tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14693733553763921362012-02-16T13:01:43.220ZLimitless PowerJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469373355376392136.post-26711979443056083612009-05-13T17:29:00.002+01:002010-09-12T23:09:17.941+01:00Creating a multiboot USB driveI have compiled the multiboot USB guide into a handy PDF file for offline consumption; http://limitless-power.co.uk/multiboot/MultibootGuide.pdfJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469373355376392136.post-79339060144297049422009-05-13T15:47:00.000+01:002010-09-12T23:09:17.942+01:00Creating a multiboot USB drive - Part four: adding boot options &
modify Grub4DOS menuEssential items & software for this part:Text editor - I recommend Notepad++3rd party CD images - WinPE/BartPE, UBCD, GParted etc.The final part of this guide will help you add extra options to your Grub4DOS menu to build your multiboot USB drive. Although you can use the text editor included with Windows (i.e. notepad) it's much easier if you use a more powerful editor such as Notepad++.Part 4.1Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469373355376392136.post-4386704849647668612009-05-13T12:39:00.001+01:002010-09-12T23:09:17.942+01:00Creating a multiboot USB drive - Part three: using WinSetupFromUSB to
create the bootable USB driveEssential items & software for this part:WinSetupFromUSB - download mirror hereWindows Vista/Server 2008/7/2008 R2 distribution folder from part twoGrub4DOSGrub4DOS ToolboxThis is the part where we pull together the previous two parts and actually create a bootable USB drive, using WinSetupFromUSB to do most of the work for us. Part 3.1 - Use WinSetupFromUSB to copy the Windows installation to Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469373355376392136.post-19382884478223814712009-05-12T08:35:00.000+01:002010-09-12T23:09:17.943+01:00Creating a multiboot USB drive - Part two: prepare the Windows
Vista/2008 installation imagesEssential items & software for this part:Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK)Windows Vista and/or Server 2008 and or Windows 7 installation media for whichever editions you wish to installGImageX - GUI for ImageX, not essential but highly recommendedSpecial thanks to chon_ from the msfn.org forum for the original instructions from which I derived this part of the guide. Now that you have Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469373355376392136.post-28342571226767911752009-05-10T13:03:00.000+01:002010-09-12T23:09:17.943+01:00Creating a multiboot USB drive - Part one: prepare the USB driveEssential items & software for this step:A USB drive (either flash memory or external hard drive - either will work) large enough to hold your OS installers and/or tools. In this example, I am going to use a 4GB flash drive.The HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool - available from here and various other sources on the Internet.Time - at least 15 minutes for this stepThere are certain things you must Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1469373355376392136.post-15183840119364140662009-05-09T15:38:00.001+01:002010-09-12T23:09:17.943+01:00Creating a multiboot USB driveOne of the more frustrating downsides to the recent rise in popularity of netbooks is the difficulty in installing an operating system without an optical drive. The traditional way around this issue was to do a network install, using something like Microsoft's Remote Installation Services or Windows Deployment Services, which is fine if you have the infrastructure already in place, but overkill Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06595352386709160577noreply@blogger.com0