jaclaz

I would be curious to know how Partition Magic is supposed to change letters of an installed Windows XP, which was the OP question. Care to tell us how you did it? jaclaz

No, I am Italian but only speak swahili and hindu. Ask a silly question,....... However, giving as granted that I do speak Italian, this is an International Board where the English language is used. Brief comments or snippets in member mother tongue are of course allowed, but I have the feeling you are going to ask for a step by step tutorial in Italian..... .... which is outside the scope of the board. jaclaz

No, that is for Windows 9x/Me, homepage is here: http://www.v72735.f2s.com/LetAssig/ (down for me right now) google cache: http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:Xlsf5...s.com/LetAssig/ @Jaser Read this: http://www.msfn.org/board/Change-Boot-Driv...art-t90495.html NOT, and I mean NOT recommended. jaclaz

WITHIN limits, grub4dos: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/?showforum=66 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5187 http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5041 NT based images need RAMDISK booting, DOS based ones generally work, Linux based ones may need "adjustments". jaclaz

Another one of my semi-random ideas: What if the problem is related to NTFS/ACL permissions? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/246187/en-us Can you try giving Full Permissions to Everyone? Can you try with a FAT16 or FAT32? jaclaz

Yes. Start here: http://www.msfn.org/board/Super-Disc-Multi...-Us-t94398.html You must understand that BEFORE making a multiboot DVD you should ALREADY be able to make a working, bootable CD of EACH of the OS's you mentioned. Do not expect to just put together everything that crosses your mind and have it working by sheer magic. Sure, Italians are everywhere. jaclaz

If the problem is that of the KB, with the stick set as U:, you need anyway to have V:, W:, X: ,Y: and Z: for the CD-ROM part to (maybe) get "out of the 24 assigned devices". I would try two things: 1) try with a SP2 source, to make sure that it is not something SP3 related 2) try editing MkMigrateInf2.cmd, changing this line: set MigrateDrive=U: to: set MigrateDrive=E: (or another "low" letter) jaclaz

Double posted, sorry. jaclaz

The error you report is "strange". Following for the moment you train of thoughts (as I haven't a better alternative one right now ), would it be possible that it is the U:\ that creates problems? Can you manually edit the migrate.inf (and possibly other files referencing to U:\ ) to a "lower" letter, say E:\ and see what happens? jaclaz

Maybe the "strategies" used by this: http://www.ipmsg.org/tools/fastcopy.html.en are of interest? jaclaz

Happy to know problem is solved! jaclaz

Happy to know problem is solved! jaclaz

I am sure that if you post your problem about adding BartPE in the appropriate Forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-from-USB-f157.html wimb or ilko_t will try and help you. Not that I don't want to help you , but the USB_Multiboot is frequently updated/changed and since I do not use it frequently, I am not as expert as they are in it's usage. Snce the procedure of adding a single PE/BartPE has worked for hundreds (or maybe thousands) of users, and the batch is already beyond that, allowing for multiple PE/BartPE's, there must be something you chose or did "wrongly" that caused the problem. jaclaz

or he may even have bought another PC.... jaclaz

Hmmm, when you talk of resurrection.... I hope that in almost SEVEN YEARS the OP found a solution to his problem... jaclaz

What is so difficult in doing what you were told? To sum up your recent behaviour: 1) You posted a question about multibooting XP install with Linux and MSDOS on a USB stick in a forum titled: Unattended Windows Discussion & Support > Multi-Boot CD/DVDs 2) You sent me a PM to let me know that you posted and asking my attention to the matter 3) After having being helped, you asked for support for ANOTHER problem, how to multiboot with WAREZ 4) After being told that no support will be given for that, you asked help for yet another problem, about adding a BartPE 5) After being told to ask for help in the appropriate place, you posted here again, probably after failing to have before read attentively the online guide and the docs that come with the USB_multiboot (FAQ#1) 6) Then you sent me another PM to ask again my attention on the matter Let me get this straight : a. though I am normally a friendly guy, and willing to help people, I DO NOT appreciate being tampered with help requests b. I do EXPECT that people asking help are actually willing to do their own homework, try doing what was suggested, and only after having tried understanding what they are doing, having re-checked what they did, tried again, and eventually failed, ask again for support c. the idea of a board like this is that you ask questions or post ideas and someone replies to you, NOT that of selecting a "personal assistant" and ask him about any problem you have or about any additional request that crosses your mind jaclaz P.S.: Should you reply to this, there is NO NEED WHATSOEVER to notify me via PM that you did so, rest assured that the Board Software works well enough

Ask for help in the appropriate Forum: http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-from-USB-f157.html After having checked that a similar problem has not been already solved, having read the FAQ's: http://www.msfn.org/board/FAQs-t116766.html and posting the EXACT steps (and choices in USB_Multiboot) you took. jaclaz

Using the "Search" function before posting appears to be increasingly become a forgotten art : http://www.msfn.org/board/Nlite-147-the-ve...-a-t120782.html as said there, I really cannot see the problem. I giess this time Secunia has overdone it a bit. jaclaz

You WON'T get support here for Hiren's, which is WAREZ. You cannot boot DOS from a non-first partition or from a non-first disk. You need to either re-map partitions or use an image. For MS-DOS, the easier is to use grub4dos features and use a disk image, either of a floppy, of a superfloppy of a HD. Do read this: http://diddy.boot-land.net/grub4dos/files/map.htm and the grub4dos_readme.txt jaclaz

WinGRUB contains grub4dos NOT GRUB. But it may contain an outdated version. The USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd contains as well grub4dos. The XP install should be on first partition. Yes, as I already told you, it would be much easier if you start again from scratch. The idea, when following a tutorial (or an automated install like the USB_MultiBoot_10.cmd) of any kind is to do EXACTLY as you are told to, verify that THAT setup works, and ONLY LATER introduce variations. These kind of things need time, patience and an "organized" approach. jaclaz

Double posted again, I am having connection problems, sorry again. jaclaz

The XP install from USB is a topic that took months of work from several members to be able to be easily replicated. As said, try it, or if you prefer, read the entire "historical thread": http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-boot-inst...key-t61384.html and re-do all the needed steps manually. The install, when on hard disk or similar device, needs to go in \$WIN_NT$.~BT, but there are several other changes you need to do, included grub4dos disk swapping in order to be actually able to have it working. GRUB is NOT grub4dos. The error you are now reporting, is NOT the same you posted earlier, "something like it" is not an accurate enough description, take your time and sleep, once you are not tired anymore, post the EXACT error you are getting. Using tools like Partition Magic and Acronis Director Suite on the same disk is generally NOT recommended, as they could create "strange" partitionings, for example the fact that you have (hd0,0), (hd0,1) and (hd0,3) is "peculiar", where has (hd0,2) gone? jaclaz

Sorry, double post, deleted. jaclaz

Hmmm, maybe you did not read ALL of them, or not attentively enough , if we are talking of PE builds \I386\ is the path for CD/DVD, for Hard disks and HD-like devices, like USB sticks it is \minint\ (this has NOTHING to do with grub4dos) If you want to keep the \I386\ folder structure you need to edit SETUPLDR.BIN: http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...=21312&st=7 the "gsar" method by cdob is suggested. However, you seem to have an "XP install from USB" setup, which needs an alltogether different structure and a number of "tricks and tweaks" that are rather lengthy to apply manually, you really should use the apps and info you can find here: http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-from-USB-f157.html Moreover the error you are reporting appears to be not related to the above, if you reported it correctly it means that you have some problems with partitioning and formatting. Why do you use 3 partitions? Which tools did you use to partition the stick and format it? Which of the three partitions is active? Is it the one containing SETUPLDR.BIN? Post your menu.lst. BTW, in any of my "tutorials" where this topic is discussed, I do recommend to use grldr chainloaded from NTLDR/BOOT.INI on a multiboot setup comprising XP, 2003 or any PE, as I find it the easiest way, the use of WINGRUB (that I take it means having grldr.mbr installed to the device MBR) is ONLY advised for pecular cases where, for any reason, the easier approach does not work. You may want to read (attentively ) the newish Guide for grub4dos diddy made, here: http://www.boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=5187 Then, you should first thing make sure you can replicate (using the USB multiboot batches and linked to tutorial on 911cd): http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-install-X...SB-t111406.html the "Xp install from USB" by itself, and only later add other operating systems/options, either using the same batches or manually. jaclaz

I'll try to re-phrase: the NT 4.00 setup engine is different from that of 2K and XP not all values/entries in a "normal" WINNT.SIF will work with it. Rather than renaming WINNT.SIF to UNATTENDED.TXT, you need to write a new UNATTENDED.TXT using only the values/entries that NT 4.00 accepts, see links given, start from the sample given in the MS KB. jaclaz