Forum: EasyBoot
Topic: Grub4DOS Multiboot
started by: zia abbas
Posted by zia abbas on Apr. 17 2010,08:02
Hi Balder,

Finally I made a Multiboot via Grub4DOS.
I know Grub4Dos is not recommended for making boot DVD, but for me its quiet good and simple, where I can make use of firadisk and make use of ISO.

Actually WXP3 and W2k3 has been built by easyboot and later I put setupldr path to menu.lst. I thanks you for guiding me and inspiring me, I also thanks you for patching w2k3 setupldr.

Am very happy to have my 1st Multiboot DVD.
kindly see the screenshot of it.
Posted by balder on Apr. 17 2010,09:44
@zia abbas

Nice work from you zia abbas :D
Really a lot of “things” put in place – congratulations to you progress in this matter :;):

But – I was thinking ???   Why not use EasyBoot and its elegant graphic look with nice backgrounds and ability to jump to submenu(s) etcetera
Basically all you have there can be launched from EasyBoot – with some work arounds :)

However – it’s your decision in the end :cool:
Keep it up...

Regards balder
Posted by zia abbas on Apr. 17 2010,10:16
Thanks Balder for your appreciation.

Would have used Easyboot, but I found easy to put ERDs on GRUB rather Easyboot as coz in Grub I only need to put a firadisk entry (as guided by you) and load entire ISO into memory. In this manner it just need to add a firadisk and ISO file (No work around to extract ISO and make changes and all., and its also fast to load)

Also, it looks clean and tidy.

Anyways thanks again yaaar.

Well, Balder hope u know wintoflash. By wintoflash you can have xp setup on USB.

I need to have USB Multiboot (XP and W2k3) The structure of USB XP Setup is

\
win51 files
$WIN_NT$.~BT
$WIN_NT$.~LS
$LDR$
ntldr
ntdetect
txtsetup.sif

If these files can do into WXP3 folder then I can put W2k3 into same USB.

Proposed structure
\
WXP3
W2K3

and a menu.lst under (Grub4DOS boot) entry to load the boot image and entry to load the setupldr for each.

I think If the path for \Win_nt$.~BT changed to
\WXP3\$Win_nt$.~BT and the \win_nt$.~ls  changed to
\WXP3\$Win_nt$.~ls then it possible to get the result.

Do you have any comment

Abbas
Posted by balder on Apr. 17 2010,11:15
@zia abbas

Quote: ”No work around to extract ISO”
You don’t extract any ISO-file when integrating ERD - or any NT5-system (NT5-system uses folder i386-approach – same as reatogo or BartPE etcetera).

When you check “Run from RAM” in easyboot-iso.script ISO-file (in this case ERD-ISO) is automatically compressed by script (and a firadisk copied to same folder). As a result of compression (exactly as you say) – the “live-system" (ERD or whatever) get much faster loaded to RAM (proximally 60% faster launched this way). The only thing is that you get a folder ISO on the root of CD/DVD (or the root of USB device). All files are automatically collected to this folder ISO and you only need one firadisk to all of them :laugh:

About WinXP (NT5-system) setup from USB I prefer this solution < HERE > (it’s freeware)

Anyway – interesting approach you are dealing with :;):

Regards balder