Ultimate Boot CD

I'd like to add a couple things to UBCD before I burn it. Found the directions here and on the site.

When I ran ubcd2iso.bat, it exited with errors. "bad command or filename".
It is because my operating system is Win98SE.
I see things in the batch file that I assume pertain to W2K and/or WinXP.

mkisofs.exe seems like it will run though. I tried it.
However, the output of mkisofs - help rolls off the top of the screen.
mkisofs - help |more does not paginate it either.
mkisofs - help >> help.txt produced only a zero byte file.


I could use some help coming up with the proper command line for mkisofs to create an iso file.


Thanks

Actually, all you need to do is to issue the following command line from c:\ubcd:
I am pretty sure it will work, since the batch file is mostly window dressing.

Remember to substitute <outfile> with the full path of the output ISO image.

Victor Chew wrote:
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Remember to substitute <outfile> with the full path of the output ISO image.

Would that substitution be in quotes or no?
as d:\outfile.iso or "d:\outfile.iso"


Thanks

WillyW wrote:

Victor Chew wrote:
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Remember to substitute <outfile> with the full path of the output ISO image.

Would that substitution be in quotes or no?
as d:\outfile.iso or "d:\outfile.iso"


Thanks

You only need to quote if their are any spaces in the path such as:
"D:\This Has A Space\So Does This\My Spaced Out.iso"

verndog wrote:

WillyW wrote:

Victor Chew wrote:
...

Remember to substitute <outfile> with the full path of the output ISO image.

Would that substitution be in quotes or no?
as d:\outfile.iso or "d:\outfile.iso"


Thanks

You only need to quote if their are any spaces in the path such as:
"D:\This Has A Space\So Does This\My Spaced Out.iso"

Thanks.
Hopefully, I'll have some time to play around with it later on.

Victor Chew wrote:Actually, all you need to do is to issue the following command line from c:\ubcd:

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tools\ubcd2iso\mkisofs.exe -N -J -joliet-long -D -V "UBCD40" -o <outfile> -b
"isolinux/isolinux.bin" -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table .

I am pretty sure it will work, since the batch file is mostly window dressing.

Remember to substitute <outfile> with the full path of the output ISO image.

Have discovered that this command line does not work.
The error message reports missing pathspec.

If anyone else is reading along, I think I found what to do, with this web
page: www.bootcd.us/Mkisofs_options.php
There are explanations of the command line options there, and an example. It includes the input directory.
Thus, I used:
mkisofs -N -J -joliet-long -D -V "UBCD40" -o "d:\out.iso" -b "isolinux/isolinux.bin" -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table "d:\ubcd"
Just appended "d:\ubcd" is all.

That command line is too long for dos though. Tried it from a batch file, and was a little bit surprised it ran.

New problem though - it errored out with message about duplicate filenames.
At this point, I wondered if perhaps dos was not handling some long file name encountered somewhere, and thus mkisofs.exe was reporting a dupe. If anybody would like to comment on this, please do.


I have a solution for folks like me, without WinXP or W2K.

Use a linux Live CD.
I booted Puppy Linux that I happened to have.

Ran mkisofs there.
Created an ISO for me in a jiffy!

Back to Win98SE, and the CD burning software I am used to.
Burned the ISO to CD.

It boots right up!

This is my first try with UBCD. I added a few things, and some of them do not work 100%.... or I am expecting too much.... will start another thread(s) to ask about them.
I was happy to see that the stuff I added worked at all!


In summary:
If you are like me, using Win98, and wish to make a customized UBCD - if you can get mkisofs.exe to work, please post here and tell us all how you did it.
If you just want to get the ISO file created, use a linux CD to boot, and mkisofs it that way. ( If you don't know how to navigate at the the command line under linux, you will need to find out how to do that first. )

Hopefully this will be useful info for someone else.