| Creating images for a dual boot UWP Windows XP + LWP Ubuntu Karmic Koala | ||
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 | Part XIII. (Mass) Installations, also dual-boot |  |
| Creating images for a dual boot UWP Windows XP + LWP Ubuntu Karmic Koala | ||
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| | Part XIII. (Mass) Installations, also dual-boot | |
Getting the proper boot menu on the machine
Ask at WPD/Arjan's for the intended original to receive the LWP gPXE menu.
Zeroing out the MBR
Overwrite the MBR with zeroes. This needs to be done from the partitioning menu before partitioning , but for the time being, do it like this:
Start the LWP-unattend from the , and wait for it to start partitioning.
While it is partitioning, but before its overwrites the MBR (you have about 5 minutes), press <ALT><F2>, <ENTER> and type:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=100
reboot the machine
The point of this is to enable Windows to succeed in rebooting after the first (file-copy) stage of installation. If you don't zero out the MBR but the Windows install still succeeds, then that is fine and zeroing out the MBR was unnecessary in the first place.
Partitioning the machine
From the , choose , then , then , then . Let the PC repartition and reboot.
Installing Windows
From the , choose , then from the menu, choose . Type your username and password when prompted, and when appropriate reassure the installer that you really want to install. Let the machine run-reboot-run-reboot-run-reboot-run until a Windows login dialog shows.
Installing the LWP
From the start the latest LWP unattended install. When it restarts, catch it before it boots, or it won't be suitable for cloning. If catching it is a PITA, ask Jurjen to have it stop automatically before reboot.
To be continued
... with information on how to actually clone the freshly installed machine.
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