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[DarkPhoeniX]

Hello Can someone plzz give me a link to a Recovery Console RAMDISK
Preferably a *.dsk and the grub 4 dos entry's for my VITAPE (DVD)
I went true the tutorials to make it, and i was confused that my head poped!!

Thare are so many different ways to make a RC ramdisk
if you cant give me a link to the .dsk can you point me to a tutorial for dummies(very easy)?

Thanx a ton for all you awesome ppl here at reboot.pro
im going to pick my gray matter of the walls now!!

[DarkPhoeniX]

Ok i downloaded http://vlaurie.com/c..._console_cd.zip
and made a XPRC.iso
then when i boot whit grub4dos

title XP Recovery Console

find --set-root /ERDIMG/XPRC.iso

map /ERDIMG/XPRC.iso (0xff)

map --hook

chainloader (0xff)

or

title XP Recovery Console

find --set-root /ERDIMG/XPRC.iso

map /ERDIMG/XPRC.iso (hd32)

map --hook

chainloader (hd32)

the console loads but BSOD as soon as windows loads...
WTF?

i also tryed making a *.dsk from the *.iso
but when it loads it says "cannot find ntoskrnl"

so i came across:

http://reboot.pro/5316/page__st__38

but i need:

ramdisk.sy_
AUTOCHK.EXE
SETUPLDR.BIN
of Windows 2003 SP1
where can i get it?(without that 300MB+ SP from Microsoft plzz)


is this fine for the img?

C:\MBRBatch>mkimg disk.img

Image size, in bytes or suffixed by K, M or G for Kilo Mega or Giga

Please enter target image size: 10,838,016

Please type desired geometry [128/63 64/63 16/63 64/32]: 16/63

Available partition types for this image, 10838016 bytes:

01 FAT 12

04 FAT 16 <32 Mbytes

06 FAT 16 CHS Mapped

07 NTFS

0B FAT 32 CHS Mapped

0C FAT 32 LBA Mapped

0E FAT 16 LBA Mapped

Please type desired Partition Type [01 04 06 07 0B 0C 0E]: 01

Please type /fsz to use fsz.exe or [ENTER] to use mksparse.exe: /fsz

OKCreating a MBR from C:\WINDOWS\System32\dmadmin.exe with dsfo.exe:

OK, 512 bytes, 0.000s, MD5 = 61a174a7d3cbe41d9996de0f124b7ebf



Image will be mounted as 01h:FAT12



The batch has detected that the newly created image is mounted as drive Q:



NOW it would be the perfect time to stop if you are not sure about

what you are doing.



Press any key to continue . . .

The type of the file system is RAW.

The new file system is FAT.



WARNING, ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK

DRIVE Q: WILL BE LOST!

Proceed with Format (Y/N)? y

QuickFormatting 10M

Initializing the File Allocation Table (FAT)...

Format complete.



10.776.576 bytes total disk space.

10.776.576 bytes available on disk.



4.096 bytes in each allocation unit.

2.631 allocation units available on disk.



12 bits in each FAT entry.



Volume Serial Number is 5868-9E1F



Press any key to unmount the image and uninstall vdk.exe...



Press any key to continue . . .

Virtual Disk Driver for Windows version 3.1

http://chitchat.at.i...k.co.jp/vmware/



Closing the image on the virtual disk 0...The image is closed.

Stopped the Virtual Disk Driver.

Uninstalled the Virtual Disk Driver.



C:\MBRBatch>exit

and will the .img boot whit :

title XPRC

map --mem /ERDIMG/XPRC.img (hd0)

map --hook

root (hd0,0)

chainloader /setupldr.bin

on grub 4 dos

plzz helpz!

[wooShadow]

boot with G4DOS RCXP & RC2003

title Windows Recovery Console

map --floppies=1

map --mem /firadisk.gz (fd0)

map --mem /RC2.iso (0xFF)

map --hook

ls (fd0)/firadisk.sys

chainloader (0xFF)

exclude file winnt.sif from rc.iso if you dont like to press R

download link include firadisk.gz and RC.ISO files list

http://www.mediafire...r11620lrbvqlrch

[DarkPhoeniX]

Sorry to be soooo dumb but where do i get the *.iso from?
I read the *.iso list files and noted that is the same as the SP2 .iso
can i use the grub4dos entry's too boot the .iso generated with http://vlaurie.com/c..._console_cd.zip ??
is their other files then http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310994 ?? that i can download ?

Edited by DarkPhoeniX, 16 March 2011 - 10:24 AM.

[Wonko the Sane]

can i use the grub4dos entry's too boot the .iso generated with http://vlaurie.com/c..._console_cd.zip ??

Yes, that's the idea, i.e. NOT using the Server 2003 SP1 files BUT the firadisk driver.

If you use the "vlaurie" .iso you will have anyway to press the "R", AFAIK/AFAICR, to use the "cmdcons" bootsector trick you need to have a "super-floppy" or "hd-like" image:
http://reboot.pro/2362/page__st__4
Permanently modified or using the grub4dos "modify bootsector on the fly" trick:
http://reboot.pro/5316/page__st__61

JFYI, there are a few posts/threads by Sha0 where almost everything is re-capped/re-described and with some additional ways:
http://reboot.pro/10073/
http://reboot.pro/11084/
http://reboot.pro/11393/



Wonko

[DarkPhoeniX]

Coolzzz
i have some reading to to ...
Thanx Wonko!!

[DarkPhoeniX]

boot with G4DOS RCXP & RC2003

title Windows Recovery Console

map --floppies=1

map --mem /firadisk.gz (fd0)

map --mem /RC2.iso (0xFF)

map --hook

ls (fd0)/firadisk.sys

chainloader (0xFF)

exclude file winnt.sif from rc.iso if you dont like to press R

download link include firadisk.gz and RC.ISO files list

http://www.mediafire...r11620lrbvqlrch

thanx a lot this was not the exact thing i was hoping for but it seems the easiest!!
i used the RC iso bulder from here : http://vlaurie.com/c..._console_cd.zip
downloaded the XPRC flopie installer thing from microsoft
build the iso using the rc iso builder
downloaded http://www.mediafire...r11620lrbvqlrch
and used :

title Windows Recovery Console

map --floppies=1

map --mem /FIRADISK.GZ (fd0)

map --mem /XPRC.iso (0xFF)

map --hook

ls (fd0)/firadisk.sys

chainloader (0xFF)

in Grub4dos to boot it all

il make some tutorials as soon an i have figured out how to make the *.dsk/*.img thing work (im slow)

[Wonko the Sane]

il make some tutorials as soon an i have figured out how to make the *.dsk/*.img thing work (im slow)

The creation of a suitable image is AFAIK explained in an EXTREMELY detailed way here:
http://reboot.pro/5316/
http://reboot.pro/5316/page__st__105


Wonko