Ultimate Boot CD and The bootmanager for bootable CDs ...

PangingJr · Oct 20, 2004, 10:19 AM

The Ultimate Boot CD ( http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/ )

You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:
- Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
- Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
- Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!

Add more DOS tools or any bootable image as much as you want to your CD, and make a multiboot CDs using "Bootable CD Wizard" v1.50Z ( http://bootcd.narod.ru/index_e.htm )
the Bootable CD Wizard : The bootmanager for bootable CDs.
allows to build multiboot CDs (Multiple-Image Bootable CD) for PCs that do not support booting from multiboot CDs.
Includes multi-loader, a largely customizable hierarchically structured bootmenu.
Supports a variety of formats of bootimages.

My 1st attempt for the multiboot CDs - an emergency boot CD.

Logla · Oct 20, 2004, 11:20 AM

damn thats a handy prog - will come in very usefull indeed at work. Thanks man.

swimtech · Oct 20, 2004, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logla

damn thats a handy prog - will come in very usefull indeed at work. Thanks man.

Yes, very! Thanks a bunch!

PangingJr · Oct 22, 2004, 05:48 AM

Glad you like it, I guess both of you will be glad when you make/have one of this CD at your work.

~~HawK~~ · Oct 22, 2004, 07:11 AM

Ah

something I always wanted, but afraid to ask, or to lazy to do myself

Thanks for another great link Ctrl-Alt-Del

Counterfe1t · Oct 22, 2004, 08:09 AM

Thanks for the Great post Ctrl-alt-del but i believe this thread deserves to be in the news section.

PangingJr · Oct 22, 2004, 11:10 AM

Download these 2 files from the links above...

1) Ultimate Boot CD v2.4. (UBCD)
2) Bootable Cd Wizard.v1.50Z (BCDW)

IF you only want to use the tools that included in the UBCD v2.4 then you can just burn the image to CD and use it.

But if you like to add more DOS tools or other bootimages of your own to the CD since the UBCD's bootimage file very small and you still have alot of free space on your CD >
Then create a multiple-image bootable CD using the BCDW
as the bootmanager for your emergency / rescue / diagnostic tools CD.

To do this..

1) Burn the UBCD's ISO to a CD-RW
Then Using "WinISO" create an *.iso image of the bootbale CD (select "Make ISO from CDROM" from the menu "Actions")
Open the just created *.iso image (select "Open" from the menu "File")
Save the boot information to a *.wbt file (select "Save boot information to file..." from the menu "Bootable CD")
Put the *.wbt file on your CD with BCDW and Add an entry in \BootCat.ini for this boot option (see next steps)

2) Extract both UBCD v2.4's ISO file and the BCDW.v1.50Z file to same folder, name the folder anything you like.
and then put the .WBT file that you create from step 1 to the same folder. (see this below pic),
[IMG]http://img29.exs.cx/img29/5362/bootcd003.jpg

3) Add more DOS tools/programs to your CD,
to do this you need to create an *.ima image of the boot floppy
then put this *.ima image on your CD,
[IMG]http://img49.exs.cx/img49/4299/bootcd004.jpg

4) Then modify / add a new entry in the \BootCat.ini (see this pic as an example)
[IMG]http://img20.exs.cx/img20/9581/bootcd005.jpg

5) Create an ISO file,
Download... this file "bcd111.zip" ( http://www.nu2.nu/download.php?sFile=bcd111.zip)
from this page http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#revision the BCD full package v1.1.1 (523KB).
extract the zip file, all you need is two files.. "mkisofs.exe" and "cygwin1.dll"
put this 2 files in your \WINDOWS\system32.
then create a batch/script using the following info and name it BUILDISO.CMD,
put this script in the same folder with the others files in prior steps.
then run the script to create an ISO and burn it to your CD.
[IMG]http://img55.exs.cx/img55/2465/bootcd006.jpg

Vampyromaniac · Oct 22, 2004, 12:44 PM

sticky-ed

swimtech · Oct 22, 2004, 03:24 PM

Wonderful how-to post Ctrl-Alt-Del, now even I can do it!

PangingJr · Nov 30, 2004, 04:54 AM

thanks. swimtech

PangingJr · Mar 26, 2005, 05:21 AM

i never have to use the last UBCD that i've made, i mean, to really use it so i really can't tell how good they are, but i see a lot of tools in there and i believe it can be useful tools for many people here.

anyway, i just recieved some of ISOs files from a friend today, including the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD) new version 3.2. in short, it's time for my 2nd attempt on another UBCD, this time i'll make a multi boot CDs using the CDShell and the BCDW within the UBCD.

my idea is based on (not entirely, actually) the Customizing UBCD and this page - "The combining of the UBCD and the UBCD4Windows" posted on the old UBCD4Windows Forum by LittlBUGer for the older version of the UBCD 2.4. (post dated in May 2004 and last updated was 10-08-04,)
note-- it seems that the link to this guide is not working atm, i think, you can still get the google cached version...

the following will be a bit different from above guide, since the New UBCD 3.2 has made some change to the boot files and all my Boot Information Files are different, Cds are also different. But the complete info in the mention guild is a good read.

Copy all the files and folders of the bootable CDs (or Extract files from ISOs) to a directory on your HDD

Then, using a ISO utility to save the boot information files (WinISO -> .wbt and UltraISO -> .bif) from the ISOs to the same directory.

Edit the "autorun.inf" since both the UBCD and BartPE uses this same file,
all the contain informations of this file are...

Code:

[autorun]
open=Programs\nu2menu\nu2menu.exe
ShellExecute=docs\index.html
icon=ubcd.ico

Modify the entries in the "main.scn" file, see pics below.
and then create a new ISO and burn it to CD using the Nero...
Done.

Nero- Compilation Properties...

Boot...
Source of boot image data - Image file: \boot\loader.bin
Enable expert settings is checked
Kind of emulation: No Emulation
Load segment of sectors: 07C0
Number od loaded sectors: 4

ISO...
Data mode: Mode 2
File system: ISO 9660 + Joliet
File name lengh: Max. of 31 chars
Character set: ISO 9660
Relex restrictions: checked all options.

Burn...
Finalize CD and Write method: Disc-at-once.

[IMG]http://img166.exs.cx/img166/7403/cd03howto2df.jpg

\boot\menus\main.scn --Original file in the UBCD...
[IMG]http://img129.exs.cx/img129/4810/mainoriginal9bs.jpg

\boot\menus\main.scn --Modified...
[IMG]http://img125.exs.cx/img125/2224/mainmodified20da.jpg

An another (alternative) way of creating this boot CDs is to compile (or recompile) all the extracted files from ISOs to a new ISO file first, and then writing this new ISO file to CD with your CD burning software. when you have the ISO file available on your HDD you can edit the ISO file at later time, likes update the AV defs/dats files, add more plugins (programs) to your Bart's PE CD, or add/remove/update your UBCD with the UltraISO.

here's how to do this, also using UltraISO,
and an example of configuring the boot CD properties...
[IMG]http://img66.exs.cx/img66/9559/uiso017dn.jpg

note-- since you will put several boot CDs file system together,
BartPE's CD file system are subjected to forcing uppercase,
while the UBCD CDs file system is using rockridge and lowercases, you may want to test the newly created ISO on a CD-RW and/or a virtual machine first, this to make sure that all of the boot CDs are bootabled and worked. if you have problem with one of the CD boot image file you can edit the contains of this ISO or this boot CD's properties with the UltraISO program.
another thing that you might want to remember is - always make a backup of all the original ISOs, or use 'Save as' (to create a new file) instend of using 'Save' (to save all things that you've done to original files) at whenever you can while working on this kind of projects, so you won't have to re-create the original file.

Have fun.

PangingJr · Mar 29, 2005, 12:28 AM

Some pics taken from a virtual machine environment.
as you see, the UBCD is simple, not too fancy, small, but it's a very useful tools.
adding more of your others boot CDs to it is also easy to do...

Main boot menu. (after modified entries in main.scn, modified entries are different from the above main.scn file)
[IMG]http://img198.exs.cx/img198/8776/mainmenu8zr.jpg

Tools in UBCD version 3.2.

Motherboard tools...
[IMG]http://img123.exs.cx/img123/5167/mbt13uq.jpg

[IMG]http://img177.exs.cx/img177/5595/mbt24ph.jpg

HDD tools...
[IMG]http://img165.exs.cx/img165/7850/hdt151mm.jpg

[IMG]http://i134.exs.cx/img134/5534/hdt255wn.jpg

[IMG]http://img120.exs.cx/img120/1944/hdt353ni.jpg

[IMG]http://img126.exs.cx/img126/9318/hdt456eg.jpg

[IMG]http://img194.exs.cx/img194/4842/hdt558fd.jpg

FS tools...
[IMG]http://img41.exs.cx/img41/2182/fstt125zb.jpg

[IMG]http://img118.exs.cx/img118/425/fstt229uw.jpg

PangingJr · Mar 29, 2005, 12:30 AM

Drop to CD Shell console...
[IMG]http://img128.exs.cx/img128/3782/dtcs9fm.jpg

my others boot CDs/Disks.

Bart's PE is booting...
[IMG]http://img105.exs.cx/img105/4926/bpe2po.jpg

What is PE-Builder?
Bart's PE Builder helps you build a "BartPE" (Bart Preinstalled Environment)
bootable Windows CD-Rom or DVD from Windows XP or Windows Server 2003
very suitable for PC maintenance tasks.

[IMG]http://img142.exs.cx/img142/8490/plugins30gn.jpg

Partition Magic (DOS)...
[IMG]http://img164.exs.cx/img164/2836/pmg8gx.jpg

Ghost (DOS)...
[IMG]http://img126.exs.cx/img126/8373/ghost8gq.jpg

XP Emergency Boot disk...
[IMG]http://img11.exs.cx/img11/2061/xpebd2hj.jpg

osama2004 · May 27, 2005, 05:01 PM

thank you very much mr\ctrl-alt-del but there are some links not working so i msut have this program to help me in my work ..............
if you please accept toput all files on one zip file and attach them you will be really good rescue man...........
thanks for helping us..... ~~!!! bye

PangingJr · May 28, 2005, 02:05 AM

Greeting, and welcome to DH.

normally, i like to post the information i want to post first,
and then later i'll get the links and add them to my messages.
i had checked and made sure all the links were working at the time i posted.
sorry, if any one of them is not working now.

i'm sure every pieces of informations that i post here are on the internet.
they (the How-Tos or informations) may or may not be exactly the same as mine.
but, fundamentally, they are the same. so please, do not depend on only the informations from the links,
find out more information from other sources and authors by your own,
there are many more reference points that can be used.

anyway, i'll do my best to replace the informations or links if you tell me which/what information you want to know.
also, i'll glad to help you as much as i can with the CD that you want to create.
but i will not wrapp it all together or make it as an easy to D/L package. it's just not my intention.
sorry to say this, but it's for real that you will get something on your own by the time you finish the project.