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[Syed Omer]

i was thinking if it any how possible to add winXp sp2 iso in place winPE is sardu 1.0.7.3e ?

[Wonko the Sane]

i was thinking if it any how possible to add winXp sp2 iso in place winPE is sardu 1.0.7.3e ?

Sure it is possible.

Will it work (in the sense of actually booting and be able to install XP?
NO.

If you want to actually use an XP "install" .iso in a multiboot device, you need much more than a "plain" XP .iso added to Sardu.

Find here some info:
http://www.msfn.org/...p?showforum=157
http://www.msfn.org/...howtopic=137714

You need anyway to modify the .iso (or use a "F6" floppy) adding a ramdisk/filedisk driver , which, since Sardu uses Syslinux should be WinVblock:
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=8168

This approach (Syslinux+WinVblock) is AFAIK totally UNexplored , as opposed to the grub4dos+firadisk one, which is documented and also used in WinSetupfromUSB "beta" versions:
http://www.msfn.org/...howtopic=120444
http://www.msfn.org/...howtopic=139737

If you want some advice, and unless you are going to invest some time (actually lots of time) in "translating" known and documented grub4dos+firadisk based techniques to "new" syslinux+WinVblock ones, you should think about (choose one):

• use the Syslinux based Sardu build as a "child" of the grub4dos based WinSetupFromUSB with GUI
• use the grub4dos based WinSetupFromUSB with GUI as a "child" of the Syslinux based Sardu build

(syslinux can be chainloaded by grub4dos and grub4dos can be chainloaded form syslinux quite easily)


Wonko

[Syed Omer]

seems a hardtask. any easy tutorial with pics?

it will be wonderfull if we get winxp sp2 iso option inside sardu

[Wonko the Sane]

seems a hardtask.

Rest assured it is relatively hard, though NOT *impossible*, and NOT even *very* hard.

We have two "technologies", each working on it's own that need to be "merged", which is not particularly difficult but needs some dedication and time for experiments.
Developing a "Sardu way" to install XP from a .iso, though as well possible, requires much more work, as I see it.

any easy tutorial with pics?

NO.

it will be wonderfull if we get winxp sp2 iso option inside sardu

Sure it would also be wondeful if we get peace all over the world and find a way to have perpetual motion, but it won't happen if someone actually interested in these doesn't actually try doing something in the right direction...

Unfortunately "difficult" things cannot be explained in "easy" tutorials (with or without pics).


Wonko

[Syed Omer]

bro i tried with easyboot by ezbsystem, went fine for xp setup, stuck with sardu

[Wonko the Sane]

Sure , it's called "easy" boot, not "hard" boot.


BTW, I also doubt the "went fine", did you actually continued after the firrst or second blue Setup screen and actually INSTALLED XP ?

I really don't get this kind of approach , which seems like recurring very often lately, the exact opposite of the "common sense advice":
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=9101

Someone asks a question, someone else provides an answer, OP does another thing (which is allright, of course, freedom is first priority ), and then, since the "other" thing doesn't work, comes back whining it didn't work.

You want to use Easyboot?
That's allright , but then please go to the ezbsystem forum whining about their app not working for you:
http://www.ezbsystem...n/ikonboard.cgi


Wonko

[Syed Omer]

B)Sure , it's called "easy" boot, not "hard" boot.

either way if it gets job done dats enough

BTW, I also doubt the "went fine", did you actually continued after the firrst or second blue Setup screen

checked it with MobaLiveCD, seems fine.

actually INSTALLED XP ?

nope

I really don't get this kind of approach

i just extracted both sardu n xp setup iso used ur above idea

an XP "install" .iso in a multiboot device

Someone asks a question, someone else provides an answer, OP does another thing (which is allright, of course, freedom is first priority ), and then, since the "other" thing doesn't work, comes back whining it didn't work.

well considering others suggestions make d job easy

You want to use Easyboot?
That's allright , but then please go to the ezbsystem forum whining about their app not working for you

i wasn't honking abt easyboot , i just wrote wht i used n got some results

ISOLINUX 3.06 2010-04-01 ETCDisolinux: Image checksum error, sorry...
Boot failed: press a key to retry...

this is d error which i m getting after selecting sardu, seems lyk its verifying checksum, ny idea how 2 bypass it

[Wonko the Sane]

nope

If I were you, I would try it, as (often ) happens I may be wrong, but I strongly suspect that you are now thinking that you have:

• a working XP ISO
• a non-working SARDU

whilst what you really have is

• a non-working XP ISO
• a non-working SARDU

Sure it is possible.

Will it work (in the sense of actually booting and be able to install XP?
NO.

If you want to actually use an XP "install" .iso in a multiboot device, you need much more than a "plain" XP .iso added to Sardu.

If you want we can put it in another way .

Do you really think that a number of people - some of which actually really advanced users and programmers - used several MONTHS of their time to be able to provide a working solution if all that was need was to chainload a .iso?

This may also interest you:
http://www.boot-land...?showtopic=8944



Wonko

[Bob1nz]

im pretty sure theres an option through ubcd4win to install xp if you have the cd contents extracted to a folder although its not exactly running from the sardu menu but thats how i have been installing xp from sardu at the moment have been having a totu with the menus and different things to see if i can get it to install straight from the menu but havnt had any sucess yet