I tested my modified XP ISO in Virtualbox, it runs well. Some time ago a guy asked similar question for Ubuntu here How can I create a bootable iso from an extracted Ubuntu 13.04 iso? įor Linux you need isolinux.bin and boot.cat and issue command: mkisofs -o output.iso -b isolinux isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table CD_root In addition, it is capable of formatting your file system into either FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS which are enough to organize your drive.
They’re the operating systems are most capable of running ISO files. It's possible for both Windows and Linux.įor Windows XP you need to place bootsect.bin in root of folder then from root of folder in terminal run: mkisofs -b bootsect.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-seg 1984 -boot-load-size 4 -iso-level 2 -J -l -D -N -joliet-long -relaxed-filenames -V "WINSP" -o. Note that you can only use this program in Windows computers running Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 7, and Windows 8. Mkisofs helps apply that patch while it is creating "Bootable ISO Image" from folder. When you extract a bootable ISO file into a folder, you can't just reassamble it into a ISO file ( like mkisofs -o /tmp/cd.iso /tmp/directory/) and preserve boot functionality unless you apply a boot sector patch. A bootable CDROM actually contains an image of floppy disk. In order to boot from CDs, it needs boot sectors to be detected by BIOS. I needed to extract XP ISO into folder then apply winvblock driver and edit a few files in extracted folder, and then pack folder into bootable XP ISO again After searching for a while on the net I learned that it's not that easy.
The virtual machine will automatically restart and boot from your physical CD or ISO image.As I stated in my question I want to place Windows XP ISO into one of the partitions in my USB stick to run it at boot to install XP just in case. Select 1st Boot Device and press Enter to change it to CDROM.After getting into BIOS, use the arrow keys to select the Boot menu, then select Boot Device Priority and press Enter.You have to be pretty quick the with the SHIFT + ESC if you want to get into the BIOS. Next, quickly hit Del to get into the BIOS of your virtual machine. Press SHIFT + ESC and you’ll see a blank booting screen instead of a progress bar.Once the virtual machine starts booting, you’ll see a progress bar window shown as follow.Now turn on or restart your Windows XP Mode virtual machine.In the right panel, you can specify a bootable ISO image or a physical drive existing in your physical machine.
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