Author Topic: Bootable Win2k CD with multi OS\'s (Read 83473 times)

glad2002 · « **Reply #360 on:** July 29, 2002, 01:50:13 AM »

hello friend
how did u do that creating multiple bootable os in one cd
please please tell me

and send me the reply on [email protected]

Anonymous · « **Reply #361 on:** July 30, 2002, 05:27:53 PM »

I know this is old but i\'m getting the same error when i try to put the Promise Fastrak onBoard RAID controler drivers on an bootable Windows 2000 CD.
Anyone solved this problem by now ?

Anonymous · « **Reply #362 on:** July 31, 2002, 02:54:15 PM »

How can I create a boot menu on a bootable CD to have the following options work?

1. Boot From Hard Disk (Default)
2. Boot From CD ROM
3. Floppy Drive

Timer - 25 secs.

The idea here is to create what a bootable Windows CD gives you when you boot from it.

It gives you a selection menu to choose boot from hard disk or boot from cd, this prevents the cd from reinstalling over and over upon each reboot. Any ideas? I know it has to be some sort of link table configured in the config.sys, I created the menu, I just can\'t make the selections do what I need them to do.

Anonymous · « **Reply #363 on:** August 01, 2002, 10:43:31 PM »

i made a 3 in 1win2000 but it says please insert the sp2 cd into drive a:,but i didn\'t made any sp2 with the original cd,how can i do,please tell me here:debug3000Email Removed

Twinkie · « **Reply #364 on:** August 02, 2002, 12:54:05 PM »

1) Check out Bart\'s site for a custom boot menu. My site uses his info so you may find what you want at my site as well. Of course it came from him so either way you are going to need his files. www.nu2.nu

2) Are you using original files or download ones? The downloaded ones come with SP2 in them.

Hope this helps,

Fjellu · « **Reply #365 on:** August 03, 2002, 03:28:44 AM »

You get the \"insert sp2 cd\" problem most often because you don\'t have the file \'cdromsp2.tst\' in the root of the CD.

Anonymous · « **Reply #366 on:** August 03, 2002, 10:14:14 AM »

I also followed the instructions from www.tech-hints.com and and getting the same error for the multi-boot cd. The irony is that I had already slipstreamed sp3 into pro, srv, adv srv (I have them burned on separate cd\'s). It gets this error for me when setup is loading machine specific data...

snackwell · « **Reply #367 on:** August 03, 2002, 11:07:30 AM »

Hi. I followed Twinkies\' page to the letter. I am also getting the Please insert the disk labeled Service Pack 2 CD into Drive A: * Press enter when ready.

NOW READ THIS: ALL 3 VERSION OF WINDOWS 2000 (PRO, SERVER, ADVANCED SERVER) ALREADY HAVE sp3 SLIPSTREAMED (SERVICE PACK 3) and I DID INCLUDE THE CDROMSP3.TST IN THE ROOT DIRECTORY ROOT (IT IS ALSO IN EACH OF THE 3 DIR\'S FOR THE 3 VERSIONS)

Did someoen read this carefully to understand what I\'m doing? Is this a problem with the txtsetup.sif (since I get the error on all 3 installs from a beautiful boot). Is this a problem with the loadsector count from cdimage.

I get the same error with loader.bin AND w2kall.bin

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks

Bernieboy · « **Reply #368 on:** August 04, 2002, 07:41:47 PM »

You have to the copy the new
%Drive%:ROOTUENGLISHADV_SRVI386TXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTUENGLISHPROI386TXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTUENGLISHSERVERI386TXTSETUP.SIF
to
%Drive%:ROOTASRVTXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTWPROTXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTWSRVTXTSETUP.SIF
en edit SetupSourcePath =\"\" to \"UENGLISHADV_SRV\", \"UENGLISHPRO\" and \"UENGLISHSERVER\".

Good luck

snackwell · « **Reply #369 on:** August 07, 2002, 05:06:58 PM »

Well, that got rid of the SP2 Error but it still stops at the same spot, now with the following error:

7962 Professional
8632 Server
8649 Advanced Server

Where XXXX goes in the error message below:

Line XXXX of the INF file is invalid.

Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.

This is fun. The environmentalists here hate me now!

snackwell · « **Reply #370 on:** August 07, 2002, 05:11:04 PM »

This was also using w2kall.bin instead of loader.bin

snackwell · « **Reply #371 on:** August 07, 2002, 05:54:48 PM »

Update: as I mentioned below about the DefaultPath= in txtsetup.sif, evidently, the number of lines in the file is hardcoded somewhere, I deleted the two extra lines I had in [ ] which was the DefaultPath=c:winnt and the SetupSourcePath=\"\". I had wanted to keep the original settings as comment. I was able to install with the 2 extra lines removed and changing the DefaultPath=C:WINDOWS (at least through the blue screen part in Virtual PC 4.32 and am currently verifying on a test machine.

I tried it again with loader.bin and got the same error about the INF file (see end of this post).

I assume the INF file refers to is the DOSNET.INF. I did a search by line number in each file (using the goto feature of Microsoft Word) and it came to the line below:

d1,mdmrpci.inf

Update: the file is all the directories under ROOT in i386. The only thing was I had originally changed the default=c:winnt to default=c:windows and put the default=c:winnt inside [ ] so that the lines looked like this in the txtsetup.sif files:

[defaultpath=c:winnt]
defaultpath=c:windows
=================================================

You have to the copy the new
%Drive%:ROOTUENGLISHADV_SRVI386TXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTUENGLISHPROI386TXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTUENGLISHSERVERI386TXTSETUP.SIF
to
%Drive%:ROOTASRVTXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTWPROTXTSETUP.SIF
%Drive%:ROOTWSRVTXTSETUP.SIF
en edit SetupSourcePath =\"\" to \"UENGLISHADV_SRV\", \"UENGLISHPRO\" and \"UENGLISHSERVER\".
============================================================================

Well, that got rid of the SP2 Error but it still stops at the same spot, now with the following error:

7962 Professional
8632 Server
8649 Advanced Server

Where XXXX goes in the error message below:

Line XXXX of the INF file is invalid.

Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.

Anonymous · « **Reply #372 on:** August 10, 2002, 05:57:43 AM »

Here is a kickass guide on how to do that.
It\'ll let you put multiple-windows install cd\'s onto
once cd (as long as it fits)

perfect for creating a
win98/win2000
boot cd

http://www.tech-hints.com/2kos.html

http://www.tech-hints.com/2kos.html

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http://www.tech-hints.com/2kos.html

http://www.tech-hints.com/2kos.html

http://www.tech-hints.com/2kos.html

http://www.tech-hints.com/2kos.html

thordog · « **Reply #373 on:** August 10, 2002, 07:15:01 PM »

I think you can resolve the sp2 problem by removing cdromsp2.tst from the ASRV, WPRO, and WSRV folders. When I did the 3in1 with 2k, all 3 versions had had sp2 previously slipstreamed, and I just removed cdromsp2.tst after slipstreaming sp3 for the 3in1. Didn\'t run into any problems.

Hope this helps.

Anonymous · « **Reply #374 on:** August 12, 2002, 03:44:31 PM »

i have solved the SP3 problem, inside the TXTSETUP.SIF files there are some references to sp2.cab. the easiest thing to do is jsut copy the TXTSETUP file out of the W2KSP3 files. They are in the IP (Pro) IS (Server), and IA (Adv Server). Then just update the location of the setup from \"\" to the UENGLISH?? location.

Anyway, I recieve another issue now, when i try setting up on of the OS\'s, it gets all the way to where it asks if I want to Setup, Repair, or

. I hit enter, and it tells me it cant find a previous version of windows, and that i need to put in my nt3.51, nt4.0, w95, or w98 cd to verify i am entitled to the upgrade... This didnt happen on the sp2 bootable discs i made of these separetely. Also, I have a winnt.sif file in the root directory.. is this the proper location?

thanks for the great topic and info.

louis

The_Flames · « **Reply #375 on:** August 12, 2002, 07:55:25 PM »

you want winnt.sif in each I386 folder, or they are just ignored!

Anonymous · « **Reply #376 on:** August 14, 2002, 09:24:59 AM »

Please Help!!! I have created a W2K mutli-boot CD (pro, svr, adv), using the W2Kall.bin boot method, in which each OS installs perfectly, however I cannot get my WINNT.SIF file recognized!! I have placed it in the respective I386 directories... and it doesn\'t work. I have placed it in the directory where the extracted boot-disk files are.... and it doesn\'t work. If I have winnt.sif on the floppy.... It Works!! I am at a loss here, as the unattended portion is the most important part of the process for me. I can use the floppy I suppose, but I would love to be ablet to get it to work from the CD. Is there a file somewhere that points to default locations for the winnt.sif file?? Any input anyone?

Anonymous · « **Reply #377 on:** August 14, 2002, 09:48:55 AM »

I have the same issue. I have a W2K mutli-boot CD which works great, but I cannot get it to see of use the winnt.sif files, which I have tried to put in both the i386 directories and the floppy-disk-extracted direcotries. If I put it on a floppy it works no problem. If anyone has some insight to this I would much appreciate it

Spector · « **Reply #378 on:** August 14, 2002, 10:11:22 AM »

Has NE1 seen the 3in1 .NET CD. Nice boot menus and a few nice utils. Would be nice to know how or what was used to create that?

Anonymous · « **Reply #379 on:** August 14, 2002, 03:54:47 PM »

OK, I have the W2K multi-boot CD all rip-roarin\' and ready to go. All 3 OS\"s work great through Virtual PC, but error when I cut the image and boot it in a real computer. It boots, I get the menu (I am using w2kall.bin), I choose an OS and during the first phase it gives an INF error, saying that it can\'t find txtsetup.inf, or it is corrupt. Why? Help? Please? Anyone?

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