windows 98, run http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...124561&st=8 Sure there are. There is NO conflict of ANY kind between Win9x/Me System/boot files: and NT ones: There is NO point in deleting them. (of course should any of them be corrupt you need to replace them) If you have an XP booting correctly but you cannot boot 9x/Me (and you want to), after having checked that the 9x/Me files are not corrupt, there is NO point in rewriting the bootsector, you should create a Win9x/Me bootsector and add a new entry to your working BOOT.INI. Typically: jaclaz

Hmm, you failed to do your homework... http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=126142&hl= You meed a migrate.inf file to pre-assign drive letters. Read here: http://www.msfn.org/board/install-usb-driv...OS-t122505.html http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=19663 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=21682 http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=125945 jaclaz

VERY GOOD WORK! Still something that must be taken into account (I know I am picky, but that should be the right attitude for "testers") : regorderdrv All drive letters: C D E F G H I N R X Mounted drive letters: C E D R N G H I Virtual drive letters: FX Internal hard disk 1 drive letter: C Internal hard disk 2 drive letter: E Internal hard disk 3 drive letter: {80cf88c6-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f}I {80c f88c6-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f}I {80cf88c6-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f}I {80c f88c6-8a34-11dd-813c-806d6172696f}I Cd/dvd rom drive letters: D Remmovalbe drive letters: R N G H I subst X:\: => C:\WINPE BUILDER\X I added a SUBST drive, just to see how it would behave. C: and E: are Internal Fixed Disks D: is CD-ROM F: is a IMDISK Virtual Disk X: is the SUBSTed drive R: is the Perisoft Virtual Disk N: G: H: I: are partitions on external USB A small typo: The listed virtual drive letters miss a separator. I would use the "normal" convention of colons and the comma as separator, like: I will try a combo of more Virtual Disks and post results.... jaclaz P.S.: @ALL If you want to test this batch, add a GOTO :EOF here: so that drive letters are NOT re-ordered

Yes. If the question is whether they succeeded or failed, I am afraid that noone AFAIK managed to do it, I don't even think that anyone reported a full success in actually booting XP from an express card, see here: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20314 The "XP Kansas City Shuffle" looks promising, but noone yet took the challenge to actually test the approach on an express card. jaclaz

mo0nykit, I presume that sfetaz, in over THREE years and a half, succeeded. Having a look at the date of the posts before replying is usually a good practice.... jaclaz

Yes and No. The thing that mostly resembles what you describe is the Winroot project: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3537 but it is pretty much useless right now. A somewhat more useful thingy (still VERY experimental) may be XPCLI: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showtopic=3717 (be patient, boot-land is experienceing some server problems) jaclaz

A small, general advice : NEVER, NEVER, say NEVER. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/05/10/h...wnloaded-files/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/12/23/i...in-image-files/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/01/07/m...th-vlite-guide/ Please note that the .exe file name is different, so your mileage may vary.... jaclaz

You will need to read here, if it's possible, on this site there should be a reference on how to do it: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/ jaclaz

My guess is that it is mostly to annoy you , how would you like M§? jaclaz

Start troubleshooting reading here: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/ http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/trouble/ jaclaz

@GrofLuigi A long shot, but you should have a look at this: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showforum=43 I seem to remmber an "intelppm.sys" problem solved... jaclaz

For the first part, just read what numebr the BSOD is and report it. For second part, get a freeware hex/disk editor, like, as an example this one: http://www.mitec.cz/hex.html http://www.mitec.cz/Data/XML/data_downloads.xml http://www.mitec.cz/Downloads/HEXEdit.zip Open the DISK - not the partition(s) - loading first 63 sectors. Apert first ones, all the others should be filled with 00's. jaclaz

The two cards look VERY different: http://usedpchub.com/uph/laptop/79-21236-2...play-Board.html http://www.legitreviews.com/article/349/3/ The Inspiron 1100 one should be Intel845 based. Even IF it may work, you will need a BIOS update, and you have great chances of simply making the whole thing unbootable/unrepairable. As I see it, your best choice is finding a replacement card of the same "family" for the e1705, but once you've found it, like on e-bay or on some online shop, before buying it, since they are awfully expensive, examples: http://cgi.ebay.com/Dell-1705-9400-256M-Vi...107111002r15403 http://www.lapzone.com/servlet/the-6208/UF...ron-9400/Detail http://www.impactcomputers.com/uf804.html This appears a bit cheaper, but still a lot of money: http://cgi.ebay.it/256MB-GeForce-7800-Dell...2QQcmdZViewItem I would have a go at it with re-flowing. This may also interest you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell_Inspiron jaclaz

@junksmi Which version of grub4dos did you use? Hooking twice (though possible in latest releases without --unhooking previous hook before) should not be needed. Can you try this: title Boot dos network image find --set-root /w98se-netboot.ima map --mem /w98se-netboot.ima (fd0) map (hd0) (hd1) map (hd1) (hd0) map --hook root (fd0) chainloader (fd0)+1 See if there is a timing problem of some sort, by attempting inserting one or more pause -wait=n statements, see here for a reference by tinybit and Climbing: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?...c=6231&st=0 jaclaz

No, the flash drive won't probably work, but a grub4dos "virtual" floppy usually does: http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showto...82711&st=28 http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20543 jaclaz

Something worth a try is also the "Project Dogwaffle": http://thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/products/index.html that has a FREEWARE version: http://thebest3d.com/dogwaffle/free/index.html And PIXIA: http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/ (though latest version does not run on 98, the older 3.3 should work allright): http://www.ne.jp/asahi/mighty/knight/download.htm jaclaz