Ultimate Boot CD

I would try "bcdw boot" first since it may be a little
faster; otherwise they should be the same.

Try to replace isolinux in your examples with:

"diskemu"
or
"bcdw Boot" (if running UBCD 3.3)
or
"bcdw" (if running UBCD <= 3.2)

> > Hmm, this is not the syntax used for the isolinux config file!? You're right; I got mixed up with CDShell syntax. > > Is CD Shell (or a part) case sensitive? This could be an > explanation why the loader has problems. What about the > booted systems of the Ultimate Boot CD, are there case > sens...

You can try "isolinux /boot/loader.bin" (remove KERNEL). Don't know if it will work. I did not see any examples in the CDShell forums where someone attempted to use isolinux to boot CDShell. If that fails, post a message to CDShell forums with the title "Integrating CDshell into multi...

The UBCD uses CDShell as it's primary boot loader, and specifically /boot/loader.bin. This is the file you specify to mkisofs or other utils that generate an ISO. From there, CDShell can load secondary boot images using isolinux, memdisk, bcdw, etc. You didn't specify how you built the ISO, specific...

Since the system he's having trouble with was due to
an XP SP2 failure, Captive may not work. Some have
had difficulty with SP2 files in Captive.

The first thing I'd try is to hit the F8 key use after POST (memory count up, system BIOS screen) so that you get to the XP boot menu. From there you should see an option such as "Last known good configuration". If that fails, follow these instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3...

The larger INSERT contained in the UBCD Full version is a modified copy of Insert. It includes a few other programs and libraries. See http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/insert/start.html for details. Unfortunately some of the links in the "Additional Resources" section are broken, which descri...

If mkisofs isn't working for you then the boot file you're
looking for is loader.bin in the boot directory.

> > > At least answer my 3rd question? Is the CD appendable - seems > as if it is not... Yes and no. In order to append to the CD it must be burned as a multisession, but I believe some (many?) systems have trouble booting from a multisession CD. I have not verified this, but I believe I've read thi...

Thanks for the post. Victor has also mentioned he had trouble and after reading the link I think I may see the problem: The post you mention talks about adding the user insert to the group captive. Try to use captive as root and see if you have different results. If you are running Captive from the ...

> have to give credit where credit is do. You do this for a living? Not specifically, but have been called in on data recovery jobs many times. > > Right, but it doesnt hang on the blue stop sccreen, it just > flashes it for a second then reboots. If that means anything. In my experience, I've seen ...

> I was getting a stop error: 0x0000000A. Now it is in a boot This would seem to indicate the drive isn't completely dead since it can read the boot sector and attempts to load windows. > loop. So I put in the new HDD XP Upgrade (FAT32) as slave > and the faulty as Master. So far so good. Then I boo...

Offline NT Password and Registry Editor is already
on the UBCD. Select F3 (Filesystem), press space bar
for next page, then F1 for "Offline NT Password..."

SCSI drivers, etc are already on the CD.

See: http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/bootdisk.html
for how to use.

-- Charles

Thanks for the update. Glad it's all working.

I might have been mixed up between your thread and another one regarding Astrumu linux. To get what you ask working using ZenWorks splash screen, you'll have to use option 1 I listed earlier in the thread. By doing this you loose the splash screen for Insert (if you're using Full). You can't have tw...

> I followed your advice using option 2 > > if ($lastkey).. then isolinux kernel.zen initrd=initrd.gz > init=/etc/init 5 reboot=w rw > > and it works fine. > > Is there any way of getting it to actually read the > isolinux.cfg file so that I can get the boot.msg to load? If > not its okay, not the e...

I'm not familiar with Astrumi so am not familiar with it's boot files or configuration. Clearly it's linux, but there's more than one way to startup a linux system. I might suggest you leave a message on the CDShell forums inquiring about how to set the runlevel using the isolinux command. Note that...

> > "...ramdisk_start=0 4" > Change the 4 to a 5 and it should run xwindows. > (end of quote) > At first I thought it worked, but was using the wrong iso > image. I tried the change, but I get the same result. It > might work with a real CD, but not with the emulator. I'll > let you know. ...