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The new VMware Workstation 5.5 Beta can install an x64 OS as a guest OS, but you have to get yourself into the Beta program. I have no idea how you can get in.... Based on previous form, 5.5 will be released within 2-3 months once it's gone to beta.

I'm just thinking that maybe we can use the old setupldr.bin that you were trying, but that won't work while it's looking for folders that setupldr.bin doesn't know about. Was just a thought....

Well, how about this for an idea rebelryder. What if someone tests changing txtsetup.sif so that it doesn't reference AMD64 as a source folder, but only references I386. Then copy all the setup files to a single I386 folder. If this works, then be can simply do our Multiboots the same old way.... I'd test this myself, but I'm away from my home machine for a week or so. If nobody else tests it when I get back home, I'll give it a try myself. Any comments?

That's the one Jito463! I'm thinking that if we could get it to work, we could have a similar system to what we currently use for multiboots. That is have a "BOOT" folder and a "SOURCE" folder instead of having to worry about AMD64 and I386 at the same time...

Sorry Alanoll, but you're wrong. The GUI setup can still be run from PE, as long as you have an x64 version of PE. I've been playing with shrinking the source (gosh's way) as I always used to do with 32 bit, using winnt32 /noreboot etc, and you can do this withing x64 windows, so it would also work with x64 PE. (Which I don't have to test...) What I've been thinking about though is because the winnt32 still works and creates the $WIN_NT$.~BT and $WIN_NT$.~LS folders as normal on your boot drive, maybe we could hack that somehow. ntldr has these folders in it if you search, but they only work if they're on the boot drive. Maybe we can hack it so that it looks on the CD instead, and hack those names instead of I386/AMD64 folders? Not really sure. Just a thought...

Sorry j4ever, I missed this bit before. Yes, that's exactly it. If you're unsure about this, read through Pyr0's original thread linked at the top.

The version of setup.ex_ is the one from Bashrat's packs. This version does all the renaming and running itself once presetup.cmd finishes. I don't know if this version is the same as Pyr0's or its one that Bashrat has compiled himself...

No worries. I just hope it works for you. Hopefully someone more knowledgable than me will pick it up at some point and make it as easy as the 32 bit stuff. **** it's painful testing this stuff. Having to actually install every time is a pain. Come on virtual machines with x64 guest support!!

@j4ever No, presetup.cmd can be in the AMD64 folder because of the line presetup.cmd = 1,,,,,,,82,0,0in txtsetup.sif. This method does not require a $OEM$ folder at all. Also, please do not confuse the OEM folder. You could just as easily change it to FRED, and change the paths in the presetup.cmd file. @devilrunner Here you go: setupORG.exe

Have created a new topic under Device Drivers for the walkthrough.... http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=50023

It is also possible to use the above to install Mass Storage drivers. Using the method detailed here with some of my own modifications. This description details how to get my own Via SATA drivers working, but I think should be applicable to most other drivers too. 1. Compress viamrx64.sys to viamrx64.sy_ and place in the AMD64 folder. 2. Modify txtsetup.sif in the AMD64 folder as follows: [SourceDisksFiles] viamrx64.sys = 1,,,,,,5_,4,1,,,1,4 [HardwareIdsDatabase] PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3249 = "viamrx64" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3149 = "viamrx64" PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_3164 = "viamrx64" [SCSI.Load] viamrx64 = viamrx64.sys,4 [SCSI] viamrx64 = "VIA VT8237/6421/6410 SATA RAID Controller" 3. Run the following in a batch file to modify the setupreg.hiv file. Set ROOT to the root of your CD folder. SET ROOT=D:\XPINST REG LOAD HKLM\TempHive %ROOT%\AMD64\setupreg.hiv REG ADD HKLM\TempHive\ControlSet001\Services\viamrx64\Parameters\PnPInterface /V 5 /T REG_DWORD /D 1 /F REG UNLOAD HKLM\TempHive 4. Make the following additions to hivesys.inf in the AMD64 folder. HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\viamrx64\Parameters",,0x00000012 HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\viamrx64\Parameters\PnpInterface","5",0x00010003,1Make sure that these entries are placed under the line containing HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services",,0x00000012 or setup will fail because there is no CurrentControlSet\Services registry to add your settings to when the registry is first created! 5. Lastly, create a driver pack 7z file containing viamrx64.sys, viamrx64.inf and viamrx64.cat, and use the method in the above post. This is VERY close to the method originally made by GreenMachine, and used by Bashrat in his packs. Hopefully these two posts will get us well on the way to a new x64 driver pack set!

OK, here's my walkthrough for adding your own driver packs to 64 bit windows. First, a couple of notes: * This topic was originally started by devilrunner here. * You can't just use Bashrat's packs. They won't work because they're for 32 bit windows, you will need to create your own. * This does not include Mass Storage drivers. Check here for a solution. (Having said that, check the following post...) * Can't get WatchDriverSigningPolicy.exe working as yet. Using DriverSigningPolicy=Ignore in winnt.sif is working for me at this point. * This is really just a hack until someone can compile a 64 bit version of Pyr0's EXEs. Original topic here. Well, here goes... 1. Copy your original source files to a folder e.g. D:\XPINST 2. Expand setup.ex_ to setupORG.exe in the AMD64 folder. (note, if you are using 32 bit windows for this, be careful, as the expand.exe in the AMD64 folder will not work!) 3. Copy the following files to the AMD64 folder. SETUP.EX_, overwriting the original. (Taken from Bashrats pack. Not sure if it's the same as Pyr0's or not...) PRESETUP.CMD 4. Edit txtsetup.sif in the AMD64 folder as follows: [SourceDisksFiles] setup.exe = 1,,,,,,,82,0,0 setuporg.exe = 1,,,,,,,82,0,0 presetup.cmd = 1,,,,,,,82,0,0 5. Copy the following files to the OEM\bin folder: 7za.exe (from 7zip site) SetDevicePath.exe (from Pyr0's original post) CopyPath64.exe for details on this file, check original post here. 6. Lastly, create your own pack or packs, compress them with 7z and place them in the OEM folder, just like with Bashrats packs. Make sure any file start with "DriverPack_" just like with Bashrats. CopyPath64.exe simply copies the 32 bit DevicePath registry entry to the 64 bit one. See above link for details. PRESETUP.CMD contains the following: SET DPDIRROOT=%SystemDrive% SET DPDIR=%DPDIRROOT%\D SET TAGFILE=\OEM FOR %%i in (c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z) DO IF EXIST "%%i:%TAGFILE%" set CDDRIVE=%%i: CD /D %DPDIRROOT% %CDDRIVE%\OEM\bin\7za.exe x -y -aoa %CDDRIVE%\OEM\DriverPack_*.7z -o"%DPDIRROOT%" %CDDRIVE%\OEM\bin\SetDevicePath.exe %DPDIR% %CDDRIVE%\OEM\bin\CopyPath64.exe EXITwhich is more or less the same as Bashrats, except for the addition of CopyPath64.exe. I've had this working for nVidia video drivers and for my network card at this point, because I've had nothing else to test with. I will also post how this method can be used for Storage Drivers shortly. (At least for the Via SATA drivers I have at any rate...) Hope this is of interest and helps someone out there!

See this topic... http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=49414 I will post a walkthrough there tonight...

Will post a walkthrough tonight when I get home from work...

The setuporg.exe file will not have an icon under 32 bit windows because it is a 64 bit only application. If you look at it under 64 bit, it will have an icon again. Yes, I use a 7z to extract my drivers in presetup.cmd, but it shouldn't matter. I have no idea what would be causing lsass.exe problem. I assure you that this has been working for me no problems. Are you able to get the first part working without worrying about the drivers? So just running presetup.cmd and getting setuporg.exe to start running, but don't actually do anything in presetup.cmd? Has anyone else tried this method and been able to get it to work?