From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NXN1Y-0000Gs-Fh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:58:12 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15E90E0A6C; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:57:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout.karoo.kcom.com (smtpout.karoo.kcom.com [212.50.160.34]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7445E0A6C for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:57:57 +0000 (UTC) X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.49,307,1262563200"; d="scan'208";a="158361365" Received: from unknown (HELO compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org) ([213.152.39.90]) by smtpout.karoo.kcom.com with ESMTP; 19 Jan 2010 22:57:56 +0000 Received: from funf.stroller.uk.eu.org (funf.stroller.uk.eu.org [192.168.1.71]) by compaq.stroller.uk.eu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD17C1284C for ; Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:57:52 +0000 (GMT) Message-Id: <2159403C-8319-4295-8028-955568505A82@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> From: Stroller To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <49bf44f11001191134v47007ae9jbab69d03e5ba11e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Flashing BIOS with Windows utility Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:57:54 +0000 References: <49bf44f11001190826v1532c970s9df5da5c52d3f6b9@mail.gmail.com> <5bdc1c8b1001191024k2799ae9bq30f46a978413820d@mail.gmail.com> <49bf44f11001191134v47007ae9jbab69d03e5ba11e@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Archives-Salt: 6dab37c2-0dd0-4bdd-a523-228183a49957 X-Archives-Hash: 310d262f920ec149bd2f4e18efb48ff8 On 19 Jan 2010, at 19:34, Grant wrote: > ... > XP on a USB stick.... It sounds like a Windows machine is necessary > to build it, but once it's built it would be really handy. I have found my attempts at building this or a CD-based PE very frustrating indeed. It seems like an awful lot of aggro when you could just download exactly the same thing that someone else has already built, if only the license permitted it. Perhaps it's just seemed like a lot of work because it's never been a goal of mine to make a bootable Windows CD or USB stick - I've always been trying to build them in order to help me achieve some other goal, and it's been far more faffing about that I've been prepared to tolerate. There used to be plenty of PE builds available by the usual pirate sites, but I have no idea whether that's still the case. I seem to be getting more efficient at not needing them. Stroller.