jjm369 Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) Hi all,i studied today a lot about multiboot dvd creation at msfnfirst of all thanks for all topic starters and contributorsall of you are helping a lot... situation:to create a multiboot dvd with VistaSetup, VistaPE(Winbuilder), MS DaRT6, WinPE2 etc....i exported the all images in different wim files into one single boot.wim with help of imagexbut during booting Vistasetup(1st index) is initiated and there is no select-menu for other imagesquestion:How can be booted from a specific image index out of boot.wimif it contains multiple (many / more than one) imagesHow should be the BCD (bcdedit) edited to solve this situationif this is possible we can save a lot of MBytes and optimize the cd sizerather than the solution to keep different bootable wim filesand adding entries for them in BCDthanks in advance andhoping your commentsjjm. Edited August 15, 2008 by jjm369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjm369 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 (edited) i am posting a collection of links reagrding multiboot....from where i learned how to make such multiboot....link compilationbootmgr: singleboot/multi-install vista-unattend, vista-manual, vista-vlitehttp://www.msfn.org/board/-t94976.html&...st&p=636970http://www.msfn.org/board/How-to-build-Vis...al-t107852.htmlfor unattend-vista 1) either dont hold the "unattend.xml" on the source-dvd but at the root of a floppy or usb-stick during installationas unattend.xml is placed and searched usually on the root of the dvdthe xml-file will be used by all install images on the dvd which we dont want2) or create sections for each and every install-images in the unattend.xml and place it on the dvdbootmgr: singleboot/multi-install vista flavourshttp://www.msfn.org/board/-t94976.html&...st&p=636970bootmgr: multiboot vista,vistapehttp://www.msfn.org/board/vista-t114092.ht...982#entry747982bootmgr: multiboot vista based and NT based OSeshttp://www.msfn.org/board/bootmgr-based-Mu...tly-t99823.htmlisolinux/memdisk: multiboot vista, vistape, xp, 2k3, dos-floppy, linuxhttp://www.msfn.org/board/-t86915.html&...st&p=589068hxxp://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=20993&st=20cdshell: multiboot vista, xp, 2k3, dos-floppyhttp://flyakite.msfn.orgeazyboot: multiboot vista, xp, 2k3, dos-floppyhxxp://www.ezbsystems.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=2340grub4dos:multiboot vista, xp, 2k3, dos-floppy, linuxhttp://www.msfn.org/board/Multiboot-Vista-...ith-t95537.htmlthxjjm. Edited August 15, 2008 by jjm369 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjm369 Posted August 15, 2008 Author Share Posted August 15, 2008 technet states that only one image in a wim file can be flagged as bootablehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771845.aspxquote: "...Although a .wim file may contain multiple images, only one image can be marked as able to boot from RAMDISK..."so i am sceptic about myself that there is even a solution for that current solutionfrom the following posthttp://www.msfn.org/board/vista-t114092.ht...982#entry747982i learned how to make such a multiboot dvd with vista-setup, winpe,vistape etc.=> just rename boot.wim to boot1.wim, boot2.wim, winpe.wim etc....=> and add entries for them in BCDdrawback: wasting cd/dvd size, size cannot be optimized3 x 200MB for three wim files than round 300MB as one single optimized wim file containing 3 different imagesas i am a newbie on this forum please forgive any mistakes regarding "forum-rules" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joakim Posted November 8, 2010 Share Posted November 8, 2010 I'm quite sure jjm369 does not bother with this multibooting task anymore after +2 years, but I accidentally ran into this one and thought I could mention for those wondering that a solution now exist; http://forum.sanbarrow.com/viewtopic.php?f=85&t=15(yes I know I already have it posted in the Windows PE section).Joakim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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