RMPrepUSB, Easy2Boot and USB booting: E2B v1.B0 and MPI Tool Pack v0.039 now released

Wednesday, 24 April 2019

Available from Alternate Download areas here.

New eBook on UEFI multi-booting using WinPE images here.

E2B v1.B0 changes:

New Features

New X4 file extension suffix for partition images, .imgptnX4ffff will also add the partition image file ffff as the 4th partition.
File extension suffixes NCQ (non-contiguous+quiet), QUIETP (redir+redirp), QUIET (redir) added - e.g. WinBuilder_10PESE_x64_.ISONCQ.iso so that if the file is not contiguous it will boot without any 'not-contiguous' warning.
New .isoboot file extension to immediately run a linux iso using isoboot.
Make_E2B_USB_Drive.cmd now creates a large 2nd partition if USB drive is > 128GB (if removable USB drive, Win10 1703 or later is required to get 2nd large partition).
New default wallpaper.
WinNTSetup ALT_ISO variable support added and new \_ISO\docs\Sample mnu files\Windows\Install Windows 7 with USB 3 (WinNTSetup).mnu for installing Win7 on modern USB 3 systems.
New SWITCH_E2B.exe which also looks on Ptn2\_ISO for X4 file.
Greek language added (thanks to Jeider)

Bug Fixes

Bugfix in countfiles.g4b for windows ISOs with .iso324GB suffixes not being counted properly (the Windows folder had to have at least one .iso file to be shown in menu - now it will work if just one .iso32 or .iso4GB etc. file is present).
Bugfix - fix bug in PWD file extension suffix code in QRUN.
Bugfix - Add fix30.g4b batch file to fix 'LBA30 contains code' error after selecting a .imgPTN file.
Bugfix - menu not displaying correctly on some system if menu help text 'tophelp' is positioned above menu area.
Bugfix - Vista\Win7 background not changing if \_ISO\Win7.jpg\.bmp present.
Bugfix - AUTO\DIRECT menu heading.
Bugfix - if only one .XML or one .KEY file is present it will now be automatically used.
Bugfix - if X4 filename is > 16 characters,Fix bug if '3GB', '4GB', '32' or '64' found in X4 filename it could prevent file from being listed.
Bugfix - .imgptn32X4cccc and .imgptn64X4cccc (32 and 64 not working correctly).
Bugfix - some XP ISOs not booting when used for 2nd time (bootfix.bin).
Bugfix - improve start LBA calculation for imgpnt files.
Bugfix - WinPE+XP Install does not work if use WinPE10, so removed Win10/2016/2019 folder choices from menu.

Improvements\tweaks

Add new E820 variable (set E820=0 in MyE2B.cfg if get black screen when boot to XP Setup on some Dell/buggy systems).
Add more checks for XP install where no internal hdd exists.
grub4dos 0.4.5c removed (0.4.6a has been stable now for over 2 years).
Windows ISO files in \_ISO\WINDOWS\Vista/7/8/10/etc. will now use default.xml file automatically if it exists in the same folder as the ISO (e.g. it can be a copy of the 'no key' XML file).
.ISO and .imgPTN files under \_ISO\WINDOWS (except XP) can have _nnn_ sort prefix numbers (e.g. _100_Windowsx64.iso) if you want to change the order of the files that are listed in the menu.
Make_E2B.exe small tweak to tooltip+button graphics.
SDI_CHOCO - nircmd.exe from SDI_CHOCO folder is now a self-extracting, password-protected zip file which you must extract before using SDI_CHOCO to prevent false AV positives.
Latest version of grub4dos.
isoboot.g4b updated to work with latest v0.33 gparted ISOs.
If name ends in Q or NCQ then don't show these letters in the menu if EXTOFF is set.
Add UUID and Volume label to the help text lines under menu if ISO file highlighted in menu.
PORTU_BRAZIL language improved.
Add SWITCHPE.mnu file to sample mnu files folder.
Add error check if bad command in MyE2B.cfg file + change blank $Default E2B Menu.cfg
Change to patch code for BOOTFIX.BIN file in Windows ISOs to prevent prompt to 'Press a key to boot from CD\DVD'.

Bug fixes for syslinux 603 detection and some kernel parameters were not fixed-up.
Add rEFInd files and CUSTOM_PE folder for UEFI WinPE boot options.
Add bootx64.efi if it is missing from a Windows install (file is obtained from users 64-bit Windows OS if present) - useful for Win7 install ISOs which have this boot file missing.