Thank God someone is listening here!
We want to boot the XP kernel and debug it via a remote machine. We can do this via other images (non-ISO) but the liveXP is just another vehicle that we are testing.
A user in the VistaPE forum was trying to do the same thing we are. He modified the 'boot.ini' file via a script: http://reboot.pro/to...er/?hl=boot.ini ....I couldn't find the same script in the liveXP project.
Thanks again for your response.
/Antonio
The reference you posted is meaningless .
Let us recap :
The initial boot of Windows from NT to Server 2003 happens (mainly) through 3 (or 4) files:
- NTLDR <- the actual bootmanager AND Os loader
- BOOT.INI <- the configuration file (plain text file)
- NTDETECT.COM <- boot time device enumerator
- NTBOOTDD.SYS <- optional, not often used anymore - boot time hard disk driver (common in the times of SCSI disks)
The initial boot of PE 1.x i.e. built from XP or Server 2003 sources happens (mainly) through 3 (OR 4) files:
- SETUPLDR <- the OS loader (in setup mode)
- Txtsetup.sif <- setup directive file (plain text file)
- NTDETECT.COM <- boot time device enumerator
- Winnt.sif <- other setup directive file (not always needed/required - plain text file)
The initial boot of Vista or later up to and including 8.1 AND that of any PE derived from them, i.e. PE 2.x, 3.x and 4.x all happens (mainly):
- BOOTMGR <- the actual bootmanager AND Os loader AND OS loader (in setup mode) AND boot time device enumerator
- \boot\BCD <- the configuration file (Registry Hive)
While the "rest" of the system is all in all very similar across the whole NT family, the initial booting part is very, very, VERY different between anything before Vista and Vista and later.
You simply CANNOT "mix" the two sets when it comes to booting.
Then, unlike the Vista and later, XP and 2003 have a rather different booting mechanism compared to a PE built from their source (again you cannot mix "liberally" an XP with a PE 1.x).
The configuration file for XP is boot.ini.
The configuration file for a PE built from XP source files (like LiveXP is) is txtsetup.sif.
Follow Ilko's advice .
DO NOT EVEN THINK (at the moment - since it seems to me you still need some time to study the matter before) to follow this link (which is provided for the interest of pscEx and Ilko):
http://reboot.pro/to...e-fast-boot-pe/
BTW pscEx should know about this, because of this:
http://reboot.pro/to...icoxp/?p=151841
(but often he has not much time to play with the other kids and he may well have forgotten the reference )
Wonko