Ultimate Boot CD

Hi guys,

I am having problems getting this nice piece of software to work. I burned the latest iso img using imgburn and the CD actually boots and I can see the menu, BUT

when I choose an application the boot-process stops after "Loading Boot Sector.. Booting..."

Any idea what might be wrong?

Thanks for your support
Rassy

Rassy wrote: Any idea what might be wrong?

Yea , You burned the disk TOO fast...

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Hi Jason,

I just burned with 1x speed using IMGBurn but still it stops after "Loading..."

Any ideas?

Maybe you got a bad download..? , You should delete the old one and download again...

OK, i did a MD5 checksum test on the downloaded ISO-Image and it equals the published number (4330c7ce679f00963373a768837cf3a0).

So its not about a wrong download.

Any other ideas? I really need to test this harddrive of mine

Thanks for your support
Rassy

uh , well i am really out of idea's then , all i can say is burn another one , if that still don't work you may be S O L ....

Rassy wrote:OK, i did a MD5 checksum test on the downloaded ISO-Image and it equals the published number (4330c7ce679f00963373a768837cf3a0).

So its not about a wrong download.

Any other ideas? I really need to test this harddrive of mine

Thanks for your support
Rassy

Try in one of the virtual machines.

@dog: virtual machines? Where do I find those?

Thanks for your support guys!!

Rassy wrote:virtual machines? Where do I find those?

For example MS Virtual PC 2007 (seems to be the easiest to use), or VMWare player, with help of that : http://www.easyvmx.com/ (you can't create a virtual machine with VMWare player ~~ ).

There are others but seemed to me they were either a pain to configure ( I'm thinking about qemu ) or very unstable ( now thinking about virtualbox ...).

Why in the world does he need a virtual machine..?

If the disk he already has dosen't boot...!

jason.b.c wrote:Why in the world does he need a virtual machine..?

If the disk he already has dosen't boot...!

The reason is, he's having trouble with the burn. If he uses the ISO in a virtual machine that would eliminate the burn.

I do not agree with Constance regarding VrtualBox. It has NEVER been unstable with any runs that I have used.

VirtualBox is free and still being maintained. If you have problem with it, then report the bug. How else can a program improve without involvement, as in Ultimate Boot disk bug related fixes.

verndog wrote:I do not agree with Constance regarding VrtualBox. It has NEVER been unstable with any runs that I have used.

Well I have never been able to install Windows 98 in VirtualBox without several crashes during install - and was never able to finish installing it correctly - though I had no problem with doing it in Virtual PC, using the very same ISO image or real disk in drive.

QEMU Manager is quite a nice frontend to QEMU. I use it sometimes as an alterative VM for testing.

BTW, Rassy, you could also try the CDR you burnt on a different machine and see if you get the same problem. If could be some incompatibility with the machine itself.

Constance wrote:

Rassy wrote:virtual machines? Where do I find those?

For example MS Virtual PC 2007 (seems to be the easiest to use), or VMWare player, with help of that : http://www.easyvmx.com/ (you can't create a virtual machine with VMWare player ~~ ).

There are others but seemed to me they were either a pain to configure ( I'm thinking about qemu ) or very unstable ( now thinking about virtualbox ...).

Thanks for the info on "easyvmx" ! I never knew it existed. I have both VMware workstation & Player. Player is smaller but can't create virtual machine. I'll try easyvmx.
Rassy would benefit from using a VM to check first any mods he makes before burning to CD. It's sooo much faster, and a great quick check.
PS- I never used any virtualmachine with win98.

Victor Chew wrote:QEMU Manager is quite a nice frontend to QEMU. I use it sometimes as an alterative VM for testing.

Nice ^^
I'll give it a try :]

Victor Chew wrote:QEMU Manager is quite a nice frontend to QEMU. I use it sometimes as an alterative VM for testing.

This is a good VM manager! Thanks for info. Very fast indeed. I like the fact you can store on USB pen drive. Small and compact.

Hi guys,

I tested the bootcd on a different computer and yes, it works fine there. I am just wondering, whats wrong with my hardware configuration. Is there a list for non-compatible hardware?

Thanks for your support guys
Rassy

Rassy wrote:Hi guys,

I tested the bootcd on a different computer and yes, it works fine there. I am just wondering, whats wrong with my hardware configuration. Is there a list for non-compatible hardware?

Thanks for your support guys
Rassy

Why don't you list your PC hardware config, HD-sata,ata, CPU, make,model,etc., DVD/CD info also.

BTW, did you apply the V4.0.1 patch? I accidentally included an older version of memdisk in V4.0, so wondering whether updating it will help.

You can also try to post the question on the syslinux mailing list, but the discussion there tend to be a lot more technical, so be prepared to eg. regression test on older versions of memdisk until one works, so that the author can identify the changes in the new version that broke on your hardware. This is necessary because the author won't have access to your machine, so he needs to rely on indirect methods to debug.