> Won't work. You have to have at least a couple of files (think of > io.sys and > msdos.sys) at the beginning of the drive. > > Use dd to create a bit-idetical copy. > > My recipe is as follows: > - make a 1G partition for windows (C:) > - install windows/drivers/utilities/whatever > - boot linux > - mount the c partition, cd into it > - dd if=/dev/zero of=zerofile bs=32M > - rm zerofile > - [the last two steps filled with zero all unused blocks] > - umount the c partition > - dd if=/dev/whaterver bs=32M | gzip > win.YYYYMMDD.img.gz > - burn it on a cd Question: why fill all unused blocks with zeros? BTW, thanks for the tip; I think I'll use this. :Peter __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/