tester_pedro Posted August 20, 2005 Share Posted August 20, 2005 Currently I'm thinking about making a boot medium that have SP1 I386 directory and SP2 I386 directory on it.My questions are:* is it possible to make it? * is there a tool, that could compile the boot iso, so that the files that are the same for SP1 and SP2 are physically once on the medium, but are showed in both I386 directories? - I think is it possible but don't remember the tool or how to set such a option in ISO creating toolsThanks to all.Pedro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tester_pedro Posted August 21, 2005 Author Share Posted August 21, 2005 My testing so farSo far I'm stuck on the graphic part of installation.I think I did everything right but in first second of graphic part of installation a messagebox pops up and saying something like: Structures of internal data of installation program are corrupted (phase 0) (it is very roughly translated from my mother language).And what I did?1) copied I386 SP1 into SP_12) copied I386 SP2 into SP_23) copied WIN51,WIN51IP,win51ip.SP1,win51ip.SP2 into "root" of the CD4) maked w2ksect.dat into sp_1.dat and sp_2.dat and hexed string I386 info SP_1 and SP_25) hexed setupldr.bin as said in many threads6) maked winnt.sif with skip EULA and ProductKey7) used BCDW to do the multithing jobbootcat.ini has this:C:\ ; Boot C:\sp_1.dat ; Install SP1\sp_2.dat ; Install SP2:reboot ; Reboot8) edited txtsetup.sif,dosnet.inf,layout.inf to match the directories9) removed DOCS,VALUEADD and in cmpnents TABLETPC and MEDIACTRI think thats all, if I remember well. If I missed something, then will add itSo the part that runs in text mode is ok, Recovery console works too on both but when it comes to graphic part of installation (after first restart) then to error pops up (mentioned above)Any ideas?THX Pedro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted August 21, 2005 Share Posted August 21, 2005 Yes, its possible... I actually have a CD like this that I made a while back... http://gosh.msfnhosting.com is the place for doing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tester_pedro Posted August 22, 2005 Author Share Posted August 22, 2005 (edited) Yes, its possible... I actually have a CD like this that I made a while back... http://gosh.msfnhosting.com is the place for doing this! <{POST_SNAPBACK}>thanks for answer... yes I know gosh's guide but don't like the idea with winnt32 /noreboot thing. does the recovery console works?if you can, could you tell me how you did thatedit1 ... to be true I was a bit inspired by gosh's guide and I think, when I read the guide, that I did everything right.maybe there are some limitations of CDFS that makes impossible to read the iso properly (tested in virtual machine)edit2 ... tested to run winnt32 /noreboot in the SP2 folder and it stopped that it can't find a path of some file :-O maybe thats the problem... going after Edited August 22, 2005 by tester_pedro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jito463 Posted August 24, 2005 Share Posted August 24, 2005 Have you read this post that was right below yours? Well, it was below yours until I posted this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tester_pedro Posted August 24, 2005 Author Share Posted August 24, 2005 Have you read this post that was right below yours? Well, it was below yours until I posted this.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>actually this tool is not what I'm looking for ,it makes the same as winnt32 /noreboot command am I right? no need for that... but THANX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tester_pedro Posted August 25, 2005 Author Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) looked (maybe I should say sniffed) over many forums about multiboot themes and find nothing that could help me.maybe if I edit txtsetup.sif and this: SetupSourcePath = "\" ???give it a try.will inform about the progress...EDIT1: got it WORKING!!! not fully but it looks its on a good way.What I did?w2sect.dat duplicate,hexedtxtsetup.sif path changesetupldr.bin hexedremoved my winnt.sif (eula skip,productkey)Now no fatal error message popup but it ask for the path of different files till the T-37 (Device instllation).My question in this stage: my winnt.sif was:[userData]ProductKey=XXXXXX[unattended]OemSkipEula=Yesis it ok that it looks like that? I mean is the switch UnattendMode= or UnattendedInstall = not needed?Thanx for hints.EDIT2:after hundreds of making the iso over and over again I have put this in winnt.sif too:[Data]MsDosInitiated=0this 2 lines should avoid the fatal error mentioned in first post.BUT STILL IT ASKS ME FOR THE PATH FOR FILES (starts with ASMS,NT5*.CAT...)Please help!!! I really need some help. Edited August 26, 2005 by tester_pedro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JASpurrier3 Posted August 27, 2005 Share Posted August 27, 2005 Hey dude. I was having some of the same problems you were. What I used was the Microsoft Setup Manager Wizard. You can download it here.I believe that you need UnattendedInstall="Yes" because then it will read the rest of the file. I think your target path should be TargetPath=\WINDOWS. You also need to specify which UnattendMode you want to use. I believe the bare minimum in an unattened setup is:[Data] MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefaultJust follow the directions in the "Microsoft Setup Manager Wizard" and it will make the Winnit.sif file for you. It adds in quotes on some entries and I don't know if that will fix your problem. I appologize if this method is already know to you. Let me know if this fixes you problem. Later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tester_pedro Posted August 29, 2005 Author Share Posted August 29, 2005 Hey dude. I was having some of the same problems you were. What I used was the Microsoft Setup Manager Wizard. You can download it here.I believe that you need UnattendedInstall="Yes" because then it will read the rest of the file. I think your target path should be TargetPath=\WINDOWS. You also need to specify which UnattendMode you want to use. I believe the bare minimum in an unattened setup is:[Data] MsDosInitiated="0" UnattendedInstall="Yes"[unattended] UnattendMode=ProvideDefaultJust follow the directions in the "Microsoft Setup Manager Wizard" and it will make the Winnit.sif file for you. It adds in quotes on some entries and I don't know if that will fix your problem. I appologize if this method is already know to you. Let me know if this fixes you problem. Later.<{POST_SNAPBACK}>Thanks man.I thought that it can be done directly but after many unsuccessfully tries giving it up and will try the Bootfolder tool and some info from Gosh's guide.Will give some info how it ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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