Problem: CDs are so yesterday and slow to boot from. How can I take my bartpe.iso and boot it into a RAM drive from USB?
Solution: After much reading and experimentation I finally figured out how to make this happen.
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1) Format the USB to FAT
2) Install syslinux onto the thumb drive.
Download here: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/
Extract and run from win32 folder: syslinux (usb drive letter) ie. syslinux f:
~Now assuming you have compiled your BartPE cd .iso
from pebuilder folder
3) copy bartpe.iso to usb rootv
4) copy pe2usb.bin from root of \pebuilder\ to usb root and rename to pe2usb.bss
from XP source files
5) copy NTDETECT.COM from bartpe\i386\ folder to usb root
6) copy ntldr from the \i386\ folder of your xp source files
7) create winnt.sif plain text file with the following
[SetupData]
BootDevice = "ramdisk(0)"
BootPath = "\I386\SYSTEM32\"
OsLoadOptions = "/noguiboot /fastdetect /minint /rdexportascd /rdpath=bartpe.iso"
8) edit the syslinux.cfg file from USB root and add the following lines
label bartpe
#menu passwd test *optional
menu label Bart's PE
kernel pe2usb.bss
Voila! You should now be able to 'boot from USB' and load the BartPE image into RAM.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Boot BartPE.iso from USB
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4 Comments:
1. No syslinux.cfg in the root
2. Do I have to extract the who syslinux-3.72.zip to the flash disk's root or extract to root of the usb disk?
You're right I wasn't very clear.
Download and un-zip syslinux.zip to your local harddrive.
This will created a bunch of 'syslinux' folders. Look for win32 and within it you will find the dos syslinux.exe command.
Open a dos prompt window and navigate to this win32 folder.
Next, run syslinux.exe 'usb driver letter':
example: syslinux.exe f:
You should now have the syslinux boot loader on the USB drive and a syslinux.cfg file in it's root.
Hope it helps.
Nothing happens on my FAT USB drive (J:) when I run syslinux.exe j: from a cmd window on Windows XP Pro. Its syslinux 3.6.3.
So just to clarify... after running syslinux.exe j: if you open the J: drive there are no files?
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