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Grub2 Beta 7 menu system (fixes bug in Beta 6)
25/03/2017 13:53
The Grub2 Beta 6 release had a bug and you may find some payload files were not listed in the menu. This was due to the code which detects a 64-bit CPU having a bug - the BIT64 variable was never set! For example, \_ISO\MAINMENU\ubuntu.iso would not be displayed in the menu. This is...
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E2B v1.88 released
28/01/2017 10:28
v 1.88 is available from the Alternate Downloads Areas and will be available on the Downloads page on this site in a few days. http://rmprepusb.blogspot.co.uk/
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E2B v1.87 released
10/12/2016 13:21
Fix typo in SDI_CHOCO which caused pause with scrolllock.exe and capslock.exe error messages. Improve linux fmt.sh scripts to install grub4dos to PBR and make partition active using parted. Latest grub4dos 0.4.6a. Snappy updated to R513. Persistent sample .mnu files...
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E2B now includes PassPass for Windows 10
30/11/2016 10:09
You can now bypass Windows local account passwords using the version of PassPass in E2B v1.87.
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Over 1000 E2B drives are made every day!
26/11/2016 12:51
By looking at the hits I get on the LatestE2B.txt file which is only fetched from the E2B website when the MAKE_E2B_USB_DRIVE.cmd script is run, I can see that over 30 days, there were 31K hits. This averages out to over 1000 E2B drives being made every day.
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RMPrepUSB v2.1.732 available
22/08/2016 10:13
This new version allows you to create ext3 and ext4 persistence files, as well as ext2 files. I recommend ext3, because ext2 persistence files seem to get easily corrupted.
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v1.82 now includes SDI_CHOCO
22/08/2016 10:07
SDI_CHOCO is my name for the added scripts which will run Snappy Driver Installer, Chocolatey and WSUS offline updater when installing Windows 7/8.1/10. A new \_ISO\WINDOWS\INSTALLS folder has been added for this feature. This means that you can just copy any Windows 7/8/10 Install ISO onto the E2B...
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New grub2 menu system for UEFI-booting
22/05/2016 13:48
E2B uses grub4dos but it can only be booted via the old BIOS\MBRCSM\Legacy type of system. However, you can both MBR-boot and UEFI-boot to grub2. The advantage of this is that you can directly UEFI-boot to many ISOs that do not normally support UEFI-booting! The disadvantage, is that each distro...
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v1.79 released
01/04/2016 13:19
v1.78 had a few unofficial releases (1.78A, B and C). So I decided to release v1.79 before 'officially' releasing v1.78.
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E2B v1.73
23/10/2015 15:15
v1.73 now includes the new Switch_E2B.exe Windows app, a new grub4dos 0.4.6a version, Dutch and Swedish languages and a few other tweaks! Many thanks must go to the DavidS and JeroenM for making the new language files.