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#1 linuxbyexamples

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Posted 19 August 2012 - 06:03 AM

Hi guys,

Coming up on this post : http://reboot.pro/17321/

I have tested and done for putting a minimal winxp (slimdown by nlite, about 250MB after NTFS compression, the disk image is about 350MB) in ram memory and it works perfectly.

Primary steps :

1. Create a mini-size disk image includes a mini-winxp.
+ Use nlite to create a minimal winxp installation disc.
+ Create a new machine and install with the disc.
+ Turn off paging-file, install winvblock, update some device to use standard drivers.
+ Create a new mini virtual harddisk (fixed size vhd format of course). Format, set active, ntfs compression.
+ Copy the content of the nlite winxp VM to the mini-disk-ntfs-compression-image. Defragement it.
+ Make it bootable : bootsect.exe /nt52
+ Locate the mini image and copy it to usb disk.

2. Boot the image.
+ Boot directly from file by : map (hd0,0)/winxplite.vhd (hd0)
+ Load the image into ram memory and boot it by : map --mem (hd0,0)/winxp.vhd (hd0)

Hints :

+ If your PC have alot of RAM memory, you can boot a full winxp in ram and skipping for using nlite slimdown.
+ Use NTFS compression for saving more space.

Steps in detail :

You can see more detail steps and screenshots here : http://www.linuxbyex...ram-memory.html

In the next days I will try to load the disk image from an DHCP, webserver and incooperate with portable applications to make a full environment diskless winxp without iscsi.

Cheers !

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Posted 30 August 2012 - 06:14 AM

I've updated the post with video cast. You can youtube here :



Cheer.

Edited by linuxbyexamples, 30 August 2012 - 06:14 AM.

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#3 bee4u

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Posted 31 August 2012 - 02:16 AM

THX for ur guide.nice one.. :thumbsup:

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Posted 06 September 2013 - 02:54 AM

Steps in detail :

You can see more detail steps and screenshots here : http://www.linuxbyex...ram-memory.html

In the next days I will try to load the disk image from an DHCP, webserver and incooperate with portable applications to make a full environment diskless winxp without iscsi.

Cheers !

 

The domain has been changed, I update the new one here : http://www.tipstuff....ram-memory.html







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