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the Windows starts the ntkernel and the smss .. and then the gui setup, without having services etc. The ~ls dir is nothing else than a copy of the most files in the i386 (which are in dosnet.inf) But what is the big difference between the standard i386 and the ~ls and ~bt, many instructions like gosh's multi home & pro xp cd use the ~ls and ~bt dirs and rename them .?

So there are two main setupmethods. 1. Boot from CD (setupldr ..), Partition ,create MBR-Bootcode ,copy files listed in dosnet.inf (Section root boot files in ~bt ? and section files in ~ls ) to the partition then Create directory tree (txtsetup.sif) and boot.ini ntldr ... GUI Mode is then a real windows ( standard Windows boot procedure) . The files in ~bt were also unnecessary and for GUI mode no CD is required ? OR start winnt from a dos ? 2. Start winnt32 from a windows pc, copying files listed in dosnet,inf to the ~ls and ~bt. Create new entry in boot.ini which starts the setupldr (renamed to bootsect.dat?) in ~bt . Setupldr won't partition the drive because there are now the ~ls an ~bt dirs ? on the drive, instead everything apart from ~ls and ~bt will be deleted. Creating directory system (txtsetup). replace the bootsect line in boot.ini with a kernel . GUI Mode is then a real windows ( standard Windows boot procedure) .

Hello, i have made for me an unattended XP CD and i'm now asking me which files and Folders are included in the setup process. I know so far: The El torito Bootsector looks for an bootfiix.bin in the i386 dir (Press key ...) if present the Press key message is shown else it loads the setupldr.bin directly. The setupldr.bin loads ntdetect.com (Setup is detcting...) which Returns the main hardware configuration to the setupldr then ??? I haven't found a topic which explains so detailed the boot and installationprogress. kthanx