To do a disk image installation that provides a DIY eGPU Setup 1.x option at your XP/Vista/Win7 bootloader, extract to c:\eGPU then run as an ADMIN user the following. Ensure User Access Control us turned off (control panel, search for "UAC", click "Change User Account Control settings", to "Never notify", reboot. Running c:\eGPU\setup-disk-image will result in this structure. Can setup the files manually as shown in that link if there is a problem with setup-disk-image.
Code:
:: defrag the disk image, a pre-requisite for being able to be used as a disk
:: image, add XP/Vista/Win7 bootloader to contain a DIY eGPU Setup 1.x
:: menuitem. The disk image will be read and *written* to exactly as if it was
:: a floppy/USB drive. Advantage being faster speed and more convenience
:: than a USB bootdisk.
c:\eGPU\setup-disk-image
:: Mount disk image as V:
c:\eGPU\eGPU-Setup-mount
:: Create devcon.txt file. The ACPI PNP resource list (devcon.txt) provides
:: additional allocation boundaries so your system doesn't freeze due to PCI
:: allocation over prohibited ranges
v:\devcon\mkdevcon
Create a USB stick. This must be done for UEFI-boot but is optional for BIOS-MBR boot if using a disk image install.
Code:
1. Download and install RMPrepUSB [~6MB]
2. Ensure you've run \eGPU\eGPU-Setup-mount so have a V:[DIYEGPUIMG] drive
3. Run RMPrepUSB, set options as shown in red here ( but check MSDOS instead
of FreeDOS) to copy the disk image onto a bootable USB stick.
If want to remove the DIY eGPU Setup 1.x XP/Vista/Win7 bootloader menuitem then run:
Code:
c:\eGPU\uninstall-disk-image
and delete the \eGPU folder.
[Optional] Place shortcut to C:\eGPU\eGPU-Setup-Mount.bat into your Windows Startup Folder to mount the DIY eGPU Setup disk image as v: drive on bootup. It is handy to have access to make changes using notepad to v:\config\startup.bat, v:\config\pci.bat, v:\config\devcon.txt and access v:\diag diagnostic output files.
