WindSLIC thumb drive edition

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  1. nononsence

    nononsence MDL Addicted

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    #1 nononsence, Apr 10, 2010
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  2. MasterDisaster

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    Great work.
    Once again Thanks.
     
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  3. pkaji123

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    Thanks a lot,wonderful work.
    +1 rep
     
  4. LQQL

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    I don't get "step 1: replace slcembed.raw with the SLIC you want to use" at all.

    How can I do this? By editing the file? Tried it with notepad++ but's all crypted or sth. Would be very much appreciated, if some1 hook me up with a lil tutorial about that. ;D
     
  5. Hazar

    Hazar MDL Guru

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    I'm assuming you grab the slic bin you want and rename it to slcembed.raw, as thats the data it is going to embed.
     
  6. LQQL

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    Ahhhh, that easy?! ;D

    I'm going to try this right away! Thank you!
     
  7. nononsence

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    updated:

    added config option for systems that the RSDP cannot be made writable and moving
    the RSDP to EBDA does not work. this option will only work if there is enough room
    at the end of RSDT, XSDT to add the SLIC pointer.
     
  8. nononsence

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    updated:

    fixed infinite loop if bootable drive not attached
    now displays error message
     
  9. LQQL

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    Thanks for your efforts & the new version!
     
  10. nononsence

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    updated 4/15/2010

    added table move and patching routines suggested by Yen
     
  11. nononsence

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    updated 4/21/2010

    added simple SLIC encryption
     
  12. nononsence

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    #12 nononsence, Apr 23, 2010
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    updated 4/22/2010

    changed to stronger encryption, check config.ini to set your encryption key
    clears old slic if present
     
  13. LQQL

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    Thank you for the new version! Great work!
     
  14. nononsence

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    updated 4/28/2010

    fix SLIC address is displayed incorrectly during RSDT patch
     
  15. Alphawaves

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    Thanks for update nononsence.

    Alfa:);)
     
  16. nononsence

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    Updated 5/19/2010

    added chipset vendor id check, DISABLE_BIOS_RW can be left at default
    value, unless you have a spcific problem.
     
  17. MasterDisaster

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    #17 MasterDisaster, May 24, 2010
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    The make.cmd when run as Administrator does not work properly. It says FINDSTR cannot find config.ini, which in turn fails to create the encrypted slic and patched bootsect.

    When the following line
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    FOR /F "delims=," %%A IN ('"findstr ENCRYPT_KEY config.ini"') DO SET key=%%A
    is changed to this
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    FOR /F "delims=," %%A IN ('"findstr ENCRYPT_KEY "%~dp0config.ini""') DO SET key=%%A
    everything works correctly.
     
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  18. nononsence

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    #18 nononsence, May 24, 2010
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    thanks I will fix and repost

    EDIT:

    scripts on all WindSLIC versions have been updated
     
  19. bp1

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    Hi

    I have just tried the WindSLIC_USB_05-26-2010. Did have troubles earlier but this was down to me not reading the instructions correctly and messing with the original settings. Please note that the instructions are very user freindly and it was just me hurrying things. Anyway the usb Windslic just like the CD version works great.
    Just like to say thanks to nononsence and all that have developed this.

    Now to the difficult part - Shall i use the CD windslic or usb windslic - What a choice.:busted_red:

    Many Thanks
     
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  20. truthinjection

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    #20 truthinjection, Jun 4, 2010
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    Thanks, Good to know.

    I'm partial to USB sticks for booting for anything except OS installation situations, since you never know when you'll need the CD drive for something else. If you really want to hurt yourself, you could even get a U3 USB stick, and put the CD ISO on it by downloading the "u3-tool" from sourceforge (It's a util for putting ISO images onto U3-compatible USB devices so that they boot and appear to be CDs). :biggrin:

    Have a great weekend,
    -tij-