BOOT.DAT changing path names

[matt121]

Hi all, i have a problem i want to change the path of my boot directory from:

SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINI386 to SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINXPPC\I386

can this be done ive tried all types of variations?

is there a way to add "\" directory to the dat files?

any info would be great.

[kof94]

Hi all, i have a problem i want to change the path of my boot directory from:

SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINI386 to SETUPLDR.BINBOOTFIX.BINXPPC\I386

can this be done ive tried all types of variations?

is there a way to add "\" directory to the dat files?

any info would be great.

In short... no!

Setupldr.bin just points to your boot files which can either be part of the I386 directory or some other four character directory at the root of the disc. This is why you create a boot folder using 'winnt32.exe /noreboot (or /cmdcons)'.

To specify where your actual i386 directory has been moved to, you have to edit this line in the txtsetup.sif contained in your boot folder:

SetupSourcePath = "\"

If you wanted to specify that your I386 directory was contained in \XPPC\ then you would edit the line to this:

SetupSourcePath = "\XPPC\"

All this has been covered in Flyakite's Guide if you want more info.

Cya

[matt121]

hi again im not speaking about the SETUPLDR.BIN im Talking about the boot.dat file which points to the I386 folder.

[gosh]

when you hex files you cannot exceed the original number of characters without corrupting the file. You would need to decompile the file to modify it's source code.

-gosh

[kof94]

The boot sector (in your case boot.dat) points to setupldr.bin!

The only editing required on the boot sector is hexing it to point to your setupldr.bin which must be placed in a folder no longer that four characters long at the root of your disc, hence the reason why you would create a boot folder.

I think you need to go back and read the whole of Flyakite's guide and experiment.