How to add Dell Diagnostic tools to UBCD

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shanike81
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How to add Dell Diagnostic tools to UBCD

#1 Post by shanike81 » Thu May 29, 2008 11:48 am

I tried to follow the instruction of addition Dell 32bit Diagnostic Tools to UBCD. But the version of Dell 32bit Diagnostic Tool I downloaded from Dell web site is newer. So, it was a failure for addition Dell 32bit Diagnostic Tool to UBCD. Look at http://support.dell.com/support/downloa ... eid=237263
Please, give me your advice. Thank you in advance.

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#2 Post by The Piney » Thu May 29, 2008 11:58 am

That's a GUI version... I'll take a look at it later and see what I can do, if no one else gets to it first..

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#3 Post by The Piney » Thu May 29, 2008 12:51 pm

OK, so far I downloaded and installed the program... I created a floppy image that is 4,536KB in size and a CD image that is 8,622KB and uses Hard drive emulation according to the readme file. The Diags directory is about 3.40MB but has a lot of extra stuff compared to the last directory for Dell1282. I'm not sure if the floppy image will work with memdisk but will try... I think it will need to have the CHS setting to work and I'm not sure how that is set up... Maybe some of the others can help with that..

I'll try a bit more and get back to you...

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#4 Post by The Piney » Thu May 29, 2008 3:22 pm

WOOHOO... OK

I renamed the diags.img file to a1322a1.img and put in the images directory.

I then edited the custom.cfg file and added the below at the end.. It took a bit to figure out the correct memdisk command/setting that I needed but it works in VirualBox..

Add this to the end of custom.cfg:

LABEL Della1322a1
MENU LABEL Dell Diagnostics A1322A1 - GUI Based Diags for new Dells
KERNEL memdisk
APPEND initrd=/images/a1322a1.img harddisk=4644864

The mouse didn't work but the arrow keys did, I don't have a Dell to test on so try it and post back so others know if it works..

Just a note - I also updated the isolinux components per this link -> viewtopic.php?t=901 so that may be needed for this to work...

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Hello

#5 Post by shanike81 » Fri May 30, 2008 9:44 am

Thank you for information updated. I followed your instruction, but I don't know how to find command/setting. Please, give me your advice. Thanks
As your instruction,
I then edited the custom.cfg file and added the below at the end.. It took a bit to figure out the correct memdisk command/setting that I needed but it works in VirualBox..

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#6 Post by The Piney » Fri May 30, 2008 11:44 am

I'll add a tutorial in the proper section - Should be there shortly...

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Help

#7 Post by shanike81 » Mon Jun 02, 2008 6:24 am

I went to Tutorials & How-Tos and I followed your instruction of Dell Diagnostics v1322A1. But it does not work for booting up Dell Diagnostics caused by wrong memdisk. I wanted to insert a captured error message in our post. But I don't know how to add *.jpg file to this forum. Help~~~

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#8 Post by The Piney » Mon Jun 02, 2008 10:51 am

Did you try updating the isolinux/syslinux files as per: viewtopic.php?t=901?

Check out the bottom of the last post by Icecube...

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Thank you for your kind help

#9 Post by shanike81 » Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:15 am

After updating the isolinux, UBCD successfully boot up Dell Diagnostics Tools. Thank you for your kind help. I tried to follow henryjfry's instruction about how to add Windows Setup/Recovery Console to UBCD. But Windows Setup requires to insert Windows XP SP2 CD to drive. I tried to figure out how to troubleshoot Windows Recovery Console. I didn't find the solution. Please, give me your advice if you can. Thank you in advance.

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#10 Post by The Piney » Tue Jun 03, 2008 1:09 pm

I had the recovery console set up a long while ago, but already have it on my UBCD4Win CD so I removed it..

What exactly did you do?

What files did you add and where? What changes did you make to the menu/cfg file (ie. custom.cfg)?

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Windows Recovery

#11 Post by shanike81 » Wed Jun 04, 2008 11:27 am

I followed henryjfry's instruction how to add Windows Setup & Recovery Console to UBCD. It is as follows.
"1. Extract the ubcd files from the iso
2. Copy all the files from i386 off your xp setup cd into the root of the ubcd (ie /ubcd/i386)
(If you just want a bootable recovery console I downloaded one some time ago as an iso with just the files required to run it, it is less than 10mb total. Unfortunately I have no idea now where i got it then.)
3. Get Bart's Bart's wxp10.zip: http://www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=wxp10.zip
4. From wxp10.zip copy w2ksect.bin win51 and win51ip to the root of ubcd
5. Go into i386 and delete bootfix.bin (unless you want to hit any key to boot from cd)
6. If for some reason you want more than one xp version on a disc rename i386 and then take a hex editor and replace any occurance of i386 in /w2ksect.bin and /i386/SETUPLDR.BIN with whatever you are naming your folder (probably a good idea to keep it short) this works fine with the recovery console only but i have no idea what additional settings would be required for a full xp install
7. In /custom/custom.cfg add the entry for winxp recovery console

LABEL recovery
MENU LABEL XP Recovery Console
KERNEL /w2ksect.bin
APPEND
"
Windows Setup & Recovery Console successfully boot up with CD, but the processing of Windows Setup was failed caused by error message. It is as follows.
"Please, insert Windows XP Professional SP2 CD to the drive. ....."
I inserted a Win XP SP2 CD to CD/DVD ROM drive and I clicked enter key, but Windows Setup won't go to Recovery Console. The Windows Setup still asked me to insert Windows XP Professional SP2 CD. I tried to use Floppy disks for Windows Setup, but it was failed.
Please, give me your advice. Thanks.

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#12 Post by The Piney » Thu Jun 05, 2008 8:24 pm

I'm not sure what the problem is. I see that the "win51ip" file is from the xppro folder as opposed to the "win51ic" file from the xphome. Are you building with an XP Pro source? If your using a XP Home source you can try swapping out the "win51ic" file and see if that fixes the problem..

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#13 Post by shanike81 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:37 am

I wanted to post a snapshot of Windows Recovery Console issue on this forum. But I don't know how to post it....
I want to build with an XP Pro source.
[img]C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\css.seung\My%20Documents\My%20Pictures\WinRecovery.JPG[/img]

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#14 Post by shanike81 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:54 am

I cannot post my snapshot on this forum.
I got the following error message from Windows Recovery Console.
"Windows Setup
Please, insert the disk labeled Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 CD into drive A:
* Press ENTER when ready
ENTER=Continue F3=Exit"

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Hello~~

#15 Post by shanike81 » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:04 pm

I finally solved Windows Recovery Console problem. Thank you for your kind help. But I am not sure Windows Recovery Console will be perfect for troubleshooting....I didn't try to use with CD for troubleshooting. Let me do it....Thanks.

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#16 Post by Icecube » Mon Jun 09, 2008 12:16 pm

@ shanike81

You have to upload the picture to some site on the web. Probably your internet provider gives you 50MB free webspace to which you can upload the picture.

Now for your real problem, you can search at http://ubcd4win.com/forum.

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Re: Hello~~

#17 Post by superchuck » Fri Jul 17, 2009 6:22 pm

shanike81 wrote:I finally solved Windows Recovery Console problem. Thank you for your kind help. But I am not sure Windows Recovery Console will be perfect for troubleshooting....I didn't try to use with CD for troubleshooting. Let me do it....Thanks.
What was the solution??

I have sucessfully implemented the XP Home recovery console in I387 from rc.iso (after making the appropriate changes to i387.bin (copy of w2ksect.bin) and I387\setupldr.bin) with a hex editor.

However, I can't get the XP-PRO recovery console to work!!

I have the XP-PRO recovery console working on my XP-PRO laptop, so I copied all the files from "c:\cmdcons" to I386 on the UBCD CD.

It always asks for the SP2 CD.

Hope you can help...

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