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- With the fd0 map command modification, I didnt get anything new (same error msg). - With the first iso modification (with or without the fd0 map command) I got a slightly different error msg: the error code switched from 2 to 18 (... Windows works in mysterious ways ) - Finally with the second iso modification (with or without the fd0 map command again) the behaviour was still the same (the install stopped almost immediately) and the error message was: I/O Error accessing boot sector file multi(0)disk(0)fdisk(0)partition(1) Are we cornered ? P.S. Googling around about grub4dos, I tumbled on this page (which you may already know of) where its said that: So I tried to use the files rather from the folder next to the iso (taking it as root), removing the iso mapping commands, and got that error message: The INF file txtsetup.sif is corrupted or missing, status 14 Wouldnt it be possible, from this point, to have the install process find the txtsetup.sif in some way ?

I managed to boot on it after formatting with Bootice. I did the winsetup.lst modification, but Im back to the same point as before: the installation is launched but stops immediately returning the error: The file \WINSETUP\...\I386\biosinfo.inf could not be loaded The error code is 2 Im not sure if its "loaded" or "found" though, since the first line was too long and therefore did not fit in the screen. Anyway the file biosinfo.inf is actually in the folder I386. Besides the error code is not the same as before: it was 14 with v0.2.3. Any idea ?

Theres a problem: the stick cant be booted on any more. It doesnt even get to the gru4dos menu. I did the same as before though: I formatted in FAT16 with RMPREPUSB, checking "Boot as HDD" and "XP/WinPEv1/BartPE bootable (NTLDR)" Any clue ?

Why not ? Tell me more.

OK I got something ! Using fuwi's tool in the link given by jaclaz, I was able to launch BartPE environment through the kick-boot option (the simple boot one gives a disk error). Yet the UFD is still detected as a floppy (which must explain the disk error). But as long as the Windows install can be done...

Hi I am trying to install Windows XP from an USB flash disk (UFD). I managed to make the UFD bootable. The WinSetupFromUSB.log contains no error messages. But when I boot on the UFD, it is detected as a floppy (--> fd0), which makes all the grub commands irrelevant. Still I tried to adjust the commands accordingly, and managed to launch the first part of the windows install. But (once again) the process stops immediately, reporting the error: "The file biosinfo.inf could not be loaded. The error code is 14" or so. I found a lot of things about errors involving that biosinfo file, but they are mostly related to the absence of the file in the $WIN_NT$.~BT folder. Which is not relevant for me. So I came to the conclusion that it is rather related to the fact that the UFD is detected by the loader as a floppy. Could you tell me what you think about it ? And if I'm right what is the best solution to avoid the floppy detection ? Thanks in advance for your answers. P.S. The execution of WinSetupFromUSB was not exactly flawless: there was a dialog telling me that (if I remember...) the grub bootsector could not be installed and that it would install on the mbr. I tried to find the corresponding log, and came out with this: 2009/12/08 22:36:11- Installing grub4dos BS/MBR and files 2009/12/08 22:36:11- Backing up MBR of disk #1 2009/12/08 22:36:11- C:\WinSetupFromUSB\files\grub4dos\grubinst.exe -s=mbrdisk1-20091208-222835.dat -t (hd1) 2009/12/08 22:36:15- Backed up MBR of disk #1 2009/12/08 22:36:15- Backing up BootSector of disk #1 partition #0 2009/12/08 22:36:18- Backed up BootSector of disk #1 partition #0 2009/12/08 22:36:18- Checking for grldr string in BootSector of disk #1 partition #0 2009/12/08 22:36:27- Saved BootSector of disk #1 partition #0 2009/12/08 22:36:28- Grub4dos bootsector not found 2009/12/08 22:36:28- Checking for grldr string in MBR of disk #1 2009/12/08 22:36:32- Saved MBR of disk #1 2009/12/08 22:36:33- Grub4dos MBR not found 2009/12/08 22:36:33- Installing grub4dos bootsector to (hd1,0) 2009/12/08 22:36:33- C:\WinSetupFromUSB\files\grub4dos\grubinst.exe (hd1,0) 2009/12/08 22:36:40- Checking for grldr string in BootSector of disk #1 partition #0 2009/12/08 22:36:43- Saved BootSector of disk #1 partition #0 2009/12/08 22:36:44- Grub4dos bootsector not found 2009/12/08 22:36:44- Could not install grub4dos bootsector 2009/12/08 22:36:53- Installing grub4dos MBR to (hd1) 2009/12/08 22:36:53- C:\WinSetupFromUSB\files\grub4dos\grubinst.exe (hd1) 2009/12/08 22:36:59- Checking for grldr string in MBR of disk #1 2009/12/08 22:37:03- Saved MBR of disk #1 2009/12/08 22:37:04- Grub4dos MBR found 2009/12/08 22:37:04- Copying grldr 2009/12/08 22:37:04- Copying menu.lst 2009/12/08 22:37:04- Copying default 2009/12/08 22:37:04- grub4dos installed Hope that helps.