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Would you write what exactly you change?
title EXPERIMENTAL - Start PLoP boot manager\nYou may want to try it if your computer boots from USB slowly.\nOnce booted,select USB from its menu to load USB 2.0 drivers.\nPlease report any issues to its author at www.plop.at
ls /usbdrive.tag || find --set-root --ignore-cd /usbdrive.tag
kernel /plpbt.bin
to
title Start PLoP boot manager\nYou may want to try it if your computer boots from USB slowly.\nOnce booted,select USB from its menu to load USB 2.0 drivers.\nPlease report any issues to its author - www.plop.at
find --set-root --ignore-cd /usbdrive.tag
kernel /plpbt.bin
and
title Start linuxmint-9-lxde-cd-i386 from partition 0
map --unmap=0:0xff
map --unhook
root (hd0,0)
map /linuxmint-9-lxde-cd-i386.iso (0xff) || map --mem /linuxmint-9-lxde-cd-i386.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
configfile /grub4dos.lst || chainloader (0xff)
map --unmap=0:0xff
to
title Linux Mint Lxde9
find --set-root /linuxmint-9-lxde-cd-i386.iso
map /linuxmint-9-lxde-cd-i386.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/mint.seed boot=casper persistent iso-scan/filename=/linuxmint-9-lxde-cd-i386.iso splash
initrd /casper/initrd.lz
4) In grub4dos CLI (press "c" when you see boot menu entries) type the following:
root (
and press [TAB] right after (, what's the result?
Error11:Unrecognized device string.
geometry (hd99)
and [ENTER] , what's the result?
Error21:selected disk to not exists.
find /usbdrive.tag
[ENTER] , what's the result?
(hd0,0)
Actually if i remember well i was getting the error without plop too.
I'd like this to be confirmed.
You are right it didn`t happen without plop.
The install without plop works as expected(actually much better than that).It was really fast.it boot the installer slow as expected, but the actual copy of files to the partition was extremely fast(less than 10sec(how is that possible?)) and the second part of the install was very fast too.total install time ~10min.It`s the fastest install time i have ever seen on that PC!
So i am stunned. I want to congratulate you again for the great work your doing.I am sorry couldn't `t answer all the questions, but i don`t really see the point of using plop.
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Would you write what exactly you change?Yes.Botting the plop with the boot entries generate from last version result in reboot.(switching manually to entries generated by previous version work fine).Booting mint lxde 9 result in kernel panic.Switching to previous works fine.
Will later today. I am planing to test it today again for you, so if you have more question or need more information please ask now. because the period of actual testing will be short.thank you
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Actually if i remember well i was getting the error without plop too.
I'd like this to be confirmed.
There were changes in PLoP version 5.0.11 and it's a bit tricky to figure out what's the right combination of PLoP and WinSetupFromUSB version on a particular machine, hence the capitalized EXPERIMENTAL in PLoP menu title.
Will try to confirm it.
The stable version is working well with plop.Previous versions do not need and use ARC paths, with msdosinitiated=1 Setup defaults to using ~BT and ~LS folders and searches for them, this is hardcoded. Default and somehow supported by MS method, which also brings number of nasty limitations, which all were avoided using the small ISO method in the newer versions.
I dont really understand what you want to say.The stable version is working well with plop.
Can you elaborate a bit more?And some other thing.The installer didnt set well the grub menu entier for the plop and linux.(the beta version)Yes.Botting the plop with the boot entries generate from last version result in reboot.(switching manually to entries generated by previous version work fine).
Booting mint lxde 9 result in kernel panic.Switching to previous works fine.
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I think that's the case, changed drive mapping leading to wrong ARC paths. Without PLoP, I guess, you could run the first part without errors, although a bit slowly.
Actually if i remember well i was getting the error without plop too.
The stable version is working well with plop.
And some other thing.The installer didnt set well the grub menu entier for the plop and linux.(the beta version)
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This would be a nice testing machine...I guess it won't be fatal error, but that's yet to be confirmed.
By the way- on what machine are you testing? Does it have in BIOS an option for the SATA controller called IRRT, alongside IDE and AHCI?
I wiill check it and try to confirm it.
Testing on msi gx serie based laptop, which have only ahci enable/disable option in bios.
As i am aware IRRT is not suported by hardware.
I tried it. 1st part of install pass well, but it fails with a hal error at the boot of 2nd. Not sure if its related to the 'unknown error'...
1) Can you check what has been written in boot.ini in the internal disk? You may use some live distro, XP Recovery Console, or even grub4dos:
find /boot.ini
if the output is like (hd0,1) then type:
cat (hd0,1)/boot.ini
2) Did you start from USB for the second part, the GUI mode?
3) Did you use PLoP by any chance?
4) In grub4dos CLI (press "c" when you see boot menu entries) type the following:
root (
and press [TAB] right after (, what's the result?
geometry (hd99)
and [ENTER] , what's the result?
find /usbdrive.tag[ENTER] , what's the result?
Iread your post too late:(
Already installed it using the stable version. I will try to test it again this week.
1Can you check what has been written in boot.ini in the internal disk?
I checked while and i am sure it was some random seed.
2Did you start from USB for the second part, the GUI mode?
Yes
3Did you use PLoP by any chance?
Yes.Both ways.With plop is very fast, but the same error persisted so i supose it isnt related.
In grub4dos CLI (press "c" when you see boot menu entries) type the following:root (
and press [TAB] right after (, what's the result?
I will check it with the next test.
I am sorry cant be of much help right now, but will post as soon as possible with more detalled information.
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I guess it won't be fatal error, but that's yet to be confirmed.
By the way- on what machine are you testing? Does it have in BIOS an option for the SATA controller called IRRT, alongside IDE and AHCI?
I wiill check it and try to confirm it.
Testing on msi gx serie based laptop, which have only ahci enable/disable option in bios.
As i am aware IRRT is not suported by hardware.
I tried it. 1st part of install pass well, but it fails with a hal error at the boot of 2nd. Not sure if its related to the 'unknown error'...
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hi , i am a new user here so if i am doing something out of order please let me know.
I am following that project from some time and it looks really nice.Thank you ilko_t(and other devs if any) for the great work.
Today snatched the new ver.-1.0beta7 and as the before version i am getting an unknown error in setup.c on line 769 when starting the 1st part of windows xp install.I remember that in 1.0beta6
it exits the install , but on the new version keeps on.So i am curious is it a fatal error or not.
Thank you for making that great tool.
cheers
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How to install Windows from USB- WinSetupFromUSB with GUI
in Install Windows from USB
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A slightly slimmed source.Whole setup worked fine that why i am curious,The usb2.0 never take control on that pc(and i really don`t know why) that is why the plop gives a high boost. The inicial fase is really short in my case(it load only the drivers the pc needs) so its not a issue to wait it.
About the linux part i really didn`t want to post as an issue as the program is for windows install and the rest is irrelevant.
That is very possible i will do it again today.
I checked it.It`s the correct output for root ( tab