國壽減持中信證券至4.97%
【11:14】2008年07月01日
【on.cc專訊】 上海上市公司中信證券稱，國壽(02628)已將其在中信證券的持股比例減至5%以下。中信證券在一份公告中稱，截至上周五國壽持有中信證券4.97%的股份，低於3月底的5.32%。
中信證券表示，國壽近期通過上交易系統出售中信證券股票，但未予透露人壽集團減持其股份的原因。
金朝陽申強制拍賣希雲街舊樓
地皮面積逾萬方呎 市值6.4億 2008年6月24日
廣 告
【明報專訊】擅於收購舊樓的金朝陽(0878)，正積極併購銅鑼灣及大坑一帶的舊樓，地產界消息指出，發展商已根據土地(為重新發展而強制售賣)條例，申請強制拍賣銅鑼灣希雲街32至50號的地盤(見圖)餘下未收購的單位。該地皮面積達1萬方呎，可建住宅樓面達8萬方呎，市值達6.4億元。
希雲街32至50號舊樓，樓齡約49年，每幢樓高約7層，獲金朝陽收購絕大部分業權，暫涉資共約4億元。該集團約購入了68個住宅及約6個地舖，地舖成交價360萬至799萬元，住宅單位成交價每伙400萬至550萬元，以住宅計，收購價較市值高約3倍。由於地盤內個別單位，包括44號地下一間醬油店未願出售(見另稿)，所以項目暫時仍未能展開。
重士街亦申強制拍賣令
由於希雲街該列舊樓，地契屬舊契，重建不用補地價，而且該地於規劃層面，暫時未有高限，是港島區罕見的優質地皮，而該地可作住宅或商業發展；作商業發展，地積比最高可達15倍。
另外，金朝陽積極併購的大坑重士街1至11號及華倫街3至11號兩列舊樓，發展商亦就重士街1號申請強制拍賣令，拍賣餘下一個住宅單位，資料顯示，發展商近期已將項目轉售。
地產界人士稱，已收購的重士街及華倫街兩列舊樓，佔地共約6000至7000方呎，以住宅地積比率約8倍計，估計可建樓面約4.8萬至5.6萬方呎。
金朝陽以Morich Properties Limited名義進行收購，住宅單位收購價每伙介乎約180萬至400萬元；而地下商用單位收購價介乎約255萬至2000萬元。
(明報記者周偉強報道)
廣東鞋廠數目減一半 (12:00)
2008年6月30日
廣 告
廣東省鞋類企業於今年一至五月銳減二千三百三十家，減幅接近總數的一半。
「廣州日報」今天報道，今年一至五月，廣東出口鞋十三億五千萬雙，比去年同期下降百分之十五點五。
值得關注的是，鞋類最密集的珠三角出口各類鞋九億四千萬億雙，大幅下降百分之二十五點七，近一半出口企業退出製鞋業。
據統計，今年一至五月，珠三角鞋類出口企業有二千四百二十八家，比去年同期銳減二千三百三十一家，接近一半珠三角鞋類出口企業今年已經沒有出口實績。
海關專業分析人士表示，鞋類企業出口出現大變局，主因是在於出口退稅下調和加工貿易政策調整，以及人民幣持續升值、勞動力成本快速上漲等。
他指出，一批鞋廠開始轉移至珠三角以外的地區或者退出製鞋行。
隨著珠三角用電緊張、人民幣升值和次貸危機給對美貿易帶來的影響，以及通貨膨脹壓力的逐漸加大，珠三角企業製鞋企業正承受內外部環境的改變所帶來的陣痛，外貿出口面臨嚴峻的挑戰。
A股史上的7次暴跌
① 1992年5月-1992年11月 1429点跌至400点,历时5个月,最大跌幅达72%
② 1993年2月-1994年7月 1553点跌至325点,历时18个月,最大跌幅达79%
③ 1994年9月-1996年1月 1053点跌至512点,历时16个月,最大跌幅达51%
④ 1997年5月-1999年5月 1510点跌至1047点,历时24个月,最大跌幅达30%
⑤ 1999年6月-2000年1月 1756点跌至1361点,历时6个月,最大跌幅达22%
⑥ 2001年6月-2005年6月 2245点跌至998点,历时48个月,最大跌幅达55%
⑦ 2007年10月-2008年6月 6124点跌至如今，历时8个月,最大跌幅达53%
油價一度突破140美元 (08:03)
2008年6月27日
廣 告
油組輪任主席預計國際油價會上升及利比亞國家石油公司威脅減產，油價突破每桶140美元。
紐約8月原油期貨價格創下每桶139.64美元收市新高，大幅升了5.09美元，並在收市後電子交易中一度達到每桶140.39美元。
倫敦8月北海布蘭特原油期貨價格一度攀至每桶140.56美元，收市時大漲5.5美元，創下每桶139.83美元的最新記錄。
【消除障礙】中移動(00941-HK)正與蘋果商討，引入iPhone到內地
2008/06/27 15:26
財華社香港新聞中心。
中移動表示，正與蘋果公司就引入iPhone到內地進行商談，目前最大的障礙已消除，蘋果承諾放棄要求中移動進行利潤分享模式，但暫未能落實正式引入的時間表。
蘋果行政總裁喬布斯(Steve Jobs)較早前表示，iPhone有望在今年內引入中國及俄羅斯。該公司並宣布放棄與營運商進行利潤分享模式，消除與內地電訊營運商的隔閡。
中國5月外儲近1.8萬億美元 增長放緩
【23:19】2008年06月25日
【on.cc專訊】 道瓊斯通訊社引述消息人士透露，中國5月底外匯儲備已增至1.797萬億美元，比4月淨增約400億美元。以金額計，明顯比4月淨增近750億美元大幅減少。惟5月外儲淨增額下降，是否資本流入放緩的長期跡象，仍然值得觀察。
上月中國的貿易順差為202.1億美元，外商直接投資77.6億美元，其餘近120億美元的外儲淨增未知從何種渠道流入。
中國移動：5月份新增用戶人數為749萬，高於4月份的741萬。5月份新增用戶使中國移動的用戶總數升至4.07039億，高於4月末的3.99548億。
中國聯通：GSM手機用戶新增109.1萬，總數達12652.5萬；CDMA用戶新增5.5萬，總數達4315.3萬。
中國電信：5月份固話用戶減少82萬戶，至2.155億戶，4月份減少88萬戶。
中國網通：5月電話用戶凈減38.9萬戶，為連續第11個月出現用戶凈流失，5月底電話用戶總數約為1.08億戶。
無知到家的人 寫到：
太感謝了...但有出現新問題...導致USB 鍵盤無法使用
Could not load the Host USB Proxy Service (VERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND). The service might be not installed on the host computer.
...恕刪
剛好前兩天我也碰到USB Host沒有安裝的問題，
去到VirtualBox的網站，就可以找到解決方法了，
如下：
USB on Ubuntu/Gutsy: Ubuntu removed support for /proc/bus/usb/*. We will address this issue in the future. Until this, edit the script `/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh and activate the four lines around line 40 (Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work). Then execute
/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
From now on, there should be a directory /proc/bus/usb/ and the device entries below should be accessible by any user.
簡單來說，
找到 /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh 這個檔，以root身份用gedit或其它的編輯程式打開它，
找到Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work這段，把下面的四行前面的 "#" 符號拿掉，
然後在終端機裏面輸入：
sudo /etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh start
收工閃人..
Disclaimer
This is a hobby project of mine. I will not assume ANY responsibility for the correctness of this guide, nor can I be made liable for any errors, hardware or software problems / loss that are caused by following this guide. Basically, if things screw up, its your own fault. Do not follow the guide if you fear data loss.
Requirements
* An existing Windows install for carrying out the steps in this tutorial
* A USB2-compliant Hard disk drive (or a big USB2 stick, see remarks below)
* An original Windows XP CD (tested only against SP1 so far, but reported to work on other versions)
* A registered version of WinISO (or any other software that allows direct editing of ISO files)
* The Microsoft CAB SDK
* A CD-burning software that can handle ISO files. I like the free burnatonce
How To:
Summary:
We will dump the contents of your original Windows XP CD , extract a few files from the Image using ISO modification software, edit the files, and put the modified versions back on the ISO. The resulting ISO image is burnt back onto a CD media, and can then directly be used to install Windows on your USB drive.
I am also covering a few pitfalls that happened to me, in hope they will save you a bit of time.
1) Does your computer support booting from USB?
Usually, if its an option in your BIOS boot sequence menu, the answer to this is yes. If its not there, look for BIOS updates. If you are not sure, proceed and see what happens ;-)
2) Sorting out the "Bootability" of your USB-Drive
Connect your USB drive to your computer, directly, without a Hub. Then, shut down your computer, disconnect any other hard disk drives from it, and insert your original Windows XP CD into the drive. Start the installation, and proceed to the section where you are allowed to pick a hard drive. If it goes beyond the partition selection, your drive is already fine for booting Windows XP. If not (seems to be the cases with many of the Freecom USB HDDs for example), you will get an error like "Windows is unable to find your drive, partition, data etc bla". This is usually not a big problem. All you need to do is "properly" format the drive. Reboot into your normal Windows, and get this HP tool , and use it to format your HDD completely. I chose NTFS format, worked fine everytime i tried. After this, my drives are recognized as valid installation devices by the Windows XP installer.
(In fact, i did not manage to create a USB primary partition with FAT32 that was recognized as being installable)
3) Dumping the original Windows CD into an ISO File
Pretty easy one. Simply open WinISO, and select Actions -> Make ISO from CDROM, and save your CD image.
4) Extracting the files we need to work on
After the CD dump is done, close and reopen WinISO. Then, open the ISO file you just created using File -> Open.
Now, click the I386 folder, and select the following files (Ctrl key to multi-select)
* TXTSETUP.SIF
* DOSNET.INF
* USB.IN_
* USBPORT.IN_
* USBSTOR.IN_
Select Actions -> Extract and put the resulting files into some folder to work on them.
5) Unpacking IN_ files
Use the Cab SDK (from the command line) for extracting the contents of the .IN_ files. Each of them contains exactly one .inf file. If you are unsure how to use the Cab SDK, here is an example command line: "cabarc x USBSTOR.IN_" . You should end up with three new files in the folder, called:
* usb.inf
* usbport.inf
* usbstor.inf
You can now delete the .IN_ files.
6) Editing the files
This is the main job. i ll also try to explain a bit whats happening. Use a simple Texteditor like Notepad.
6-A) TXTSETUP.SIF
This file is loaded on the initial install step by the Windows XP CD installer. In this file, we will change the way Windows treats USB devices during system setup -- the default is to only treat them as input devices during installation -- we will change this to include mass storage driver support (which needs to be loaded into the installer much earlier in order to work).
First, move the following entries from [InputDevicesSupport.Load] to the [BootBusExtenders.Load] section , as shown here
[BootBusExtenders.Load]
pci = pci.sys
acpi = acpi.sys
isapnp = isapnp.sys
acpiec = acpiec.sys
ohci1394 = ohci1394.sys
usbehci = usbehci.sys
usbohci = usbohci.sys
usbuhci = usbuhci.sys
usbhub = usbhub.sys
usbstor = usbstor.sys
[InputDevicesSupport.Load]
usbehci = usbehci.sys
usbohci = usbohci.sys
usbuhci = usbuhci.sys
usbhub = usbhub.sys
usbccgp = usbccgp.sys
hidusb = hidusb.sys
serial = serial.sys
serenum = serenum.sys
usbstor = usbstor.sys
... now the same for [BootBusExtenders] and [InputDevicesSupport]
[BootBusExtenders]
pci = "PCI-Bustreiber",files.pci,pci
acpi = "ACPI Plug & Play-Bustreiber",files.acpi,acpi
isapnp = "ISA Plug & Play-Bustreiber",files.isapnp,isapnp
acpiec = "Integrierter ACPI-Controllertreiber",files.none,acpiec
ohci1394 = "IEEE-1394-Bus-OHCI-konformer Anschlusstreiber",files.ohci1394,ohci1394
usbehci = "Erweiterter Hostcontroller",files.usbehci,usbehci
usbohci = "Open Hostcontroller",files.usbohci,usbohci
usbuhci = "Universeller Hostcontroller",files.usbuhci,usbuhci
usbhub = "Standard-USB-Hubtreiber",files.usbhub,usbhub
usbstor = "USB-Speicherklassentreiber",files.usbstor,usbstor
[InputDevicesSupport]
usbehci = "Erweiterter Hostcontroller",files.usbehci,usbehci
usbohci = "Open Hostcontroller",files.usbohci,usbohci
usbuhci = "Universeller Hostcontroller",files.usbuhci,usbuhci
usbhub = "Standard-USB-Hubtreiber",files.usbhub,usbhub
hidusb = "HID-Parser",files.hidusb,hidusb
serial = "Treiber f�r seriellen Anschluss",files.none,serial
serenum = "Enumerator f�r seriellen Anschluss",files.none,serenum
usbstor = "USB-Speicherklassentreiber",files.usbstor,usbstor
usbccgp = "USB Generic Parent Driver",files.usbccgp,usbccgp
Next, we also have to write several keys into the registry. Convieniently, the txtsetup.sif allows you to specify files that are parsed and instered into the registry at install time. Insert the following in the [HiveInfs.Fresh] section:
[HiveInfs.Fresh]
AddReg = hivedef.inf,AddReg
AddReg = hivesys.inf,AddReg
AddReg = hivesft.inf,AddReg
AddReg = hivecls.inf,AddReg
AddReg = hiveusd.inf,AddReg
AddReg = dmreg.inf,DM.AddReg
AddReg = usbboot.inf,usbservices
and also in [SourceDisksFiles]
[SourceDisksFiles]
usbboot.inf = 1,,,,,,_x,3,,3
bootvid.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
kdcom.dll = 1,,,,,,3_,2,0,0,,1,2
Finally, save and close TXTSETUP.SIF. We are done with it.
6-B) DOSNET.INF
Now, open DOSNET.INF , and change the second [Files] section to look like this:
[Files]
d1,usbboot.inf
d1,_default.pif
d1,12520437.cpx
d1,12520850.cpx
....
6-C) usb.inf
Change the bolded lines in the [StandardHub.AddService] and [CommonClassParent.AddService] sections:
[StandardHub.AddService]
DisplayName = %StandardHub.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 0 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\usbhub.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
[CommonClassParent.AddService]
DisplayName = %GenericParent.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 0 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\usbccgp.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
6-D) usbport.inf
Change the bolded lines in the [EHCI.AddService], [OHCI.AddService] , [UHCI.AddService] and [ROOTHUB.AddService] sections:
[EHCI.AddService]
DisplayName = %EHCIMP.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 0 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\usbehci.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
[OHCI.AddService]
DisplayName = %OHCIMP.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 0 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\usbohci.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
[UHCI.AddService]
DisplayName = %UHCIMP.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 0 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\usbuhci.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
[ROOTHUB.AddService]
DisplayName = %ROOTHUB.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER
StartType = 0 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START
ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL
ServiceBinary = %12%\usbhub.sys
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
6-E) usbstor.inf
Change / Add the bolded lines in the [USBSTOR.AddService] section
[USBSTOR.AddService]
DisplayName = %USBSTOR.SvcDesc%
ServiceType = 1
StartType = 0
Tag = 3
ErrorControl = 1
ServiceBinary = %12%\USBSTOR.SYS
LoadOrderGroup = Boot Bus Extender
6-F) new file: USBBOOT.INF
Create a new file called USBBOOT.INF in the same directory as your other changed files, and put the following content into it:
[usbservices]
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR","DisplayName",0x00000000,"USB Mass Storage Driver"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR","ErrorControl",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR","Group",0x00000000,"System Reserved"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR","ImagePath",0x00020000,"system32\DRIVERS\USBSTOR.SYS"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR","Start",0x00010001,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\USBSTOR","Type",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbehci","DisplayName",0x00000000,"USB 2.0 Enhanced Host Controller Miniport Driver"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbehci","ErrorControl",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbehci","Group",0x00000000,"System Reserved"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbehci","ImagePath",0x00020000,"system32\DRIVERS\usbehci.sys"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbehci","Start",0x00010001,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbehci","Type",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub","DisplayName",0x00000000,"USB2 Enabled Hub"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub","ErrorControl",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub","Group",0x00000000,"System Reserved"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub","ImagePath",0x00020000,"system32\DRIVERS\usbhub.sys"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub","Start",0x00010001,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbhub","Type",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbuhci","DisplayName",0x00000000,"Microsoft USB Universal Host Controller Miniport Driver"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbuhci","ErrorControl",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbuhci","Group",0x00000000,"System Reserved"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbuhci","ImagePath",0x00020000,"system32\DRIVERS\usbuhci.sys"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbuhci","Start",0x00010001,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbuhci","Type",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbohci","DisplayName",0x00000000,"Microsoft USB Open Host Controller Miniport Driver"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbohci","ErrorControl",0x00010001,1
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbohci","Group",0x00000000,"System Reserved"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbohci","ImagePath",0x00020000,"system32\DRIVERS\usbohci.sys"
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbohci","Start",0x00010001,0
HKLM,"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usbohci","Type",0x00010001,1
7) Repack the inf files into their original IN_ format
If you have not already deleted your extracted .IN_ files, do so now. They need to be replaced. Open a DOS shell again, and navigate to the folder with your changed files. Then exceute the following commands:
cabarc n USB.IN_ usb.inf
cabarc n USBPORT.IN_ usbport.inf
cabarc n USBSTOR.IN_ usbstor.inf
The three IN_ files should now exist again.
Congratulations. All out modifications are done.
8) Inject the changed files into the ISO
Open your Windows CD image again with WinISO. Navigate to the I386 folder, and delete the following files from the ISO, saving the changes to the ISO afterwards:
* DOSNET.INF
* TXTSETUP.SIF
* USB.IN_
* USBPORT.IN_
* USBSTOR.IN_
Just to be sure all is updated in the ISO, cloase and repoen the ISO in WinISO. Now, again go to the I386 folder and select "Add Files". Now add your changed files, in detail:
* USBBOOT.INF
* DOSNET.INF
* TXTSETUP.SIF
* USB.IN_
* USBPORT.IN_
* USBSTOR.IN_
Save the ISO. You are done.
9) Burn the ISO back to CD
Feel free to use any burning package you want. I used the free and simple Burnatonce
10) Install Windows XP from the CD
Shut down your computer. Disconnect ANY internal and external hard drives (so Windows cannot find them during installation and mess up their Master Boot Records hehe). Some computers will have trouble to boot without an internal HDD attached, check in your BIOS and, if possible, remove the HDD from the boot sequence and set the USB Harddisk as the first boot device, and the CDROM as second.
Also, now connect your USB Harddrive directly to the computer, without any Hubs in between.
Windows should install just fine, with the exceptions noted below.
Issues you will encounter during installation:
* During driver installation, the USB drivers will prompt you, as they are "not certified" - This is normal. Our changes invalidated the checksum, and therefore the driver is no longer signed. Just press "yes" a couple of times.
* Upon completion of the install, the system will complain once on the first bootup that the pagefile does not exist. You can ignore this for now, as Windows will work fine without it. People are looking at fixing this issue, but its not critical for now.
Once everything is up and running , shut down and reconnect all your drives.
This version of the guide has been tested successfully on the follwoing hardware configurations - please email me your infos if you have successfully completed the guide, so I can add your configuration as well:
If you have troubles, please visit the forum dedicated to this tutorial.
have a lot of fun!
Emanuel Schleussinger
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A Multiple Partition USB Stick with Multi Boot OS
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I wanted several operating systems on a USB stick and after many hours messing with syslinux, memdisk, grub4dos, xosl, freedos, avlgomgr, acronis os selector, ranish partition manager. I have succumbed. I first started out wanting to boot an iso off USB and ran into trouble loading large img with memdisk which I found out is due to a bug in msdos so I used freedos but things didn’t work out as planned and it’s a similar woe story’s with the rest. Acronis os selector lets you boot multiple os from one partition from different folders but don’t work great when it comes to dos.
I have 5 partitions on my USB stick and using the boot loader BootIt NG http://www.bootitng.com/bootitng.html This is a 30 day trial. There’s a iso boot image inside the zip you need to burn to cd.
Now I wasn’t happy just putting one os on my USB stick. I wanted linux and diagnostic tools etc.
I now have what I think is the easiest helpful solution below.
Stage 1.
Ok XP can only see one partition on a removable USB but if change the USB driver to a fixed disk driver then XP will see it as a hard drive then we can have lay down multiple partitions as we like. Now open regedit and goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USBSTOR
and double click on USBSTORE and you see a subkey below it, select the first subkey below USBSTORE and right click and select Copy Key Name
Here is mine, yours maybe different.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Enum\USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_Generic&Prod_USB_Flash_Disk&Rev_0.00
Now we need only need this part:
USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_Generic&Prod_USB_Flash_Disk&Rev_0.00
Copy and paste it temporarily into notepad.
You will now need this driver. http://www.xpefiles.com/viewtopic.php?t=92
Unpack it to a folder on your desktop. Inside the folder is the file cfadisk.inf. You need to open this file and scroll down to you see the line %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install, specific data
Now you need to replace all lines %Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install, specific data with
the line you copied from your registry like so.
%Microdrive_devdesc% = cfadisk_install,USBSTOR\Disk&Ven_Generic&Prod_USB_Flash_Disk&Rev_0.00
There could be more lines so replace all and save the file.
Goto Device Manager and click on disk drives. You see your USB listed, dbl click on it and goto the driver tab and click update driver and install from a specific location and choose the driver to install and click on Have Disk and browse to the cfadisk.inf file your modified driver on your desktop and force that to replace your existing driver. It might ask you to reboot. You should now have your USB showing as Local Disk
We want your first partition dos bootable so run HP USB Disk Storage Format Tool. I’m using version 2.1.8. Select your drive letter of your USB device and select "Create a DOS startup disk" and browse to your 98 boot disk folder. Click Start. Your USB will be formatted and 3 files will be copied from your dos startup files. You need to manually copy the rest of the 98 boot files to your USB drive.
You can now resize the drive (mines 512MB) and create multiple partitions. All partition software now sees it as a fixed disk. I used acronis disk director and resized the partition keeping the first dos bootable partition intact and made another 4 fat partitions so I had 5 in total.
Make sure your format all partitions as Primary not Logical.
I now make all the os for each drive on my USB, so for example I copy all linux files to the root of I: and then syslinux I:
G: Dos bootable drive
H: BartPE2USB
I: Dsl Linux
J: UBCD
K: Partition Tools
So this way makes it easy to load multiple iso using ramdisk also. thumbup.gif
Stage 2
Insert your BootIt NG cd you made earlier and your USB stick and reboot and change your bios to boot from cd and disable all hard drives from your bios so they not detected, that way you wont delete any hard drive data and you know your using the USB only. You can now install BootIt onto your USB stick. This is a simple install. It install on the first partition. It will detect all partitions. You can now add the partitions easily. Your USB shows up as HD0 and the separate partitions as MBR 1, 2 ,3 ,4 5 etc and boot from each one from the menu.
BootIt is not free. I am using this till i can workout a freeware solution.
EDIT: Here comes the better freeware solutions.
I going to explain simple easy way that works, on how to create a bartpe and dos dual-boot on an USB stick install each on separate partitions including a menu to select either. I will use 2 partitions for now.
Download spfdisk it’s a good boot loader which has many features and is free.
http://spfdisk.sourceforge.net/Spf2K3rE.exe We will be using this. Unpack it. You need 1 file only from it, spfdisk.exe.
Plan how much space to split up for dos and bartpe. Delete all your USB stick so it’s unallocated space and then create 2 partitions of fat to the size you need and format. Make the first partition dos.
Acquire or make a dos bootable cd or floppy and put spfdisk.exe on it. Make sure you match the dos version of your boot disk to same version of dos system files you be using on your usb.
Copy dos,ghost whatever files to your dos partititon and copy your bartpe files to the bartpe partititon.
Check you have the 2 files mkbt.exe & pe2usb.bin in your pebuilder folder. Download Pe2usb if not.
Open up a cmd box in your pebuilder dir and run the command:
“mkbt.exe -x pe2usb.bin N:” N being the letter of your bartpe partition.
Reboot and keep your USB stick in and boot off the dos cd or floppy.
Type the command sys drive: drive being the letter of your dos partititon.
Run spfdisk.exe in dos Create the menu to boot both partitions in spfdisk. Save the changes.
