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Best Answer wimb , 17 December 2020 - 09:05 AM

Update USB_FORMAT-63 and UEFI_MULTI-63 plus Addons and VHD_WIMBOOT_Trusted-65

 

Download:  from wimb GitHub  -   USB_FORMAT-63 and UEFI_MULTI-63

 

and  VHD_WIMBOOT_Trusted-65 and Win_Reduce_Trusted-52 and SVBus_INST_Trusted-20  and Win_Debloat-28

 

Download File E = Encrypted Password = bootwimb   -   Always Disable Windows Defender when working with signed SVBus driver !!

 

Manual:  VHD_WIMBOOT.pdf  to make Mini 7/8/10 x64 in VHD with UsedSize about 2 GB

 

- Added UEFI Grub4dos  and  a1ive UEFI Grub2 for UEFI booting Mini 7/8/10 x64 VHD from RAMDISK - Use Super UEFI setting for UEFI Secure booting
- Added signed SVBus driver for UEFI booting VHD from RAMDISK

 

Credits and Thanks to:

synchronicity aka Eric Biggers for making wimlib

schtrom for making SVBus Virtual SCSI Host Adapter for GRUB4DOS - signed SVBus driver
a1ive for making UEFI Grub2
yaya2007 and a1ive for making UEFI Grub4dos aka Grub4efi or G4E

a1ive for making Grub2 File Manager

- ventoy for making Linux vDisk Boot Plugin that allows to use Grub2 vdiskchain to boot Linux VHD
alacran for help and support and testing and initialising several important topics
- liuzhaoyzz for help in solving boot_image_handle not found problem in case of UEFI Grub4dos

cdob for making WinSxS_reduce
ValdikSS for making Super UEFIinSecureBoot Disk v3 - More Info on UEFI Secure booting Grub2

chenall, yaya, tinybit and Bean for making Grub4dos

JFX for making WinNTSetup and WofCompress

- Pauly for making BOOTICE

- Mattwatti for making EfiGuard to Disable Driver Signature Enforcement DSE

- erwan.l for making offlinereg
- Nir Sofer for making AdvancedRun (64-bit)
- Sordum for making Defender Control  and  Windows Update Blocker  and  PowerRun  and  Firewall App Blocker

and everyone else that has contributed to these topics - W4RH4WK Debloat PowerShell scripts

and to Erwan.l and Nuno Brito for keeping alive this forum, sometimes called an old lady ....  ;)

 

More Info:  VHD_WIMBOOT Mini 7/8/10 x64  and   Grub4dos for UEFI aka GRUB4EFI Or G4E

 

[attachment=17676:USB_FORMAT_51_2020-12-17_103331.jpg] == [attachment=17677:UEFI_MULTI_51_2020-12-17_103534.jpg] == VHD_WIMBOOT_47_2021-01-04_100522.jpg == Win_Reduce_38_2020-11-30_125950.jpg == UEFI_RAMOS_10_2020-12-26_133815.jpg == UEFI_USB_2020-12-26_101643.jpg == W11x64_2021-10-03_145700.jpg == W11x64_WB_2021-10-03_153529.jpg == Mini-11x64_RAMDISK_2021-10-03_154502.jpg

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#126 wimb

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Posted 27 December 2021 - 05:47 AM

Update USB_FORMAT-63

 

Download:  from GitHub USB_FORMAT-63

 

Addon Files did not change - so no need to download Addon files

 

Download File E = Encrypted Password = bootwimb

 

Update Manual:  VHD_WIMBOOT.pdf

 

- Add VHD is preconfigured for Mini-10x64.vhd FileName

- Super UEFI Grub2 Manager for Secure Boot is Default Selected in case USB_FORMAT-63-addon-agFM is present

 

It means after USB_FORMAT you can simply Copy Mini-10x64.vhd file to  NTFS USB System Drive and the Boot Menu entries will work

 

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#127 Franz Ferdinand II.

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Posted 09 April 2022 - 09:01 AM

Hi, a few quick questions - I've prepared a bootable SDHC card using USB_FORMAT and then added to bootmgr WinPE stubs by Bootice.

It boots fine to these environments with some limitations which I'd wish to resolve:

 

- If the card is plugged into regular USB socket via adapter, the multi-boot is made, but if plugged into built-in laptop SD reader, the boot stucks. I've verified in BIOS that in boot order USB device precedes HDD and BIOS sees the SDcard. Would the "Allow fixed USB drive" option remove this limitation?

 

- not bootable to Parted Magic. As I notice there's pre-created folder /iso/pmagic/, but simply copying pmagic_XXXX_XX_XX.iso there doesn't make it appear in the submenu of "Portable Linux Distro", should the ISO be placed to different location, or registered explicitly into grub config files?

 

- can't fit Windows 11 install media. As USB_FORMAT forces FAT32 filesystem, it can't fit files above 4GB. How could I change the format to exFAT/NTFS if acceptable, or perhaps extract the install.esd stub (<4GB) from ISO and make it bootable directly?

 

- why USB_FORMAT doesnot allow Add VHD to Boot Manager option, can I add it ex-post?


Edited by Franz Ferdinand II., 09 April 2022 - 09:15 AM.


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Posted 09 April 2022 - 11:38 AM

Removable and Fixed USB Drives are both Partitioned and Formatted in the same way - MBR and 2 partitions - Active FAT32 + NTFS

This is the most compatible way to Format USB for Booting in BIOS mode and UEFI Secure Mode.

Allow Fixed USB Drives Checkbox is just a means to Protect against too easy Formatting USB-Harddisk. You need explicitly allow this ....

 

Booting from SD reader can be more difficult. I suggest to use F8 Hotkey Boot Menu

 

For Parted Magic ISO there is not yet a preconfigured entry in grub_Linux.cfg or in menu_Linux.lst . You have got to make such entry.

 

The Win11 ISO file can be located on NTFS partition and After booting with PE boot.wim from USB the ISO can be used by WinNTSetup for Install of Win11

 

USB_FORMAT makes boot entry for Fixed Filename Mini-10x64.vhd

Any other VHD can be Added later to Boot Manager Menu by using UEFI_MULTI



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Posted 10 April 2022 - 08:32 AM

Thanks, the dual fs scheme is not true in my case, USB_FORMAT did took all the space by single FAT32 partition.

XDHC.png

 

Yet need corrections to grub entry for PMagic

# Parted Magic
for isofile in $isopath/pmagic/pmagic_*.iso; do
  if [ ! -e "$isofile" ]; then break; fi
  regexp \
    --set 1:isoname \
    --set 2:version \
    "^${isopath}/pmagic/(pmagic_(.+_.+_.+)\.iso)\$" "${isofile}"
  menuentry "Parted Magic ${version}" "${isofile}" "${isoname}" --class pmagic {
    set isofile=$2
    set isoname=$3
    echo "Using ${isoname}..."
    loopback loop $isofile
    linux (loop)/pmagic/bzImage iso_filename=${isofile} boot=live
    initrd (loop)/pmagic/initrd.img
  }
done

ends up with this error:

Virtual-Box-Windows-11-10-04-2022-10-27-



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Posted 10 April 2022 - 01:34 PM

May be this or this helps to reconfigure the grub entry for PMagic ....







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