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From: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson on 23 Sep 2006 07:23 On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:25:51 GMT, Craig wrote: > The complete file is available via rapidshare. It is 1.57KB so I > figured the whole enchilada may be worthwile. I got only 1611 Bytes from both RapidShare Downloads. Nevertheless, it is enough to get a gist: After a 512 Bytes Header which I don't recognize as being a specific disk format comes the String "ZLIB". The next 2 Bytes are a valid zLib-Header. Therefore I thought it worth to try a partial (because of the clipped file size of my download) decompression. That results in another file with unusual header. (Again TCJN as first bytes, followed by size constants, it seems.) At Offset 0x4C appears the string Belofastow, which is a reference to Nickolay Belofastow from Sony Core Software Team. - Sounds right... ;-) Another couple of bytes later (at position 0x24C) starts a normal MSWIN4.1 boot sector. A copy of the latter follows at 0xE4C. After that, the downloaded snippet ends. But the underlying principle seems obvious. Unfortunately, I have no download link to a zLib extract program. I use an own dirty hack on the zLib.dll, which is in no shape to be spread... Maybe someone else has a recommendation? BeAr -- =========================================================================== = What do you mean with: "Perfection is always an illusion"? = ===============================================================--(Oops!)===
From: arachnid on 23 Sep 2006 12:00 On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 17:40:34 +0000, Craig wrote: > 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!> > > Doesn't look like the link helps you with the .img format, though, and I'm not clear if you ever solved that. If you have an installed copy of XP and it has a /i386 directory then there's a way to create a slipstream CD without using the install CD. If it's an OEM XP then you'll also need to create an OEMBIOS.INF or somesuch. There's a script around that'll do that. I've long since lost the URL's but I remember http://www.msfn.org as being a great source of information and pointers to information on slipstreaming. It's scattered all over the site so you have to do a lot of digging and reading. Also a google search for "msfn" together with "slipstream" will turn up some good information.
From: George Skandalidis on 23 Sep 2006 12:48 On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 20:21:27 GMT, Craig <netburgher(a)REMOVEgmail.com> wrote: >Sony only offers their system restore disks. The files carry a .img >suffix. I need to unpack them to be able to proceed. So far, I've >tried the following: > >- autostreamer (hey, worth a try!) >- cdmage >- extractnow >- IZarc >- 7Zip >- CDBurnerXP > >I've googled around on the subject and sifted through neowin's forums >but, still no go. Anyone have any suggestions? Can't ImgBurn (http://www.imgburn.com/) burn them? -- George Skandalidis Thessaloniki Greece
From: B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson on 26 Sep 2006 17:23 On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:23:32 +0200, B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote: > Unfortunately, I have no download link to a zLib extract program. Finally I found a sample program for the *.ocx variant of zLib, which should do the trick: http://www.dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm The zlibtool.zip contains project1.exe, which should extract your files if you cut the header until right behind the "ZLIB" string. (Use a hexeditor for that purpose.) You need to extract zLibTool.ocx from the same *.zip and register that file using regsvr32.exe. Depending on your system setup you may need to install oc30.dll, too. You'll find it inside the Imginst.exe package from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;140980 Don't install the whole thing but extract oc30.dl_ (any decent packer shell should do) and expand oc30.dl_ to oc30.dll. BeAr -- =========================================================================== = What do you mean with: "Perfection is always an illusion"? = ===============================================================--(Oops!)===
From: Craig on 5 Oct 2006 16:44
B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote: > On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:23:32 +0200, B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson wrote: > > >>Unfortunately, I have no download link to a zLib extract program. > > > Finally I found a sample program for the *.ocx variant of zLib, > which should do the trick: > > http://www.dogma.net/markn/articles/zlibtool/zlibtool.htm > .... > > BeAr A tardy 'thanks' to BeAr and Arachnid for their pointers. After a 15-email exchange w/Sony support, their final claim is that I can use any vanilla winderz disto (win2k in mycase) to do a fresh install on the lappy. After that, they say, "all you need to do" is install the drivers. So, I'm all geared up to do this but, I'm thinking, since this isn't a gaming rig...maybe it's time to go *nix all the way. On the lappy at least. thanks again to everyone for their suggestions. -Craig |