Re: how to make bootable corrected QuickRestore?

Alexy Khrabrov wrote:
> I'm installing Linux on my tc1000, and found that reinstalling windows
> from QuickRestore and an external USB CD reader (a) doesn't work with
> my CD drive (b) for the better, as it would overwrite the entire
> /dev/hda. I found, on this list, the instructions on how to prevent
> (b):
>
> http://www.handhelds.org/hypermail/tc1000-linux/0/0031.html
>
> There're some threads on other forums on modifying the CD 1 to make it
> bootable from more CD drives:
>
> http://www.tabletpcbuzz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1279&whichpage=1
>
> However, xpboot.bin image referred to from there is missing. Googling
> for it opens yet another avenue of improvement (c) -- "slipstreaming"
> SP2 into XP, e.g.
>
> http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=103629
>
> I wonder whether anybody here has a usable CD1 image they can share,
> and/or ideas on doing (a-c)!
>
> Cheers,
> Alexy

It appears that the xpboot.bin is merely an edited bootable floppy
image; one of your links describes how to make one of these (extract
from the CD, edit the floppy image).

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