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What is the use of "/iso=\ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso" in OsLoadOptions in "X"(winnt.sif)

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#1 1400700226

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Posted 31 January 2017 - 08:55 AM

Hi teachers,

 

I found the "X" in HBCD\XP\ of "Hiren's BootCD.iso",

 

Maybe the "X" is originally the "winnt.sif",

 

And this is the content of it:

 

[SetupData]
BootDevice="ramdisk(0)"
BootPath="\i386\System32\"
OsLoadOptions="/fastdetect /minint /rdimageoffset=8192 /rdimagelength=3161088 /rdpath=\HBCD\XP\XP.wim /iso=\ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso"
 
But I can not understand what the means of "/iso=\ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso".
 
Because there is no such path "ISO\".
 
And I want to know what is the use of  "/iso=\ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso"?
 
Thanks!
 


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Posted 02 February 2017 - 09:25 AM

Maybe if there was a \ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso then it would be loaded as a virtual CD when it boots to miniXP?



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Posted 03 February 2017 - 05:39 AM

Maybe if there was a \ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso then it would be loaded as a virtual CD when it boots to miniXP?

Thanks!

 

But I try to delete the "/iso=\ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso",

 

Seems no any problems after.

 

And I can not find any CD drive change in My Computer after deleting the "/iso=\ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso".



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Posted 03 February 2017 - 09:04 AM

It would depend on how you are booting the ISO?

Since you gave no details whatsoever, it is hard to comment!



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Posted 04 February 2017 - 07:59 AM

It would depend on how you are booting the ISO?
Since you gave no details whatsoever, it is hard to comment!


Thanks a lot.
I boot the ISO as a CD in virtual machine.

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Posted 04 February 2017 - 09:14 AM

Booting the ISO in a VM would (should) be the same as making a CD and booting that.

So loading the .iso file (which does not exist inside the ISO!) would not work anyway.

 

What you would need to do is copy the ISO file to a USB drive at \ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso

and install grub4dos

and make a \menu.lst containing

title test Hirens
map /ISO/Hiren'sBootCD.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)
boot

If Hirens boots to miniXP OK and you get all the desktop icons and utilities, then it has worked.

If some desktop icons/utilities are missing then it has not worked.



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Posted 05 February 2017 - 07:26 PM

Booting the ISO in a VM would (should) be the same as making a CD and booting that.
So loading the .iso file (which does not exist inside the ISO!) would not work anyway.

What you would need to do is copy the ISO file to a USB drive at \ISO\Hiren'sBootCD.iso
and install grub4dos
and make a \menu.lst containing

title test Hirensmap /ISO/Hiren'sBootCD.iso (0xff)map --hookroot (0xff)chainloader (0xff)boot
If Hirens boots to miniXP OK and you get all the desktop icons and utilities, then it has worked.
If some desktop icons/utilities are missing then it has not worked.

Thanks a lot!

I will try.

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Posted 29 March 2017 - 12:56 PM

Doesn't Hiren's offer the choice to make seperate individual ISO's from the XP and the se7en "Live" type OS's? Could that path have anything to do with that scenerio?

Maybe not.

As one of Gilda Radner's characters used to say, "Never Mind."






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