Shrinking windows multiboot CDs
December 20th, 2008 at 6:32pm |
programs: nLite, cdimage (Microsoft), cdimage gui (beta3 by Cyberian)
- extract the image contents with IsoBuster, UltraISO or equivalent
- extract CD Boot Sector with IsoBuster
- use nLite to perform changes and shrinks
- copy i386/txtsetup.sif to the boot dirrectory CD:/ of the windows version you have tweaked
- edit txtsetup.sif and find field
[setup data] setupsourcepath= “\”
replacing \ with the actual path on the multiboot CD (i.e. the folder containing the i386 folder of the windows flavor) - use cdimage with the following options
-tMM/DD/YYYY,HH:MM:DD -g -h -n -b [bootsector file] -x -o -m
cdimage is a really handy tool capable to prevent multiple identical files to be stored on the CDROM through the creation of kind of symlinks. - test the cd with an emulator like vmware.
- note: if things go wrong remember to check in a hexeditor each setupldr.bin file of each windows flavor. This file should have all occourences stating i386/ replaced to the actual path of the windows flavour.