5 suggestions
Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:33 am
Thanks for the great tool, I've used it countless times. A handful of
suggestions for the next release:
General Suggestions:
1. Suggestion for next menu layout:
[F1] Mainboard Tools
[F2] Hard Disk Tools
[F3] Filesystem Tools
[F4] Other Tools
[F5] DOS/Linux Boot Disks
[F6] INSERT Linux
[F7] Drop to console
[F8] Boot first hard disk
[F9] Boot second hard disk
[F10] Boot floppy disk
This way when troubleshooting Windows systems the boot from first HDD is also the Windows boot option menu (F8 ).
Rather than use a custom.scn option, encourage using 0-9 as the custom
options, and adding the custom options to the front page. This can be easily added by creating a second column (I assume custom images are used more frequently and should not be 2 keys away). As long as the customizer keeps the column width the same size this works without a problem.
2. Fit more options per page, so the HDD stuff isn't several keys away.
3. Use a script for the timeout "run after 5 min" option, so it can be customized easier (timeout.scn). BTW, the option as currently written is different on some menu files ("custom" and "others" don't use the script but call the HDD boot directly).
timeout.scn
#
# Timeout option
#
memdisk \images\memtestp.igz
4. Add the option to boot off the floppy. This saves trouble of changing
the BIOS for one-time use.
bootfdd0.scn
#
# Boot from floppy drive A:
#
fddboot:
if bootCheck[0x00]; then boot 0x00
clear
set textColor = color[brightred on black]
print "\n"
print "\acDrive is not bootable\n"
wait 0
Changing 0x00 to 0x01 should allow to boot off the second floppy.
Image Suggestions:
5. Keep Maxtor's PowerDiag 4.09 test as well as the latest version(4.21). Maxtor intentionally crippled the newer versions to not run on non-Maxtor drives. I have been using Maxtor's 4.09 to double-check other
tests/drives. I've found it more useful than DFT, which also (as of
3.x) runs on other brands.
Don't let my suggestions deter you, UCBD is great!
suggestions for the next release:
General Suggestions:
1. Suggestion for next menu layout:
[F1] Mainboard Tools
[F2] Hard Disk Tools
[F3] Filesystem Tools
[F4] Other Tools
[F5] DOS/Linux Boot Disks
[F6] INSERT Linux
[F7] Drop to console
[F8] Boot first hard disk
[F9] Boot second hard disk
[F10] Boot floppy disk
This way when troubleshooting Windows systems the boot from first HDD is also the Windows boot option menu (F8 ).
Rather than use a custom.scn option, encourage using 0-9 as the custom
options, and adding the custom options to the front page. This can be easily added by creating a second column (I assume custom images are used more frequently and should not be 2 keys away). As long as the customizer keeps the column width the same size this works without a problem.
2. Fit more options per page, so the HDD stuff isn't several keys away.
3. Use a script for the timeout "run after 5 min" option, so it can be customized easier (timeout.scn). BTW, the option as currently written is different on some menu files ("custom" and "others" don't use the script but call the HDD boot directly).
timeout.scn
#
# Timeout option
#
memdisk \images\memtestp.igz
4. Add the option to boot off the floppy. This saves trouble of changing
the BIOS for one-time use.
bootfdd0.scn
#
# Boot from floppy drive A:
#
fddboot:
if bootCheck[0x00]; then boot 0x00
clear
set textColor = color[brightred on black]
print "\n"
print "\acDrive is not bootable\n"
wait 0
Changing 0x00 to 0x01 should allow to boot off the second floppy.
Image Suggestions:
5. Keep Maxtor's PowerDiag 4.09 test as well as the latest version(4.21). Maxtor intentionally crippled the newer versions to not run on non-Maxtor drives. I have been using Maxtor's 4.09 to double-check other
tests/drives. I've found it more useful than DFT, which also (as of
3.x) runs on other brands.
Don't let my suggestions deter you, UCBD is great!