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[jslegers]

Hello,

I have made an xboot stick. I have added a Windows 7 AIO iso file. When I boot the iso file the Windows Installer wants to load a driver. It want to have a CD/DVD Device driver. What kind of driver do I need?

This is the menu entry in the syslinux.cfg

### MENU START
LABEL -
MENU LABEL Windows 7 AIO NL
LINUX /boot/syslinux/grub.exe
APPEND --config-file="ls /images/WIN7_AIO_DVD_NL.iso || find --set-root /images/WIN7_AIO_DVD_NL.iso;map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /images/WIN7_AIO_DVD_NL.iso (0xff) || map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 --mem /images/WIN7_AIO_DVD_NL.iso (0xff);map --hook;chainloader (0xff)"
TEXT HELP
ENDTEXT
### MENU END

Edited by jslegers, 20 February 2012 - 08:07 PM.

[Tripredacus]

IIRC the error where it wants a CD driver doesn't actually mean it needs a CD driver. Vista had this problem to, but its never happened to me. I'll look around and see if I can find some more info.

EDIT: Did you add the INFs for the USB controller to the Boot.wim index 1?

Edited by Tripredacus, 20 February 2012 - 08:29 PM.

[Wonko the Sane]

IIRC the error where it wants a CD driver doesn't actually mean it needs a CD driver. Vista had this problem to, but its never happened to me. I'll look around and see if I can find some more info.

No, no, it actually wants a CD/DVD.
Here:
http://reboot.pro/9076/


Wonko

[sbaeder]

Yes, Wonko is (as always) correct here assuming that the purpose is to actually do an installation using that AIO ISO. The issues have been well discussed thate as well as in other threads here. For more info on how to use a Win7 installation ISO, go see the RMPrepUSB site as well.

Scott

[jslegers]

Yes, Wonko is (as always) correct here assuming that the purpose is to actually do an installation using that AIO ISO. The issues have been well discussed thate as well as in other threads here. For more info on how to use a Win7 installation ISO, go see the RMPrepUSB site as well.

Scott

I have tried the Tutorial 32 of the RMPrepUSB site and it works. Can i make this work for syslinux. My other boot iso's use syslinux or must i use grub4dos ?

John

[Wonko the Sane]

I have tried the Tutorial 32 of the RMPrepUSB site and it works. Can i make this work for syslinux. My other boot iso's use syslinux or must i use grub4dos ?

You must use grub4dos - I don't think there is (yet) a way to use memdisk for 7 installation .iso's, but nothing prevents you to use syslinux as "main" bootmanager and load grub.exe (which is also a linux kernel) from syslinux/isolinux .


Wonko

[jslegers]

Thanks I will try it.
I think a have to place : LINUX /boot/syslinux/grub.exe as first command then.

[Wonko the Sane]

Thanks I will try it.
I think a have to place : LINUX /boot/syslinux/grub.exe as first command then.

yes/no.
The issue here is that grub4dos will look for menu.lst in:

• /menu.lst
• /boot/grub/menu.lst
• /grub/menu.lst

this is the currently embedded menu.lst:

pxe detect
configfile
default 0
timeout 0

title find /menu.lst, /boot/grub/menu.lst, /grub/menu.lst
errorcheck off
configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
configfile /grub/menu.lst
if "%@root%"=="(ud)" && calc *0x82A0=*0x82b9&0xff
if "%@root:~1,1%"=="f" && find --set-root --devices=f /menu.lst && configfile /menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /menu.lst && configfile /menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /boot/grub/menu.lst && configfile /boot/grub/menu.lst
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /grub/menu.lst && configfile /grub/menu.lst
errorcheck on
commandline

title commandline
commandline

title reboot
reboot

title halt
halt

So you need to either place menu.lst in one of the places it is looked for or edit the embedded menu.lst to point to /boot/syslinux/menu.lst or call grub.exe appending a parameter--config-file="FILENAME_OR_COMMANDS"


Wonko

[sbaeder]

this is sort of what was already happening in the first post you made - i.e. you were chainging to grub4dos as the "kernel" to load...

[Wonko the Sane]

this is sort of what was already happening in the first post you made - i.e. you were chainging to grub4dos as the "kernel" to load...

I presume that jslegers is innocent I think that's the Xboot that made that entry.


Wonko

[jslegers]

I presume that jslegers is innocent I think that's the Xboot that made that entry.


Wonko

Hello that is true XBoot made that option indeed. I will try it if it will work. Thank you.

[sbaeder]

That was the "generic" you - and hopefully, building on what xboot did should work out just fine...

[Wonko the Sane]

That was the "generic" you - and hopefully, building on what xboot did should work out just fine...

Sure , I was thinking of the "officer, the devil made me do it" line of defense, a recent example:
http://itemlive.com/...news/news06.txt


Wonko