[syslinux] Syslinux + USB + PE 2.0

[Matthew Holevinski]

That sounds super helpful, I'll give it a shot =-)

Matt

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Miller, Shao
<Shao.Miller at yrdsb.edu.on.ca> wrote:
> 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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