bootsect.sh --- create bootsector for bootable USB for Windows 7 install/recovery from Linux

bootsect.sh

#!/bin/bash
##
## bootsect.sh --- build bootable USB for Windows 7 install
##
## Copyright (c) 2014, Michael Schierl
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##

## First parameter is device name (like /dev/sdb1); should be partition type 0x0B
DEVICE=$1

## Prepare your device like this:
#
# mkfs.vfat $DEVICE
# mount $DEVICE /mnt
# mkdir -p /mnt/sources
# cp -R /media/cdrom/bootmgr /media/cdrom/boot /mnt
# cp /media/cdrom/sources/boot.wim /mnt/sources
# umount /mnt
#
## Don't forget to write a bootable MBR to your drive if not already
## done (and you don't want to use a boot manager)!

## ms-sys is available at <http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/>

ms-sys -2 $DEVICE

xxd -r - $DEVICE <<'EOF'
  000006f: 41bb aa55 cd13 7210 81fb 55aa 750a f6c1
  000007f: 0174 05fe 4602 eb2d 8a56 40b4 08cd 1373
  000008f: 05b9 ffff 8af1 660f b6c6 4066 0fb6 d180
  000009f: e23f f7e2 86cd c0ed 0641 660f b7c9 66f7
  00000af: e166 8946 f883 7e16 0075 3883 7e2a 0077
  00000bf: 3266 8b46 1c66 83c0 0cbb 0080 b901 00e8
  00000cf: 2b00 e92c 03a0 fa7d b47d 8bf0 ac84 c074
  00000df: 173c ff74 09b4 0ebb 0700 cd10 ebee a0fb
  00000ef: 7deb e5a0 f97d ebe0 98cd 16cd 1966 6080
  00000ff: 7e02 000f 8420 0066 6a00 6650 0653 6668
  000010f: 1000 0100 b442 8a56 408b f4cd 1366 5866
  000011f: 5866 5866 58eb 3366 3b46 f872 03f9 eb2a
  000012f: 6633 d266 0fb7 4e18 66f7 f1fe c28a ca66
  000013f: 8bd0 66c1 ea10 f776 1a86 d68a 5640 8ae8
  000014f: c0e4 060a ccb8 0102 cd13 6661 0f82 75ff
  000015f: 81c3 0002 6640 4975 94c3 424f 4f54 4d47
  000016f: 5220 2020 2000 0000 0000 0000
EOF
xxd -r - $DEVICE <<'EOF'
  00001ae: 424f 4f54 4d47 5220 6973 206d 6973 7369
  00001be: 6e67 ff0d 0a44 6973 6b20 6572 726f 72ff
  00001ce: 0d0a 5072 6573 7320 616e 7920 6b65 7920
  00001de: 746f 2072 6573 7461 7274 0d0a
EOF
xxd -r - $DEVICE <<'EOF'
  00001fa: c1ce
EOF
xxd -r - $DEVICE <<'EOF'
  00003ec: 0200
EOF
xxd -r - $DEVICE <<'EOF'
  000182e: c2fc 663d f8ff ff0f 0f83 b8fc 6650 6683
  000183e: e802 660f b65e 0d8b f366 f7e3 6603 46fc
  000184e: bb00 828b fbb9 0100 e8a3 fc38 2d74 1eb1
  000185e: 0b56 be69 7df3 a65e 741b 03f9 83c7 153b
  000186e: fb72 e84e 75da 6658 e865 0072 bf83 c404
  000187e: e971 fc00 2083 c404 8b75 098b 7d0f 8bc6
  000188e: 66c1 e010 8bc7 6683 f802 0f82 56fc 663d
  000189e: f8ff ff0f 0f83 4cfc 6650 6683 e802 660f
  00018ae: b64e 0d66 f7e1 6603 46fc bb00 0006 8e06
  00018be: 8180 e839 fc07 6658 c1eb 0401 1e81 80e8
  00018ce: 0e00 0f83 0200 72d0 8a56 40ea 0000 0020
  00018de: 66c1 e002 e811 0026 668b 0166 25ff ffff
  00018ee: 0f66 3df8 ffff 0fc3 bf00 7e66 0fb7 4e0b
  00018fe: 6633 d266 f7f1 663b 46f4 743a 6689 46f4
  000190e: 6603 461c 660f b74e 0e66 03c1 660f b75e
  000191e: 2883 e30f 7416 3a5e 100f 83c7 fb52 668b
  000192e: c866 8b46 2466 f7e3 6603 c15a 528b dfb9
  000193e: 0100 e8b9
EOF

NOTICE.md

Notice:

As of ms-sys 2.4.1, it can create suitable FAT32 PE boot records with the -e option, which makes this script obsolete.

For older versions of ms-sys, the script can of course still be used.