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Most of the following taken from : http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/151992-install-xp-from-usb-without-extra-tools/, just modified to include syslinux support.

Let me know if there are any omissions; it an XP installer bluescreens on boot for me so I can’t actually test.

1. Obtain an XP iso file
2. Format drive with one FAT parition, marked bootable.
3. syslinux -i /dev/sdXX

   1	syslinux -i /dev/sdXX

4. $ cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin >/dev/sdX

   1	$ cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/mbr.bin >/dev/sdX

5. $ mount /dev/sdXX /mnt

   1	$ mount /dev/sdXX /mnt

6. mkdir /tmp/xp_iso mount xp.iso /tmp/xp_iso cp -ar /tmp/xp_iso/* /mnt umount /tmp/xp_iso rmdir xp_iso

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   mkdir /tmp/xp_iso mount xp.iso /tmp/xp_iso cp -ar /tmp/xp_iso/* /mnt umount /tmp/xp_iso rmdir xp_iso

7. cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/{chain.c32,libutil.c32,menu.c32,libcom.c32} /mnt

   1	cp /usr/lib/syslinux/bios/{chain.c32,libutil.c32,menu.c32,libcom.c32} /mnt

8. cp /mnt/I386/{NTDETECT.COM,SETUPLDR.BIN,TXTSETUP.SIF} /mnt

   1	cp /mnt/I386/{NTDETECT.COM,SETUPLDR.BIN,TXTSETUP.SIF} /mnt

9. Edit /mnt/syslinux.cfg:
   
   UI menu.c32# Windows XP LABEL windows_xp MENU LABEL Run Windows ^XP Setup COM32 chain.c32 APPEND fs ntldr=SETUPLDR.BIN

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   UI menu.c32# Windows XP LABEL windows_xp MENU LABEL Run Windows ^XP Setup COM32 chain.c32 APPEND fs ntldr=SETUPLDR.BIN

10. umount /mnt

    1	umount /mnt

11. Boot from the USB stick