I'm trying to find a route to making a bootable usb stick from windows.

to do so I need to install a boot-132 type bootloader.

after trying:
dd.exe (doesn't seem able to access bootsector)
premade disc image (too complex & tends to fail for no reason I can figure out)

so: try ddmac.
ddmac.exe uses pcefi v8,the files are:

boot
boot1h
boot_v8

I want to see if it can install chameleon instead. The files are:

boot
boot0
boot1h

I assume that boot1h = boot1h but the other 2 ... I'm guessing that:


chameleon boot = pc_efi boot_v8

and

chameleon boot0 = pc_efi boot

any input?
[edit]

well I can't get ddmac.exe to do anything useful to my usb stick either.. and it needs an iso if it's to write the whole thing, not a .dmg, which is another conversion step... another dead end? I'm beginning to think it would be easier to do a custom DSL image to dd the bootloader from linux.

[edit]

at least using transmac an 8gb usb stick can be usd instead of a DL-DVD for a preboot install.. I guess that's something :/ alternatively, a 2-partition system with a syslinux boot and a second partition with retail on it could be made.. I suspect this would need to be >8gb and therefore expensive & complicated..

The main idea here was to keep it simple...

[edit]
Just out of interest it sems syslinux.exe can wrtie bootsectors.. I guess I just need to learn more about what goes where..

Hi,
any success to make Usb pen bootable from windows ???

i'm interested too ...

Use syslinux under windows with the -ma option.