Boot "any" ISO image or boot "all" ISO images ...

New interesting project:
http://bootsticks.de.to

sebaschm, on 15 March 2011 - 06:38 PM, said:

Judging from the screenshot here:

And from the google translate of the "Free":
http://translate.goo...50.html&act=url
as opposed to the "Pro" version:
http://translate.goo...50.html&act=url

The Author has a nice approach to supporting programmers' families, but has some really confused ideas between "Free" as in "Freely redistributable" as opposed to "Free" as in Freedom.


As I see it, it is very nice of him/her to have removed WAREZ from the Hiren's boot CD :
http://bootsticks.np...gb_3702688.html
though I doubt that Western Digital or Seagate allow redistribution of their "custom" Acronis apps....
http://www.wdc.com/e...termsofuse.aspx

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http://www.seagate.c...000f5ee0a0aRCRD

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...and as well that MS allows him/her to redistribute Windows 7 recovery files


In other words, nice idea , BUT IMHO not fully "legal" and ANYWAY having NOTHING to do with the present topic.

And BTW using an obsolete version of grub4dos, NOT recommended.


Wonko

Screenshot I mean *cough* bad, very bad... must respect authors

I noticed someone posted a review of Mac OSX being booted of this Hard Disk Drive HDD Enclosure.

The question is..
- Which version of Mac OSX was it? Leopard or Snow Leopard?
- Was it stored as a .ISO, .IMG, .DMG (.DMG is typical imaging on the Mac)
- Also, could / would this thing be able to boot a Mac OSX .DMG or .ISO on a Hackintosh !!! ?

Open source usb cd emulator released and fully working.

Visit forum site... Site Link - checkout the teensy++ development section.

Teensy++ devel board
miniSD for teensy
mini sd card
1 button
easy to build and cheap - also open source.\

Thanks,
Curtis Reno

creno, on 23 April 2011 - 08:03 PM, said:

Wonko approves of this and particularly of this :
http://renosite.com/index2.html

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Wonko

creno, on 23 April 2011 - 08:03 PM, said:

Is there some place, where i can get some info about, what they are talkig about in the forum?

MedEvil, on 24 April 2011 - 03:05 PM, said:

Reading this very thread starting here might help:
http://reboot.pro/8944/page__st__9
http://reboot.pro/8944/page__st__11

In a nutshell from a "custom made board", the development was shifted to pre-made "general use" components like the teensy++ board:
http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/
and it's accessories (at the expense of probably some lesser speed ).


Wonko

Ahh! Thanks, now i understand. But this would still require a computer than can boot from USB.
Unfortunately, i have to say, that using it for a specific machine or a close range of machines USB boot might be a good idea, but for general use, across 'all' computers, USB boot is still a bad idea.
Still too many computers out there, which boot at least slower from USB than from a CDVD if at all.

Why is nobody popping off the sidelit of the computer and connect to the (S)ATA bus, that will always work and give great speed?

MedEvil, on 24 April 2011 - 05:43 PM, said:

I like the way you think - About the sata direct tie in. I have pondered working on an interface along those lines.

I agree not all computers boot usb, but anything within the last 3 years or so is almost a guarantee.

I disagree with the statement about usb booting is slower. Your half right. Booting from say a thumb drive or external cdrom drive is usually a slow process. CDRom drives still have the mechanical slowdowns. And usb thumb drives have poor data through put.

But the two concept projects I did last year (evk1104 and custom board usb emulator) proved that usb 2.0 is quicker then an internal cdrom drive. With the posted code I have online anyone with an evk1104 devel board can load up and compile the code and test it. It will emulate any library of iso's saved to a standard sd media card. while most cdrom drives top out around 50-60x speeds. My project was tested to 85x sustained speeds. I was able to boot a live ubuntu linux cd and load up firefox, configure wireless and post something online in about 2 mins The best part of this project is the medium is your slowest link the rest is all code - not a single mechanical part to slow anything down. I don't even run any kind of internal readahead buffer it's just direct from sd card to usb - about 12 mb per sec. (max sd card speed I had)

Anyone who's installed xp before will appreciate this video, I shot it to compare loading time of xp pro setup. Booted on my hp laptop, booting from the custom board.

I agree the teensy++ project is slow only around 2x speed currently, but it's more of something everyone can afford to spend a few bucks on for a weekend project. Then once someone has a time to read the code maybe, just maybe someone else will build from this and create something awesome. Or may help with the evk1104 or custom board emulator(85x current).

At this point I'm just looking for interested people to test out the teensy++ emulator and report back on the forum

Thanks,
Curtis Reno

creno, on 26 April 2011 - 02:23 AM, said:

Well, NO.

You should have a comparison with a "normal" USB stick, NTFS formatted, using this method of installing XP:
http://www.msfn.org/...aded-iso-image/
or this one :
http://www.msfn.org/...omusb-with-gui/
the 12 Mb/sec is quite common, compare with:
http://reboot.pro/14355/
http://reboot.pro/14355/page__st__9


Wonko

skyide, on 28 February 2011 - 08:18 AM, said:

Which Bootable UFD thing are you using/ how was it created? Link to a Guide please?

Hi guys...

i'm having a very hard time trying to build a multi boot usb...

please i need your help...

what i have is...

8GB pnedrive

hd regeneration iso
hirens boot cd 13.0 iso
win xp iso
win 7 iso
backtrack 4 r1 iso
ubuntu 11.10 iso

so...

hirens boot works fine

backtrack and ubuntu load but doesn't get started

win xp and win 7 and hd regeneration doesn't work at all...

al those iso's files are in folder named "multiboot" inside the pendrive.

my menu.lst is...

default 1
timeout 30
color NORMAL HIGHLIGHT HELPTEXT HEADING
splashimage=/multiboot/menu/yumi.xpm.gz
foreground=FFFFFF
background=000000
title --- Directly Bootable ISOs ---
root
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot
title HD REGENERATION
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/HDREG.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/HDREG.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot ****FUNCIONA
title Boot Hirens BootCD 13
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/Hiren_s.BootCD.13.0.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/Hiren_s.BootCD.13.0.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot ***FUNCIONA
title Hirens BootCD 14
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/Hiren_s.BootCD.14.0.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/Hiren_s.BootCD.14.0.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot ****DA O BOOT MAS CARREGA
title BACKTRACK 4 R1
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/bt4-r1.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/bt4-r1.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot
title WINDOWS XP
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/xp.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/xp.iso (hd32)
map --hook
root (dh32)
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot
title WINDOWS 7
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/InstallWin7_marcelo.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/InstallWin7_marcelo.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot
title XP_SP3_CUSTOMIZADO
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/XPSP3 CUSTOMIZADO.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/XPSP3CUSTOMIZADO.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)
# Modify the following entry if it does not boot ****DA O BOOT MAS NAO CARREGA
title UBUNTU 11.1O
find --set-root --ignore-floppies --ignore-cd /multiboot/ISOS/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /multiboot/ISOS/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso (hd32)
map --hook
chainloader (hd32)

title REINICIAR
reboot

www.rmprepusb.com - has Ubuntu, Backtrack, XP etc. tutorials.

You cannot just use simple iso for most of these, you need to change grub4dos menu...

What is HD regeneration ???

yeah

i tried to change the menu.lst a bit but didnt work either....

hdd regeneration is just a bootable software that i use, that repair hd's.

and i'll look it up at this link...thanks

^{wow
i forgot to mention...
in the wnindows xp setup and in the windows seven setup there is aan error 13 and not load the iso file.}

steve6375, on 01 January 2012 - 05:47 PM, said:

www.rmprepusb.com - has Ubuntu, Backtrack, XP etc. tutorials.

You cannot just use simple iso for most of these, you need to change grub4dos menu...

What is HD regeneration ???

<sup>i already use this software, but just for a windows xp setup on usb...but for several software didnt work as well...

and that's what i need...to edit the menu.lst to make it work...but i dont know much, cuz i alredy did some changes and nthing really change...u know what i mean...

thats why i need your help....cuz i believe thats the problem...

thanks</sup>

I think we need to tackle these one by one. Pick one that you want to try first. Now tell me which RMPrepUSB tutorial you followed for that one. Then describe what you did and what result you had (describe error messages EXACTLY) - also post your menu.lst for the one that does not work.

steve6375, on 02 January 2012 - 12:03 PM, said:

Hi Steve6375

i did as u said...

first i used this tutorial...
Windows XP + Hiren's BootCD + Windows 7 in Bootable USB Flash Drive
http://reboot.pro/12797/

then xp aand hirens boot works fine...
but win 7 doesnt work

here is what it say when i try to get the win7 started...

File: /Boot/BCD

Status: 0xc000000e

Info: an error occurred while attempting to read the boot configuration data

so what do u think its going on?

thanks

Does the file /boot/bcd exist?

p.s. this not an RMPrepUSB tutorial!!!

yes there is a /boot/bcd file in my pendrive...

oh man this thing is driving me crazy...

btw have u some tutorial that shows how to do this multiboot usb?...a single tutorial ...u know what i mean...

Did you realise the post you are following has messed up formatting

title Windows 7
root &#40;hd0,0&#41;
chainloader /bootmgr

try:

title Windows 7
root ()
chainloader /bootmgr

If you have a Flash drive, try Tutorial #63 at www.rmprepusb.com//tutorials/install-xp-and-win7-to-internal-hdd

steve6375, on 05 January 2012 - 11:36 PM, said:

well...i did this change and still the same...doesnt work.

so took your advise and went to try those rmprepusb tutorials.

then i read and read and read the tutorial until i got it...

then it was kinda easy...

then i did the same thing with the others tutorials there to add backtrack, hirens, xp, ubuntu...

then i was stuck to make the backtrack work...then i notice that some grldr file that suppose to be in my pendrive was missing...so i took this file from another pendrive that tried before, and it worked fine.
but after that the win7 stopped to work...then i see that the only thing that i did was the grldr thing...so what i did was to move it to another file ...and bang the win7 works again...(so i think that is some file that makes the backtrack works, but mess up with win 7 i dont know)



well now i am almost happy thanks to ya...thanks by the way.

so now my only problem is the hdd regenerator that doesnt work...so here is my menu.lst

title HDD Regenerator 1.71
root (hd0,0)
kernel /iso/memdisk
initrd /iso/HDREG.iso

but doesnt work that way...please help again

I have no idea what HDD Regenerator is - where can I get a copy? Can you look inside the iso file at tell me what the contents are? Is it linux? Does it have a syslinux or isolinux folder or cfg file. If so can you post the contents of the syslinux.cfg file.

Try http://www.rmprepusb.../tutorials/redo to see how a typical menu.lst might appear

title Start Redo Backup 0.9.8\nType exit and press ENTER and repeat again if it does not boot
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /redobackup098.iso
map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup098.iso (0xff) || map --mem --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /redobackup098.iso (0xff)
map --hook
root (0xff)
kernel /casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper vga=791 iso-scan/filename=/redobackup098.iso floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 splash --
initrd /casper/initrd.gz

basically you map the iso and then use kernel and initrd commands - if the iso has an isolinux.cfg file you can get the correct parameters from inside that file.

http://www.baixaki.c...regenerator.htm

well here is the link...if u wanna run some tests...

so with this program i did a bootable usb...but i wanna put this program together with the others...

inside of this pendrive has

HDDREG
BOOTLOG.TXT
BOOTLOG.PRV
EXTRACT,EXE
FINDRAMD.EXE
HDDREG.BAT
HDDREG.RAR
HIMEN
LOGO
RAMDRIVE
SETRAMD.BAT
HDDSTAT FOLDER
CONFIG.TXT
HDD2.TXT

so i think i have to do an image of this pendrive and then try to run this image with grub...i gess...please help

I don't want to have to install it just to make an iso. Can you answer my Q's and I will see if I can help.