Refthoom Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 There is -I think- a small bug in XPCreate regarding one of the very first actions it takes. I didn't find this on the forum with the search function, but maybe I used the wrong search params. So if this is a known bug, sorry for the inconveniance.I followed the instructions on GM's site; dl'd and extracted to a new folder (C:\XPCreate) and ran 1st time. Folders created neatly. Next I made the OEM folders (made my own little cmd there to ease that).Next, I changed INI to reflect my settings, according to GM's explanation on his site:[XPCREATE]BOOTIMGFILE=CDBURNER=E:CDERASE=NOCDLABEL=XPCREATECDSPEED=8COPYSOURCE=NODELISOS=NODELROOT=NODELTEMP=YESDLAUTO=NODLURL=http://xpcreate.wiretapped.us/HFLISTSDOCABS=YESDOCD=NODOISO=YESDOPATH=YESDOSATA=YESDOSVCPACK=YESDRIVERDIR=$OEM$\$1\DRIVERSEXITQUIET=NOOVERWRITEOEM=YESQLOG=SILENTINSTALL=NOSLIPHF1=YESSLIPHF2=YESSLIPMDC=YESSLIPSPK=YESXPISO=XPCREATE.ISOXPSOURCE=D:Changes mainly being to set the drive letters of Burner and Source. Also I set the burnspeed to a low value to prevent burning errors (once I get to that stage). Ok, saved that and fired up XPCreate 2nd time.I now get an error on the extraction of the bootimage stating that the source doesn't seem to be a CD.I found out that when I change XPSOURCE=D: to XPSOURCE=D the extraction of the boot image works fine but then it hangs on another error stating that the source isn't correct: CDSOURCE\I386.Now when I change XPSOURCE=D back to XPSOURCE=D: it works fine. Of course the image file is already on HDD now and the first line of the INI was changed to BOOTIMGFILE=BOOT\XPCTBOOT.BIN by XPCreate.I have been able to repeat this. My humble conclusion:- BBIE uses XPSOURCE=D- The rest of the process uses XPSOURCE=D:I think this little bug is overlooked because after the 2nd run the image file is already on HDD and you never notice it again.Hope this helps for future versions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jobbie Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 do not change xpsource=It looks all the players you have installed and it find the windowsxp cdi did have at the first time the same problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted September 29, 2004 Share Posted September 29, 2004 It is a bug, and has been corrected in the next release. The best way is really to let XPCREATE do it's thing, and make modifications after the first successful run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Refthoom Posted September 30, 2004 Author Share Posted September 30, 2004 Yup. I've tested it like jobbie suggested and now it works perfectly. Great! The CD I now have doesn't seem to work though. The PC keeps rebooting. Booting form the original CD is no prob. I'll try another one, maybe just some burn error.@GM: I know I'm new here, but can I test the new version? I've got a whole new, blank PC here just for testing purpose, no VM or VPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenMachine Posted October 3, 2004 Share Posted October 3, 2004 Hmmm ... I wouldn't exactly call constant reboots working perfectly! Was it simply a burn error?As for the testing the next version: I am on the road these days, so everything is at a standstill for at least the next week. I'll let you know after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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