w2kboot.bin

[Larry Wall]

I was just wondering how the boot image of the win 2k pro cd was obtained.  I like the boot image and for a long time was wondering about how to get it and modify it for my own bootable cds.  I have 2 questions:  1.  How was the image file odtained? and...  2.  Does anyone have any documentation on what can be modified and what the modifications do to the boot.bin file?  Thank you.

[Josetann]

There\'s a link on the win2k bootable cd article on how to extract the boot.bin file yourself.  This way you can extract your own in case you have a foreign version, or want to use it on WinXP (the boot part has changed some in XP).

You could always open it in a hex editor and poke around.  I haven\'t done so myself, so I don\'t know just what all you can do.

[Larry Wall]

Thanks for the response Josetann.  Some how or another I missed that link.  I guess I just had too much going on and so I overlooked it.  I will keep digging for things that can be modified.  If I find out anything interesting I will post it here if it is not already.  Thanks again.

[Josetann]

What kind of cd are you making bootable?  Why not use a standard DOS boot floppy image?  You can install Win2k from within DOS (run the i386/winnt file), so you can have multiple OS installs on one CD if that\'s what you\'re aiming for.

[Stormlord]

I work on it too
I know that I can install in by a boot floppy disk
but I want a boot cd http://images.thetechguide.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif\' class=\'bbc_emoticon\' alt=\'\' />))