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I’ve been working with the latest release for the last day or so and it’s been very slick overall. Thanks for a really nice tool. I have noticed a little quirk that you might want to look at. When you prompt for the name of the entry, you take the default after 20 seconds. Because we use pretty long names for identification I’ve yet to be able to key in my preferred choice before the dialog closes and things move on. Is there currently a way to adjust that timer? If not, you might want to consider a bit longer going forward. Ideally I’d say if there’s a way to detect the user has selected the field and started typing just kill the timer, but I don’t know if that’s viable.
Thanks
I’ve found no way to prevent the box closing if the timeout has reached. If you select the advanced option for custom directory an boot menu name it will be 30 seconds for both input boxes.
It’s no problem to increase it to any value, but what do you think it’d be a reasonable one, a trade-off between somewhat unattended USB disk preparation without more interactions with the user and enough time to enter text?
Let me try the advanced setting first. Personally I’d display the default value and just kill the timer entirely, at least in the advanced mode. That makes the user click the button to proceed but I’m not sure that’s a bad thing. Obviously a lot of this is just personal preference. May it could be made configurable?
Winsetupfromusb is the only tool that works for me. Now with Windows 8.1 and a 4 GB stick (the only one I have) it says insufficent space. When I use the xcopy command everything is copied (x64 version) but it won’t boot (I did use the bootmnr.exe command)(my computer seems to be too old). Can you please fix that?
How large is the ISO file exactly? How large is BOOT.WIM in \Sources\?
For single Windows NT6 sources, you could always use the previous beta versions, 1.0 beta8 for example, which use flat file structure and copy contents as they are.
Take a look at FAQ #11 as well.
Hi,
if i understand it right, you´re booting plop, and plop loads grub4dos, correct? Im asking because win7 startup repair mixed up the mbr on the usb drive, it starts directly to the bootmgr of my win7 setup instead to my grub4dos loading screen.. How can i fix that without loosing my files and config?
Thx, Thomas
PLoP is optional, manually selected in case of troubles with the USB.
You can repair MBR easily with FBinstTool if used the auto format option, or put back grub4dos MBR with BootIce for example if you haven’t.
how can set the default Windows 7 AIO
http://im67.gulfup.com/kX5q7x.jpg
Open menu.lst in root in Notepad and copy-paste its contents in pastebin.com and give me the link.
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
timeout 10
#graphicsmode 0x6A
graphicsmode -1 640 480:800 24:32 || graphicsmode -1
## Menu AutoNumber
write 0x8274 0x2001
#graphicsmode -1 800:640 -1 24:32 || graphicsmode -1
#font /unifont.hex.gz
#clear mappings and set root in case we return from bootmgr
map –unmap=0:0xff
map –unhook
map –rehook
ls /usbdrive.tag > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf /usbdrive.tag > nul
ls /default > nul && default /default
title Windows XP
map –unmap=0:0xff
map –unhook && map –rehook
savedefault
ls /usbdrive.tag > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf /usbdrive.tag
configfile /winsetup.lst
title Windows 7 AIO
map –unhook
map –unmap=0:0xff && map –rehook
savedefault +1
ls /shifthd.bat > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf /shifthd.bat
/shifthd.bat
if “%RDSK%”==”” pause Fatal error while swapping hard disk order, cannot continue! && configfile /menu.lst
root (hd%RDSK%,0)
chainloader /BOOTMGR
title Hiren’s BootCD.15.2 from partition 0
map –unmap=0:0xff
map –unhook && map –rehook
cat –hex –locate=PoLPu@ (md)0x3D0+0x130 > nul && echo Cannot continue if PLoP is active, please start this entry without loading PLoP first && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
set /a dev=*0x8280&0xff
root (%dev%,0)
set ISO=/ISO/Hiren_s_BootCD_15_2.iso
ls %ISO% > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf /usbdrive.tag|| echo Error! Could not find usbdrive.tag && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
ls %ISO% > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf %ISO% || echo Error! Could not find %ISO% && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
map %ISO% (0xff) || map –heads=0 –sectors-per-track=0 %ISO% (0xff) || echo FATAL ERROR mapping %ISO%, please check if file is present and defragmented && pause Press any key to return to main menu && configfile /menu.lst
#http://reboot.pro/topic/9916-grub4dos-isohybrided/page-2#entry88531
#http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/tails
set /a dev=*0x82a0&0xff
debug 1
parttype (%dev%,3) | set check=
debug off
set check=%check:~-5,4%
if “%check%”==”0x00” partnew (%dev%,3) 0 0 0 && partnew (%dev%,3) 0x00 %ISO%
if not “%check%”==”0x00” echo WARNING: PARTITION TABLE 4 IN BIOS DEVICE %dev% IS ALREADY IN USE! && echo && echo To prevent possible data loss will not continue further && pause && configfile /menu.lst
map –rehook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)
title EaseUS Partition Master image from partition 0
map –unmap=0:0xff
map –unhook && map –rehook
cat –hex –locate=PoLPu@ (md)0x3D0+0x130 > nul && echo Cannot continue if PLoP is active, please start this entry without loading PLoP first && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
set /a dev=*0x8280&0xff
root (%dev%,0)
set ISO=/ISO/EaseUS_Partition_Master_image.iso
ls %ISO% > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf /usbdrive.tag|| echo Error! Could not find usbdrive.tag && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
ls %ISO% > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf %ISO% || echo Error! Could not find %ISO% && echo && pause Press any key to return to the main menu && configfile /menu.lst
map %ISO% (0xff) || map –heads=0 –sectors-per-track=0 %ISO% (0xff) || echo FATAL ERROR mapping %ISO%, please check if file is present and defragmented && pause Press any key to return to main menu && configfile /menu.lst
#http://reboot.pro/topic/9916-grub4dos-isohybrided/page-2#entry88531
#http://www.rmprepusb.com/tutorials/tails
set /a dev=*0x82a0&0xff
debug 1
parttype (%dev%,3) | set check=
debug off
set check=%check:~-5,4%
if “%check%”==”0x00” partnew (%dev%,3) 0 0 0 && partnew (%dev%,3) 0x00 %ISO%
if not “%check%”==”0x00” echo WARNING: PARTITION TABLE 4 IN BIOS DEVICE %dev% IS ALREADY IN USE! && echo && echo To prevent possible data loss will not continue further && pause && configfile /menu.lst
map –rehook
root (0xff)
chainloader (0xff)
title Second part/continue NT6 Setup (Boot first internal disk)
map –unhook
map –unmap=0:0xff && map –rehook
savedefault
ls /shifthd.bat > nul || find –set-root –devices=hf /shifthd.bat
/shifthd.bat
if “%RDSK%”==”” pause Fatal error while swapping hard disk order, cannot continue! && configfile /menu.lst
pause –wait=1 Booting MBR on hd0 …
chainloader (hd0)+1
http://pastebin.com/13t9v0fh
thank you for reply i solved this issue
i edit file default with notepad
and change first number with my number in menu list
Hi,
I have tried using WinSetupFromUSB to create a multiboot USB stick including Slackware after trying YUMI (which I didn’t realise only supports Live Linux distros). I also put Slax, Xubuntu and Windows XP on the stick. It all seems to go OK, but when I try to boot any of the Linux distros my laptop hangs fairly early on in the boot process, but I was abl to boot into Windows XP set up and get to the partition selection part no problem. When I used YUMI previously, the Slax and Xubuntu distros were fine but Slackware wasn’t supported, and to get WinSetupFromUSB to be able to boot the Slackware distro I had to reformat the USB stick to NTFS because the iso was >4GB – is this the reason why the Linux distros are hanging during boot up?
Thanks,
Alex
NTFS shouldn’t be a problem. How early does it hang? What’s the last lines you see on the screen? Are they the same for each problematic distro?
Refer to the Supported Sources page how to get Slackware going, Slax and Xubuntu shouldn’t need manual intervention. If possible, test the same versions listed there, I’ve checked each source mentioned, on NTFS unless notes say otherwise.
Try on another machine and USB disk as well, if possible.
OK, well I don’t know what went wrong last time, but it now seems to be working. I reformatted the USB stick (using Windows Explorer, not from within WinSetupFromUSB – that might be the only difference) to NTFS again, then used WinSetupFromUSB to add Slackware 14.1, Xubuntu 12.04.3, Slax 7.0.8, Windows XP Pro SP3 and Windows 2000 Pro SP4 (just for good measure) and they all seem to run OK from the stick. I do, though, have a couple of problems:
(1) Windows 2000 blue-screened when I used F3 to exit the installation at the partition selection stage – no biggie, but I guess there might be a problem when I try actually performing the install
(2) I ran the Xubuntu installation first and that was working fine, but then after installing Slackware neither Xubunti nor Slackware will now boot from the HDD – they both hang very early in the boot process (the final line on the screen is “smpboot: Booting Node 0, Processors #1”). Is this a LILO problem? I can boot the HDD installation of Slackware from the install distro on the USB stick (by specifying “hugeboot.s /dev/sda6 rdinit= ro” at the boot prompt). Anyway, I don’t think this is a WinSetupFromUSB problem – any ideas what the problem might be?
Thanks,
Alex
Win2000 may act weirdly, seen similar behaviour before, but usually install goes fine.
As for the boot problem from HDD- most likely lilo or the install script messed it up. Does slackware have an option to use grub(2) instead? Or maybe try repairing boot, or even install Slackware first and then Xubuntu, replacing lilo with grub… Just random ideas.
I don’t know too much about grub, and I would like to try to get to the bottom of this problem (never had any problem like this in the years I have been doing Slackware installs), so before I re-install Xubuntu I have installed Plop to the MBR on the hard drive and tried to boot both the Slackware and the Xubuntu installations – it reports the following:
MBR: is valid
Checking bootsector
Warning:
No valid bootsector signature
Continue boot? [y/n]
If I continue with the boot the screen blanks and the cursor blinks in the top-left corner and that’s it. Both Slackware and Xubuntu are installed on logical partitions, so do you think the boot information is missing from these partitions’ boot records?
Not sure what your partirion layout is. I’d stick with the first partition primary active and /boot. And grub as I am familiar with it, but that’s me. No idea how to help futher.
When using 2GB USB flash drive with WinXP32 prepared under XP64, installing onto NForce2-based system with IDE HDD fails. I’ve tried 3 different WinXP ISO distributives(2 original: EN & RU) – all with the same result. Windows Setup starts, successfully copies files onto destination disk and fails to boot after that with the “ntfs.sys file is missing or corrupt” error.
Overwriting ntfs.sys on destination disk under working XP helps: setup continues up to next failure – ntdll.dll error. Noticeable fact, that Windows Setup doesn’t understand windows on destination HDD as a target for recovery. So, too f*ing much failures to fix by connecting destination HDD to working PC, overwriting troublesome file manually, connect HDD back and discover next failure.
There is no such sh*t when installing all these images from CD – second (GUI) stage at least boots normally.
Does that happen if you delete all partitions on the target disk from XP installer? What about if use another flash drive?
Yep, when delete all of them and re-partition in installer. Well, let us give chance to usb card reader and some 8GB SD card…
Good idea. It may also be worth comparing the checksums on a few of the problematic files, on the USB disk with the source, you might be dealing with a faulty or fake sized disk.
BTW, I wouldn’t be wasting time to manually copy broken files, this shouldn’t be happening at all, and what is interesting is the root cause.
Yep, all of them were deleted in installer. Let us give chance to USB card reader with some 8GB Sd card…
2 questions:
1. Can I remove an ISO that has been added, or do I have to clear my flash drive and start over with all ISO’s that I want included going forward?
2. The Supported Sources page shows “Acronis True Image, Disc Director boot media.” I have added an ISO of Acronic True Image Home 2014, but when I boot from my flash drive, it only shows my Windows installers. Is this newer version of Acronic True Image software not supported, or could this issue have something to do with my computer only reading my flash drive as a UEFI bootable device?
1) Possible to remove sources, currently only manually. Will write a tutorial soon, keep an eye on the tutorials page
2) Probably they switched to WinPE based environment, will take a look and let you know in a new comment. What is the exact version you are playing with?
You should also try to boot in BIOS mode, Acronis might not be supporting UEFI boot. If you post more details about your computer I might be able to help you, in case google search is not that friendly.
Thanks. The first computer I tested is set to Secure Boot only from UEFI. I tested the flash drive from my laptop which only has BIOS and it was able to boot to Acronis TIH 2014 or the Windows installations.
Hi, I am trying to install Windows 2000, currently I don’t have any other OS. I need to use the SATA/RAID/SCSI driver, but when I click the button, I see green text that says “Auto-detect SCSI/RAID/SATA Drivers for XP [chenall & SSi] 2013-07-03” The last time I tried to install Windows 2000, this was not a problem, but the installation wouldn’t work because of a corrupt driver, later I found that everything on my system was corrupted, so I formated it. Anyway, I am trying to install it again, but it keeps hanging on that green text. What should I do?
If it hangs when that menu entry is selected, I’d check RAM, motherboard etc. for issues. Very unlikely, but that grub4dos version might be incompatible with the particular motherboard.
If you add a few linux distros, say knoppix and ubuntu, do they start and work fine?
I got it working, but there is one problem. Once I get through the “Setup is starting Windows 2000” message, I see an error saying “The file iastor7.sys is corrupted.” I formated the USB and put this on it again, and I got the same outcome. I am getting the Windows 2000 files from my Windows 2000 disc, but I have used that disc before without any problems.
I am not sure which of the included iastor drivers are 2000 compatible. Did you try the same option + firadisk?
Can you switch to IDE mode in BIOS and once Windows is installed, go back to AHCI? There are many guides how to do it.
In addition you could provide floppy image with proper drivers, there is an advanced option for the purpose.