batson0974 Posted March 27, 2006 Share Posted March 27, 2006 Windows Vista does not apear to be an the average NT Operating System. what I mean is it does not have an I386 folder, although it does install itself basically the same way as any other NT operating system.During the installation it does create a boot folder. How ever it contains a different Boot loader.I wouldnt know where to begin to start modifying since Im not use to this version.Does anyone else have any ideasThank you, Brooks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakatomi2010 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Vista is radically different than the current NT iterations out there....It's different in that it's SUPPOSED to have ALL the versions of Vista on the same peice of media, and it;s the product key which tells the media to install the various components...It's redically different because there is no DOS setup phase... While it looks like there is, that's actually a "GUI" setup mode, you can tell by the font... I if you go to the Flyakit tutorial it tells you how to integrate a version of Longhorn into it, but as for the current builds of Vista, I've not tried as it's not out yet and so I need not worry about it.... For now anyways.....I'm sure it's possible, but it's going to be a little more tricky compared to the current multiboot standard.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utw-Mephisto Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Try this http://flyakite.msfnhosting.com/longhorn.htmI am not sure how different the install structue is between longhorn and vista ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albuquerque Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 From several different attempts, I am unable to get Vista 5308 to boot correctly from an external bootloader module. Hopefully someone is having better luck at this than I am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utw-Mephisto Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I could not get ERD Commander to run according to the tutorial you can find here. What I did :Copying the entire CD to my DVD Root folder, using MagicIso to extract the Bootsector and simply add the binary to my bootshell ...IF Vista is your only CD copied into the root folder it should work the same way ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albuquerque Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 The entire concept of a "multiboot" disc prohibits Vista being the only thing on your root though. What about prior operating systems such as WinXP, Win2003 that are still very much in production?There's gotta be a way to rig this, I'm just not quite *that* technical to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymojo2 Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 From several different attempts, I am unable to get Vista 5308 to boot correctly from an external bootloader module. Hopefully someone is having better luck at this than I am I made one multiboot dvd with xp, 2003, and Vista 5308. To get Vista to work i just copied the entire dvd to the root of my multiboot dvd, and i don't changes any files, and it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albuquerque Posted March 30, 2006 Share Posted March 30, 2006 I made one multiboot dvd with xp, 2003, and Vista 5308. To get Vista to work i just copied the entire dvd to the root of my multiboot dvd, and i don't changes any files, and it worksWhat bootloader did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utw-Mephisto Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 Use MagicIso or isobuster to save the bootsector directly from the DVD ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raymojo2 Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I made one multiboot dvd with xp, 2003, and Vista 5308. To get Vista to work i just copied the entire dvd to the root of my multiboot dvd, and i don't changes any files, and it worksWhat bootloader did you use?I extract the bootfile from orginal vista with ultraiso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albuquerque Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 I'm not looking for the boot sector, I want know what boot loader you used to make a multiboot disc with. I can boot Vista images all day on their own CD, but I can't yet find a bootloader that allows me to chain-load a working Vista bootsector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelico_Payne Posted March 31, 2006 Share Posted March 31, 2006 EazyBoot new version suports booting .iso files.So all you have to do is to make iso of Vista DVD, and then put it to your DVD and boot. Well at least in therory, I haven't tried it yet, acctualy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utw-Mephisto Posted April 1, 2006 Share Posted April 1, 2006 (edited) I'm not looking for the boot sector, I want know what boot loader you used to make a multiboot disc with. I can boot Vista images all day on their own CD, but I can't yet find a bootloader that allows me to chain-load a working Vista bootsector.This is exactly what we mean with the boot sector aka boot file.Extract it with any iso program such as magiciso or isobusterm RENAME it to something.DAT and now you can use it e.g in cdshell or bscriptvista:cd \chain vista.DATgetkeygoto exitor if $lastKey == key[v]; then chain /vista.DAT Edited April 1, 2006 by utw-Mephisto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batson0974 Posted April 2, 2006 Author Share Posted April 2, 2006 Yes, that works.and I know all of this right now is kind of pointless due to the fact that Vista probably will not bereleased untill JAN of 2007. (when it was supposed to of been released in 2005) I'm basically trying to figure it out for when its released. If its not been made anymore complicated.Like Windows XP there will be several different versions of Vista. THe multiboot ISO I'm currently working on contains XP HOME, XP PRO, and media center, and you cannot add all of those versions to the root of the CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utw-Mephisto Posted April 3, 2006 Share Posted April 3, 2006 I'm currently working on contains XP HOME, XP PRO, and media center, and you cannot add all of those versions to the root of the CD.No for that you need to see the guide published here, it helped me too ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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