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[TheK]

Hi Community

inspired by jaclaz' MKIMG script, I decided to create my own little GUI based image creator.

Now I like to share it with you and I hope someone finds it useful



Download CreateRawImg v0.1.0.0

Have fun!
TheK

[Wonko the Sane]

It looks like nice.

Wonko approves of this.


Wonko

[ktp]

Well, for me Wonko's seal of approval is the guarantee of good quality :-).

[wimb]

Very nice and small.

It will be interesting to add MBR bootcode like done in IMG_XP project
http://www.911cd.net...showtopic=23553

[TheK]

Thank you guys

It will be interesting to add MBR bootcode like done in IMG_XP project

I like your great tool, but I don't know how this is done in IMG_XP. Can you give me some details please?

[wimb]

I like your great tool, but I don't know how this is done in IMG_XP. Can you give me some details please?

The MBR code is derived from XP file dmadmin.exe obtained by running IMG_XP_Create.exe in XP environment.

The AutoIt3 source code is given in IMG_XP\makebt\au3scr\sources_au3

Search for dmadmin will show up the relevant part.

[TheK]

Got it! Thanks for the hint

I will add that to the next version.

[Wonko the Sane]

Got it! Thanks for the hint

I will add that to the next version.

After all you weren't much inspired by jaclaz , a snippet from MBRBATCH.CMD :

SET gsarstring=gsar -b -s:x33:xC0:x8E:xD0:xBC:x00:x7C:xFB:x50
SET Sysfile=%SystemRoot%\System32\dmadmin.exe
REM SET Sysfile=%SystemRoot%\System32\spcmdcon.sys
REM SET Sysfile=%SystemRoot%\ServicePackFiles\I386\setupdd.sys
FOR /F "tokens=3 delims=:" %%A IN ('%gsarstring% %Sysfile%^|FIND "%Sysfile%"^| FIND /V "match found"') DO SET /A Offset=%%A
SET /A Offset=%Offset%
Set /A Length=512
REM SET Target=%2
ECHO Creating a MBR from %Sysfile% with dsfo.exe:

these are the files where you can normally find the MBR, courtesy of the Starman:
http://thestarman.pc.../mbr/index.html
http://thestarman.pc...asm/mbr/WTC.htm


Wonko

[maanu]

ahh , the memories .

as soon as i get familiar with a command line app , a gui appears

thank you btw , looks like a nice and cute toy ..

[RePete]

Thank you very much...

[rocketero]

Parme my ignorance, but what exactly this tool does?. I downloaded it, opened it and created a file test.img with this tool, it took less than a fraction of a second to do it , size as default was 204 Mb,

what is this exactly if mind me asking.
regards.

[nando4]

Thank you for this utility. While I can create a rawimage file in Windows, I have not been able to create a DOS partition on the raw image and boot it. I get an error 25 after trying Linux instructions. Any advice on how I can make a 6MB HDD image? Floppy image does work, but HDD image would appear as C: rather than A:, which does make some difference with my usage.

[wimb]

Thank you for this utility. While I can create a rawimage file in Windows, I have not been able to create a DOS partition on the raw image and boot it. I get an error 25 after trying Linux instructions. Any advice on how I can make a 6MB HDD image? Floppy image does work, but HDD image would appear as C: rather than A:, which does make some difference with my usage.

You can try Make_IMG.exe of U_XP_SET package
EDIT: May be not what you want, these SuperFloppy Images boot with A:

http://www.911cd.net...showtopic=21883

7. Make_IMG.exe - Make and Install Boot Image File - Type IMG or ISO

Supported are:

• Make and Install 15 MB FreeDOS FAT12 Superfloppy IMG file from Source Folder containing kernel.sys
• Make and Install 25 MB MS-DOS FAT16 Superfloppy IMG file from Source Folder containing IO.SYS

[OldskoolOrion]

Thanks TheK!

(Also thanks to Wonko/jaclaz & wimb for the original cmdlinescript / useful replies and other pointers in this thread!).

A friend was looking for a GUI of the script made by Wonko/jaclaz. He despises command line tools/scripts for some weird reason (I still don't understand why, but gave up on the endless discussions trying to convince him he's wrong ), and I promised him to look into creating a GUI for the script, the moment I would have some time to spare and actually felt like creating a small GUI to wrap around the original script (which I didn’t of course - I like to tease him ).

Now I don't even have to put in some effort anymore, since you made this fine little, useful tool including GUI.

So far there’s only 1 small, not that important issue, which as far as I can see hasn’t been mentioned yet in this thread – It’s purely esthetic, so no biggie at all if you disregard this well meant remark :

Running Win7 Ultimate x64 with dpi setting at 100% (standard) and using a standard Win7 theme the text within the window appears too large, so it’s not as nice looking as your posted screenshot of the window. See the link below:

Screenshot on Mediafire.com

As I said, not an issue at all, but perhaps it’s easy to set a fixed font/size, whenever you feel like updating the tool and are willing to invest your time to address this. If not : no biggie!

Thanks again!

[Wonko the Sane]

(which I didn’t of course - I like to tease him ).

Well, you can still tell him nothing about CreateRawImg






Wonko

[OldskoolOrion]

Well, you can still tell him nothing about CreateRawImg

haha

that IS an option indeed altho.. he will nag me from time to time.. so.. more difficult deciscion than I imagined

[TheK]

Running Win7 Ultimate x64 with dpi setting at 100% (standard) and using a standard Win7 theme the text within the window appears too large, so it’s not as nice looking as your posted screenshot of the window. See the link below:

Screenshot on Mediafire.com

As I said, not an issue at all, but perhaps it’s easy to set a fixed font/size, whenever you feel like updating the tool and are willing to invest your time to address this. If not : no biggie!

Tested with Win 7 Ultimate x64 at 100% DPI and everything looks fine here
Even if I change the DPI every control gets resized properly.

The font is set to MS Sans Serif with a size of 8. However it looks much larger on your screen shot.
So far I wasn't able to recreate the problem on my test systems

Has someone else similar problems on Win 7?