[syslinux] Syslinux + USB + PE 2.0

[Miller, Shao]

Eek!  'dd if=\\.\E: of=vista.bin count=1 --progress'  - Shao

-----Original Message-----
From: Miller, Shao 
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 22:56
To: 'For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa'
Subject: RE: [syslinux] Syslinux + USB + PE 2.0

Matthew:

While your USB stick is formatted by Vista (or whoever) and in a
"working" state, use Linux DD or DD for Windows to copy off the working
boot-sector.  Some of this depends on whether or not your USB stick is
partitioned, or if it is in a "superfloppy" format.

If you are using DD for Windows, try 'dd --list' for a list of devices.
If you are partitioned, you want to do something like 'dd if=\\.\E:
of=vista.bin --progress'.  If you are not partitioned, you still want to
do the same thing. :)  This way, you are always grabbing the partition's
boot sector.  Then you install SYSLINUX, then you can chain to the
boot-sector file you saved.

I wish I could offer more, but I haven't yet tried to chain to Vista's
BOOTMGR.  Sorry.

- Shao Miller

-----Original Message-----
From: syslinux-bounces at zytor.com [mailto:syslinux-bounces at zytor.com] On
Behalf Of Matthew Holevinski
Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 19:43
To: paul at attryde.com; For discussion of Syslinux and tftp-hpa
Subject: Re: [syslinux] Syslinux + USB + PE 2.0

Well because of all the other tools I'd like to use, and syslinux
seems to be the appropriate choice.
Just can't seem to figure out how to copy off the working bootsector
from this thumbdrive when it does
work and then invoke it through syslinux. Does or has anyone used
syslinux to boot vista's bootmgr?

Matt

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 4:45 PM, Paul Attryde <paul at attryde.com> wrote:
> Matthew Holevinski wrote:
>>
>> I am having the darnedest of times trying to get my WinPE to work off
>> the syslinux loader.
>> I used to use isolinux, and my isolinux config would just invoke the
>> etfsboot.com file which
>> i had renamed to loader.bin, and everything would work just fine off
a
>> cd. But now I'm trying
>> to transfer all of my cd functionality to thumbdrives.
>>
>
> Is there any reason you specifically want to use Syslinux?
> You can boot PE off a USB thumbdrive without it.
>
> Paul
>
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