i am new to this full-on emu-in-a-cabinet hardcore stuff....
but i know all about XP.
and im totally shocked that the 'cabinet community' isnt cranking out custom windows isos. it is a *perfect* way to minimize the pain of a custom rig.
im just learning about all of the details of the FEs and emus, but it doesnt seem to far out of the question to create a giant iso that installs a barebones XP, all the emus, and an FE, in one shot. and id imagine you could create a bootable dvd install disc, and make it unattended.
bang!
i only know enough about all of the pieces to know its possible, and that it would be absolutely effin amazing!
a dual booting box with one side as tinyxp booting to maximus sounds real nice to me.
and i will say, the eXPerience released isos are amazing. they *really really* know what they are doing. moreso than i think possibly anyone else, even at microsoft. there are a TON of reg hacks and little changes done to most of those releases, and they work flawlessly.
the only one that is tricky is the ultra tiny one. the iso is like 106mb. thats the one with nothing. again, i dont know enough to know what would cause problems with the emus, but i used it for pro audio, and the .NET framework was the *only* thing i had to add to the install to make it run smooth. it was actually amazing.
if someone could hack that one into an install disc with an FE and some roms, thatd be one pop-u-lar iso......
also, "TinyXP_Platinum_2" from eXPerience is an amazing install. check out the docs that come with it... that might be a good one to start with too. not as much left out, but still has the tweaks done...
i just had to post after finding this thread. i was wishfully thinking someone may have whipped up an iso and tossed it on a torrent already and that id find the entire community was using this one rock solid install.... not quite yet, but it seems there some people experimenting.
if i end up staying involved with the emu thing and learning more of the details, i will most definitely be experimenting with some hacked down XP installs.
and either way, nice to see you guys' work!