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Made my own Windows 10 ISO with an autoanswer file but it won't boot
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So just as the title says, I built an ISO with an autoanswer file. But it won't boot in the ventoy USB. So I made it into its own USB with Rufus and it boots and does what I need it to. Why won't it work on the Ventoy USB?

I was thinking that maybe it is some kind of checksum thing that Ventoy might do or maybe the fact that I used WinISO to do the adding of the autoanswer file.

Any and all help appreciated.
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#2
https://www.winiso.com/support/tutorials...e-iso.html

or use PowerISO.

The ISO must be bootable. Rufus will add missing files.
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(09-20-2022, 02:18 AM)DawnTreader Wrote: So just as the title says, I built an ISO with an autoanswer file. But it won't boot in the ventoy USB. So I made it into its own USB with Rufus and it boots and does what I need it to. Why won't it work on the Ventoy USB?

I was thinking that maybe it is some kind of checksum thing that Ventoy might do or maybe the fact that I used WinISO to do the adding of the autoanswer file.

Any and all help appreciated.

Test the ISO file with a VM (e.g. WMWare/VirtualBox) firstly.
Connect the ISO file to the CD/DVD of the VM and boot it to see whether it can boot OK.

To say something off topic, you don't need to make a custom ISO file with unattended answer file. You can use Ventoy's auto install plugin and injection plugin.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html
https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html
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(09-20-2022, 09:39 AM)Steve2926 Wrote: https://www.winiso.com/support/tutorials...e-iso.html

or use PowerISO.

The ISO must be bootable. Rufus will add missing files.

That must be the problem then. I will tell WinISO, a program I paid for to get this functionality to make it bootable. Thanks.

(09-20-2022, 12:06 PM)longpanda Wrote:
(09-20-2022, 02:18 AM)DawnTreader Wrote: So just as the title says, I built an ISO with an autoanswer file. But it won't boot in the ventoy USB. So I made it into its own USB with Rufus and it boots and does what I need it to. Why won't it work on the Ventoy USB?

I was thinking that maybe it is some kind of checksum thing that Ventoy might do or maybe the fact that I used WinISO to do the adding of the autoanswer file.

Any and all help appreciated.

Test the ISO file with a VM (e.g. WMWare/VirtualBox) firstly.
Connect the ISO file to the CD/DVD of the VM and boot it to see whether it can boot OK.

To say something off topic, you don't need to make a custom ISO file with unattended answer file. You can use Ventoy's auto install plugin and injection plugin.
https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_autoinstall.html
https://www.ventoy.net/en/plugin_injection.html
The autoanswer was the easiest way that I currently know how to get what i need. Will look into these, thanks.
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So is there a step by step tutorial somewhere? I really like the idea of the plugins and stuff, but all of this seems to involve editing json. I am technical, but I also don't have any experience with json.

I would like to setup a VenToy with 1 windows 10 and 1 windows 11 ISO that i can use an auto answer type system to quickly change between setting up windows on one client's computer vs another client's computer. Is there some YouTube tutes on this stuff?
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You don't need to edit json manually. In the download there is a ventoyplugson.exe file (and .\ventoy\plugson.tar.xz)
Find the extracted files and run the .exe (or the linux .sh file).
https://ventoy.net/en/plugin_plugson.html
Just run the exe and you will get a browser based GUI where you can easily add XML entries.

If you want a step-by-step process, try my eBooks.


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(09-22-2022, 09:20 AM)Steve2926 Wrote: You don't need to edit json manually. In the download there is a ventoyplugson.exe file (and .\ventoy\plugson.tar.xz)
Find the extracted files and run the .exe (or the linux .sh file).
https://ventoy.net/en/plugin_plugson.html
Just run the exe and you will get a browser based GUI where you can easily add XML entries.

If you want a step-by-step process, try my eBooks.
Yeah, I played with that today. It works awesome.
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