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General Category => Boot Managers => Topic started by: ijemuel on September 04, 2010, 05:03:18 AM

Title: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: ijemuel on September 04, 2010, 05:03:18 AM
Hello

I am trying to do the following "Harddisk install using the Windows boot menu" http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#wininst (http://www.plop.at/en/bootmanager.html#wininst)

but after typing plpgenbtldr I get the following error:

(http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/2252/ploperror.png)

How can I solve this?

My OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
Laptop: HP Pavilion zd8000

Thanks
Title: Re: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: Elmar on September 04, 2010, 09:19:45 AM
hi,
does the file c:\plop\plpbt.bin exist?

regards
elmar
Title: Re: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: ijemuel on September 05, 2010, 20:43:41 PM
Quote from: Elmar on September 04, 2010, 09:19:45 AM
hi,
does the file c:\plop\plpbt.bin exist?

regards
elmar

I copied the file plpbt.bin to the plop folder and it worked but in the instructions it doesn't say that "plpbt.bin" needs to be copied there...
Title: Re: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: Elmar on September 05, 2010, 21:06:23 PM
Quote from: ijemuel on September 05, 2010, 20:43:41 PM
...but in the instructions it doesn't say that "plpbt.bin" needs to be copied there...

you are wrong. the instructions say


o) Create a directory like c:\plop. You can use any directory you want.

o) Copy plpinstc.com and plpgenbtldr.exe to your c:\plop directory.

o) Rename plpinstc.com to plpbt.bin.


plpinstc.com became plpbt.bin
Title: Re: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: ijemuel on September 07, 2010, 04:31:59 AM
Quote from: Elmar on September 05, 2010, 21:06:23 PM
Quote from: ijemuel on September 05, 2010, 20:43:41 PM
...but in the instructions it doesn't say that "plpbt.bin" needs to be copied there...

you are wrong. the instructions say


o) Create a directory like c:\plop. You can use any directory you want.

o) Copy plpinstc.com and plpgenbtldr.exe to your c:\plop directory.

o) Rename plpinstc.com to plpbt.bin.


plpinstc.com became plpbt.bin
My bad.. I moved the wrong file. Sorry and Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: ijemuel on September 07, 2010, 21:38:58 PM
Hello again.. I tried it once and it worked fine (the menu showed up) but today when I tried to use it, right after selecting Plop Boot Manager, I get the following: XO_ and the menu won't show up.

How can I fix this?

Thank You
Title: Re: Windows 7 Error - Failed to open file
Post by: Elmar on September 07, 2010, 21:43:17 PM
did you move or change plpbt.bin in any way? run again plpgenbtldr in c:\plop to create a new plpbtldr.bin