How exactly does bin2boot.exe work?

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How exactly does bin2boot.exe work?

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I've been trying to create a selfboot disc lately but failed due to bin2boot.exe's incompatibility to Win7. So I was forced to install virtual machine just to create a cdi, which is a total overklíll.

Do any alternatives exist? If no, I'd be interested in coding a Win7 compatible tool once I've figured out the algorithm behind it.
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Re: How exactly does bin2boot.exe work?

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Use BootDreams, the swiss-knife for creating any homebrew CDI selfboot image :)
Last version can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/bootdreams/
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Re: How exactly does bin2boot.exe work?

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Indiket wrote:Use BootDreams, the swiss-knife for creating any homebrew CDI selfboot image :)
Last version can be found here: http://code.google.com/p/bootdreams/
Wow Thank you for the help, Indiket! It works flawlessly!
I haven't created any self-boot for ages(used demomenu with multisession cdrs instead)! For some reason I thought bin2boot was still required.
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