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slydawg1 
Group: Members
Posts: 1
Joined: Jun. 2007
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Posted on: Jun. 04 2007,12:05 |
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Hello there
Well after trying multiple attempts to create a ezboot menu on a cd I am offically lost. I have a cd at my work center that I am trying to recreate from scratch because the last SysAd that left documented nothing (job security I'd guess). Here is what I am attempting to do.
1) I installed ezboot that I downloaded from the site.
2) I open the the cdmenu.ezb under C:ezboot\disk1\ and saved it as cdmenu2.ezb
3) I inserted a new menu item with the name test and left the command to execute blank until I could create a floppy image
4) I followed the instructions for creating a floppy image in the ezboot help file (also listed on the forum boards)
5) I started with my floppy that works correctly (It is a dos program) that correctly boots as a floppy when I start the computer and the floppy disk is in the drive. This floppy is 1.44 and is too small to include one last program that I want to include on the floppy image that I want ezboot to emulate as a floppy image.
(I have created a symantec ghost floppy from ghost solution suite 1.0 that is for B57 nic cards and have a .bat for static IP assignment for ghost and the ghost.exe is too large to be included on floppy disk.)
6) I choose the tools option on the file tab and create a seed image using TOOLS->Create floppy image. I save the image as ghostb57.img
7) I choose the tools option on the file tab and create a increased image size TOOLS->Create new image and I choose ghostb57.img as my seed image and choose 2880 as image size and name the image and save it as
C:ezboot\disk1\ghostb57static.img ( I have also used the setup98.img as the seed image in this step and it does not work ).
8) I have used multiple programs to open the new image in this step to see if what I used did not correctly save all the files to the ghostb57static.img file correctly. I will list what I have used : Virtual Floppy Disk, WinImage, UltraISO. Each time I copy the contents of the floppy disk to the image and include ghost.exe to the image and save the image and close it.
9) Next in the new menu option that I created I state that the command is run ghostb57static.img ( I have also used mutiple variations of this command line: run \ezboot\ghostb57static.img, run ezboot\ghostb57static.img, and also the bcdw command with multiple varations and the option still won't work.)
10) Next I save the ezb file by choosing save in the file tab.
11) Just to insure that my ezboot file correctly has the menu option correct I close ezboot. I then select the cdmenu2.ezb file and choose open with ezboot and the command for the new test menu option is there.
12) Then I choose make ISO under the file tab in Ezboot. The loader file is the default C:\EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot\loader.bin. I also select the Optimize, Dos 8.3, and Joliet options. I deselect the hide boot folder and hide all files in boot folder. I name the volume testdisk and the output iso to be C:\EasyBoot\iso\test1.iso
13) I now have used multiple programs to burn the iso just to see if the one that I was using did not burn correctly. I have even used a blank windows virtual machine in VMware to run the .iso from boot. I have used the Burn Cd option in Ezboot, Nero Express, Nero Burning ROM, Roxio, and ImgBurn.
14) In each case I boot the (when I used the iso via VMware machine) cd from cold boot and the menu pops up correctly and all default options run correctly to include the setup 98 menu option. However when I select the menu option that I created the screen goes blank and I get:
File not found
Press any key to return
Now after testing various trials and unsuccessful outcomes I come humblely to you asking for assistance because I followed the steps to create a new menu option and .img file correctly and this F&%CKING thing still does not work. 
Oh and also I have used also various floppy image formats and that does not work either i.e. WinImage .ima file.
And just to restate the floppy that I created does work by itself when I boot from it on a PC.
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Slydawg1
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Slydawg1
Yes, I know I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don't mind... it's just like CAMPING!!!!
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xoben
Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 2200
Joined: Nov. 2004
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Posted on: Jun. 04 2007,21:18 |
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Please rename ghostb57static.img to ghost57s.img (in 8.3 format) and put it in "C:\EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot" folder.
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