I would like to boot Pe from my Corp Modboot CD using Isolunx. I've tried to use the example below from Bytecoders post. The problem seems to be that I do not have the file "bootsect.bin".

The only similar files on my PE 2.0a cd are bootfix.bin and setupldr.bin, which are in the \i386 directory and they fail to load.

Anyone know how to do this? I like the idea of having certain menu items hidden from view, but still accessible from the keyboard.

Anyone know how to do this?
Thanks.


Partial listing of my Isolinux.cfg>

label 6
kernel memdisk
append initrd=loadbini.img
label 7
kernel memdisk
append initrd=bmagic.img
label 8
kernel memdisk
append initrd=hddreg.img
label 9
kernel memdisk
append initrd=memtest.img
label 10
kernel memdisk
append initrd=dosnet.img
label nuke
kernel memdisk
append initrd=nuke.img
label winpe
kernel /i386/bootfix.bin
timeout 200


ByteCoder Posted: Jul 2 2003, 07:21 PM

A friend of mine demonstrated K.H. Au-Yeung's SuperUTL PE 2003 Disk and I started wondering on integrating it with my heavily modified Bart's CD. The steps I took are as follows....
CODE

1- Created an ISO of SuperUTL PE 2003.
2- Extracted "Documents and Settings", "Program Files", "WINPE", "WXPE" folder from SuperUTL to \BCD\cds\corpmb\files directory.
3- Extracted "WIN51IP.SP1" file to the root of \BCD\cds\corpmb\files directory.
3- Edited BCD\cds\corpmb\files\isolinux\isolinux.cfg file and added...

label winpe
kernel /WXPE/BOOTSECT.BIN

at the end of the current listing.

4- Build the CD with bcd corpmb at c:\bcd prompt.
5- Booted with it and typed in 'winpe' at the boot prompt to launch winpe with bluebox shell and access to various utilities. (The reason I type it in is beacuse I don't want others to see it as a valid boot options, my other options are all numbered items.)

BootFix.bin will not work, it is the file that prints out "Press a key to start from cd".

If you have a windows setup cd (NT, 2K or XP) use Barts tool BBIE to extract the boot sector of the CD. The name of the file doesn't matter. If you have the Microsoft PE Builder, you can use the file Etfsboot.com, just rename it.

SAM

well a few things, bootsect.bin is only the loader file, you can get this from any windows cd, or if you want, download the pak for barts windows xp cd. You will also have to copy win51 to the files dir too. bootfix.bin is a crappy file if you ask me, its what makes it say Press any key to boot cdrom...

Thanx for the help!

So I "will" need to have a bootsect.bin file for this to work? I guess I was confused about how the PE CD was loading without one on it...

I'll use Bart's extractor on my original XP cd to create this file and then try following Bytecoders example again.

Wow, it works great!

I used bbie.exe and renamed the resulting image to bootsect.bin, then transferred it to BCD...\files\i386 directory and added a bootsect.bin line in Isolinux.cfg. and it worked first time.

Many thanks.

I am glad my post is helping others.