Eddie Armstrong wrote: > Tom Bamford wrote: >> I use a mastered ISO which has every >> version of XP in both OEM and retail flavours on the one CD. >> > Thanks Tom - Am dl as we speak. > How does 9 - 1 work? If I burn an iso (will K3B do?) and boot one of the > machines with it do I just choose the appropraite OS from a menu or > sometning? >> If your serial keys are valid and you aren't cloning them onto more than >> one machine each, >> > Well they should be valid - they upgrade OK - but there is too much > mess/unknown on the PCs - I' want to give clean installs to people. >> If you're doing dual boot, I recommend pre-partitioning your system with >> an Ubuntu live CD, > Thanks - have done this particular op many times > > This OEM disc could potentially save the day! > Thanks > Eddie > >
Yeah you get an isolinux/syslinux based boot menu giving you all the versions to choose from. I'm not sure exactly how it works, whether it unpacks a compressed image for the version you choose or whether it just uses the same set of files but a different rollout per version. It's probably something like the latter, because the CD works post-installation whenever Windows asks you for the install disc (say for reinstalling drivers, windows components etc), and the all-important I386 directory is present as with a "normal" copy of Windows. Regards, Tom -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
