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Kowala 
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Posted on: Jan. 29 2007,10:02 |
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Hello friends,
I have spent the last 6 months learning about the boot disk world. Creating a custom BARTS was a big learning experience. I was thrilled when I found EasyBoot. Suddenly I was able to make that single multiboot disk with ease...or so I thought. I have my BART distribution working fine. I have two final challenges that I cant seem to figure out.
I cant seem to get my Universal TCP/IP Network Boot Disk for M$ Networks (bootable floppy) to launch. I also have failed at getting my commercial software "Partition Commander 10 (bootable cd) to launch. I have tried all of the Pinned article suggestions and followed them to the letter.
I am going on 2 weeks of testing now and seem to be making no headway on these two issues. I would appreciate ANY suggestions.
Respectfully,
Kowala
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xoben
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Posted on: Jan. 29 2007,23:22 |
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QUOTE I cant seem to get my Universal TCP/IP Network Boot Disk for M$ Networks (bootable floppy) to launch.
For bootable floppies:
1) Image your floppy to .img file
 EasyBoot->'Tools'->'Make floppy image'
2) Put the .img file to c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot folder
3) Mostly, you can use 'run xxx.img' to load it
  You can also try 'bcdw /ezboot/xxx.img'
  or use memdisk as http://forum.ezbsystems.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=349
QUOTE I also have failed at getting my commercial software "Partition Commander 10 (bootable cd) to launch.
For bootable CDs,
1) Image your CD to ISO file
 UltraISO->'Tools'->'Make CD/DVD image'
2) Put the .iso file to c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot folder
3) Firstly, you can try 'bcdw /ezboot/xxx.iso' to load it
4) If it does not work, please refer to
http://forum.ezbsystems.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=316
PS: It is recommanded to use VMWare for testing the bootable ISO created by EasyBoot.
Edited by xoben on Jan. 29 2007,23:24
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Kowala
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Posted on: Jan. 31 2007,23:59 |
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Hello friends,
Thank you so much for your rapid response Xoben! Apologies on the delayed response. I volunteer at our local school district IT department full time. Thus this project often gets my late night attention.
I used your suggested solution for my Universal TCP/IP Network Boot Disk for M$ Networks. It seems my original boot disk became corrupted thus my images were rendered unbootable. Once the boot disk was functional your steps worked to perfection.
I still have been unable to get my bootable commercial product Partition Commander 10 to boot. I have done the following:
1) Image your CD to ISO file
UltraISO->'Tools'->'Make CD/DVD image'
2) Put the .iso file to c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot folder
3) Firstly, you can try 'bcdw /ezboot/xxx.iso' to load it
4) If it does not work, please refer to
http://forum.ezbsystems.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=316
I also tried this:
1) Open the ISO image by UltraISO
- Press F4 to extract all files and folders to c:\easyboot\disk1
- Choose 'Bootable'->'Save boot file' to extract boot image from the ISO, save it as 'c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot\xxx.bif'
2) Use 'run xxx.bif' as command to load it.
Note 1: For ISOLINUX-based systems (including Acronis products), please use 'bootinfotable;run xxx.bif' to avoid checksum errors.
Note 2: If the boot file (.BIF) is large than 2.88MB, please refer to THIS TOPIC.
If I can share any more information please let me know.
Thank you for your continued patience.
Kowala
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Kowala
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Posted on: Feb. 01 2007,17:37 |
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Hello friends,
I am not sure if its useful but here the file layout of the Partition Commander 10 CD I am trying to launch:
Folders
BOOT
DEV
DOS
Files
BM.BIN
BM_HIDE
BM_MBR
BM_STAT
BOOT.CATALOG
BZIMAGE.24
CD.CFG
CD_PLG.BMP
CD_PLG.CFG
CD_PLG.EXE
CHECKMBR.EXE
DOS.ENG
DOS.IMG
INITRD.GZ
LILO.ENG
MEMDISK
SCBOOT.DAT
Thanks again,
Kowala
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Kowala
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Posted on: Feb. 01 2007,21:28 |
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Just a flashing _ and a black screen.
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xoben
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Posted on: Feb. 02 2007,09:18 |
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OK. Please test the ISO image of "Partition Commander 10 CD" by VMWare, and see if it can boot properly.
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Kowala
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Posted on: Feb. 02 2007,10:58 |
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It boots correctly.
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xoben
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Posted on: Feb. 02 2007,20:25 |
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Please create a new ISO this way:
1) Open the ISO image by UltraISO
- Press F4 to extract all files and folders to c:\easyboot\disk1
- Choose 'Bootable'->'Save boot file' to extract boot image from the ISO, save it as 'c:\easyboot\disk1\ezboot\pc10.bif'
2) Start EasyBoot, click on 'Make ISO', change 'Boot image' to "C:\EasyBoot\disk1\ezboot\pc10.bif", and click 'Make' to get a new bootable ISO
3) Test the newly created ISO by VMWare.
BTW, the size of pc10.bif is 2-10KB or 1.44MB?
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Kowala
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Posted on: Feb. 03 2007,01:01 |
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I followed your precise instructions. When I boot the .iso I get a flashing _ on a black screen. The size of the pc10.bif is 2kb.
Thank you again for your ideas.
Kowala
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