[syslinux] Syslinux + USB + PE 2.0

[Matthew Holevinski]

Oh My God!
I cannot believe I got this to work.

Reformated USB Thumbdrive 8 gig DataTraveler using windows PE.
Verified PE installation on it would boot normally without syslinux bootloader.

Downloaded DD for windows and ran this command
dd if=\\?\Device\Harddisk1\Partition1 of=c:\vista.bin bs=512 count=1

Copied my vista.bin file to my g:\(thumbdrive)
Installed syslinux "syslinux -m -a g:"

Edited my syslinux.cfg to say
LABEL mype
MENU DEFAULT
MENU LABEL ^1. My PE
KERNEL vista.bin

and BOOM! Everything works like a charm now, that vista.bin file of mine is like
gold if you ask me, i should redistribute that thing on the internet
for anyone else who might need it.

Thank you So MUCH! for the help guys.

Matt

On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 9:11 AM, Matthew Holevinski <eylusion at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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