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From: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson on 22 Sep 2006 04:25
On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:31:28 GMT, Craig wrote:

[Extracted OS on disk]
> Thanks for that. I found the extracted files you referred to in the
> i386 folder but, autostream does not recognize it as such.

Try to point Autostream to the directory *above* i386. NT based install
is supposed to be inside an i386 *sub*directory.

[Programs in *pac files]
> Yea, that's the way they did it for other systems, not ours
> (pcg-r505jlk). No .pac's, no KCap...

Maybe the installation disk sets or packages get extracted to disk,
too. It is worth to have a look around, IMHO.

> I appreciate the help everyone, thanks.

You're welcome. :-)

> For the record, Sony .img files are of a special flavor resistant to
> extraction.

Do you mind posting a hex dump of the first 256 (or better 512) bytes
of the main *.img? Maybe someone recognizes the kind of compression
and/or encryption used. After that, we *may* come up with a possibility
to extract these beasts, anyway...

> On top of that, Sony support (so far) won't budge. But hell, I'll "stay
> in touch" w/them. Maybe they'll want to get rid of me so badly...

As I read the postings on the web, the best you can get from them is
a real set of installation CDs/DVDs. (Instead the system restore ones.)
You'd have to plead to be sysadmin with constant necessity for system
repair and setup, while important documents and settings have to be
kept. - Just to give you ammunition for your negotiations... ;-)

BeAr
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From: REM on 22 Sep 2006 08:50

> Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:

>Thanks for that. I found the extracted files you referred to in the
>i386 folder but, autostream does not recognize it as such.

If you can see the files, I suggest creating a clean Win install CD,
slipstreamed. You'll leave behind any trials, AOL stuff, etc. and have
a basic updated clean install CD:

http://www.easydesksoftware.com/recovery.htm

It worked like a charm for me. I was just playing around with it.


From: Craig on 22 Sep 2006 13:25
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 23:31:28 GMT, Craig wrote:
>
> [Extracted OS on disk]
>
>> Thanks for that. I found the extracted files you referred to in
>> the i386 folder but, autostream does not recognize it as such.
>
> Try to point Autostream to the directory *above* i386. NT based
> install is supposed to be inside an i386 *sub*directory.
>
> [Programs in *pac files]
>
>> Yea, that's the way they did it for other systems, not ours
>> (pcg-r505jlk). No .pac's, no KCap...
>
> Maybe the installation disk sets or packages get extracted to disk,
> too. It is worth to have a look around, IMHO.
>
Yup. It has been worth looking around. But, no matter which directory
I select, autostreamer says nyet. But heck, that's just autostreamer's
POV. REM's responded w/an idea that I'll be trying next...
>
>
>> For the record, Sony .img files are of a special flavor resistant
>> to extraction.
>
>
> Do you mind posting a hex dump of the first 256 (or better 512) bytes
> of the main *.img? Maybe someone recognizes the kind of compression
> and/or encryption used. After that, we *may* come up with a
> possibility to extract these beasts, anyway...

The complete file is available via rapidshare. It is 1.57KB so I
figured the whole enchilada may be worthwile. Fyi, the other ".IMG"
file (SONY.IMG) is 662MB. If this is interesting to someone...well, I'd
be thankful but also mildly concerned for your well-being <grin>.

http://rapidshare.de/files/34055766/SONYD.IMG.html

>> On top of that, Sony support (so far) won't budge. But hell, I'll
>> "stay in touch" w/them. Maybe they'll want to get rid of me so
>> badly...
>
>
> As I read the postings on the web, the best you can get from them is
> a real set of installation CDs/DVDs. (Instead the system restore
> ones.) You'd have to plead to be sysadmin with constant necessity for
> system repair and setup, while important documents and settings have
> to be kept. - Just to give you ammunition for your negotiations...

Bear;

Thanks for that. Considering that I *am* saddled w/admin'ing these
lappies, I'm sure I can plead the part convincingly <snarl>.

much appreciated,

-Craig
From: Craig on 22 Sep 2006 13:42
lugnut wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:21:27 GMT, Craig
> <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Howdy;
>>
....
>>
>>Sony only offers their system restore disks. The files carry a .img
>>suffix. I need to unpack them to be able to proceed.
....
>>Anyone have any suggestions?
>>
....
>
> I don't know about others but, I have had many downloaded
> files with the .img extension that burned just fine by
> changing the .img to .iso and burn it as any other .iso
> image - no extraction necessary.

Thx lugnut but that was the 2nd thing I'd tried. Old tricks, y'know? <grin>

appreciated,
-Craig
From: Craig on 22 Sep 2006 13:40
REM wrote:
>>Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>Thanks for that. I found the extracted files you referred to in the
>>i386 folder but, autostream does not recognize it as such.
>
>
> If you can see the files, I suggest creating a clean Win install CD,
> slipstreamed. You'll leave behind any trials, AOL stuff, etc. and have
> a basic updated clean install CD:
>
> http://www.easydesksoftware.com/recovery.htm
>
> It worked like a charm for me. I was just playing around with it.
>
>
Well, hell;

Slipstreaming is exactly what I want to do. The method described by the
easydesksoftware people sounds very /very/ simple compared to the other
methods I've found on-line. Thank you REM for the linky. Guess I'll
be investigating this one.

But then, what else was I going to do w/the weekend? Golf? <bah!>

-Craig
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