Using UBCD on Averatec C3500 laptop
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:21 pm
Hello,
first of all, thank You for UBCD, it is a great tool.
And now here is my problem:
I need to run UBCD on the "Averatec C3500" laptop. The version 3.3 boots fine up to the menu, but when trying to start any application, it freezes with the following message:
ISOLINUX 3.07 03/01/2005
isolinux: Found something at drive = 90
and after that, I can only reboot.
Trying to resolve this problem on my own, I found isolinux at http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php and noticed, that there is a newer version (3.11) of it. According to the changelog, the recent versions have some BIOS workarounds implemented, so I wanted to give it a try. I downloaded the isolinux (syslinux) 3.11 and had no clue how to upgrade the isolinux in the UBCD. Somehow I discovered, that the following two files correspond:
UBCD <-> syslinux
\BOOT\MODULES\ISOLINUX.CSM <-> \syslinux-3.11\isolinux-debug.bin
\ISOLINUX\MEMDISK <-> \syslinux-3.11\memdisk\memdisk
And so, I replaced the "old" files with the "new" ones (changing the filenames, of course), BUT... now the system does not freeze (is that a sign of improvement?), but I get the following error message:
Error: Unknown command entered.
[Command: isolinux] [Line: 50.2] [File: mboard.scn]
/boot/menus>_
The system does not freeze, but I don't know how to proceed or what mistake did I make e.g. what should I do next to be able to test the new version of isolinux. Could You please comment on this?
Thank You,
Alex
P.S. Should there not be a bit more of information about isolinux on the UBCD website?
first of all, thank You for UBCD, it is a great tool.
And now here is my problem:
I need to run UBCD on the "Averatec C3500" laptop. The version 3.3 boots fine up to the menu, but when trying to start any application, it freezes with the following message:
ISOLINUX 3.07 03/01/2005
isolinux: Found something at drive = 90
and after that, I can only reboot.
Trying to resolve this problem on my own, I found isolinux at http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.php and noticed, that there is a newer version (3.11) of it. According to the changelog, the recent versions have some BIOS workarounds implemented, so I wanted to give it a try. I downloaded the isolinux (syslinux) 3.11 and had no clue how to upgrade the isolinux in the UBCD. Somehow I discovered, that the following two files correspond:
UBCD <-> syslinux
\BOOT\MODULES\ISOLINUX.CSM <-> \syslinux-3.11\isolinux-debug.bin
\ISOLINUX\MEMDISK <-> \syslinux-3.11\memdisk\memdisk
And so, I replaced the "old" files with the "new" ones (changing the filenames, of course), BUT... now the system does not freeze (is that a sign of improvement?), but I get the following error message:
Error: Unknown command entered.
[Command: isolinux] [Line: 50.2] [File: mboard.scn]
/boot/menus>_
The system does not freeze, but I don't know how to proceed or what mistake did I make e.g. what should I do next to be able to test the new version of isolinux. Could You please comment on this?
Thank You,
Alex
P.S. Should there not be a bit more of information about isolinux on the UBCD website?