Install Multiple OS From External Drive

[andy_le2k]

Hi everybody,

I've been searching everywhere on these boards but I can't find any solution.

I have recently perfected (well not really) an AIO-DVD which can:

- Install XP (integrated with updates) and XP (untouched)

- Install Vista

- Boot UBCD

- Boot BartPE

Using bcdw as the menu.

I did this by hex editing boot loaders and putting the XP sources in different folders. This works fine, but I can't seem to get Vista to install in this way, I only have 1 version of Vista on the DVD because the only way I can get it to work is to leave the DVD directory structure of the Vista DVD and just point the BCDW loader to chain the bootloader of Vista.

Aim:

So for my next project I want to put all my OS CD/DVD's on a single usb hard drive and make the hard drive bootable and able to install all the OS.

OS needed to be installed from the disk:

XP [untouched]

XP [integrated with latest hotfixes]

Vista [untouched] x86

Vista [integrated with SP1] x86

Vista [untouched] x64

Vista [integrated with SP1] x64

Current Problems:

BCDW only supports DVD/CD boots and I can't find a way to bring this over to a removable disk. Currently studying syslinux and grub4dos but they are a lot more complicated than bcdw.

Vista source folders can't be renamed or moved to subfolders and as such only one Vista edition can be present on the hard drive.

PE (Bart, UBCD4WIN, VistaPE) can't have more than 1 as they all need correct folder structures as well and I do not know how to make their boot loaders to point to a different source folder (i386, SOURCES, etc.)

If anybody out there can help or provide links it would be much appreciated.

[jaclaz]

Start from here:

http://www.msfn.org/board/Install-XP-USB-f157.html

(Use grub4dos instead of bcdw)

Start first with plain project, test it, then add another item....

PE (Bart, UBCD4WIN, VistaPE) can't have more than 1 as they all need correct folder structures as well and I do not know how to make their boot loaders to point to a different source folder (i386, SOURCES, etc.)

Edit setupldr.bin:

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?sho...c=21312&hl=

jaclaz

Edited March 25, 2008 by jaclaz