How to create bootable rescue DVD(s):

I posted the recent question about this, and a million thanks to wdormann for pointing me to this thread ...

I folowed the instruction, but my version of nero will either use their own boot image or insist it must read it from a drive (allowed drives are thos it has identified have boot images -- eg: c:\ and a:\) ... I am using nero version 6, what version did you successfully use ?

thanks ..

 

Perhaps, you did mean Roxio Easy CD/DVD Creator ... I have just tried that (version 6) and it accepts a boot file and the other settings in your example image in your post .. however, it won't work for me because it cannot handle double-layer DVDs it seems ... so, I am giving up trying for now ...

but at least I now know that I can use higher compression levels on TI and get down to sizes that can fit on a single layer DVD and be able to create a bootable DVD with the images on the same DVD .. thanks the info

Shame TI does not come with this functionality built in ..

 

I'm currently using Nero 6 Ultra, however I believe when I first created the instructions I was using Nero 5.5

 

Hello czeto,

I'm also using Nero Burning ROM version 6 (6.6.0.8 actually - part of Nero Reloaded) and find there is no problem using either wdormann's procedure or mine. Follow the instructions as written (best to print them off first) and pay particular attention to the screen shot of Nero's Boot tab settings (make sure you select the "Image file" radio button). The other thing to watch out for is that, when you browse for the bcdwboot.bin file, you need to set the "File of type:" to "All Files (*.*)" rather than the default "Boot-Image-File (*.IMA)".

If there is still a problem please post back and we will try to help you sort it.

Regards

 

Hi all,

I tried to follow your procedure but I'm blocked quite quickly : I created the iso file from the rescue cd created by TI 8 but when i open the file, winISO tells me it's a "non bootcd" so I cannot save boot information to file... I checked to boot from it and it worked ...

Can you help me ?

Thanks a lot,

Laurent

 

What did you use to create the ISO from the rescue CD?
Have you booted from that very CD to check that is indeed bootable?

 

Thanks for a so fast reply wdormann !

I used WinISO 5.3 to make the iso and to browse it afterwhile in order to retrieve the boot information file.

when I browse the CD there is only one file on root : readme.txt
and one directory : Recovery Manager (I allowed Windows Explorer to browse hidden and protected system files).

This is the same structure in WinISO.

And yes I'm sure this is the same CD (if I well understood the question) ...

Any clue ?

Laurent

 

ReHi,

Here are other informations that might help :

The rescue CD created bye TI 8 has no name.

------------------------------------------

the content of the directory 'Recovery Manager' (sorry, it's a french version of xp, if you don't understand something, just tell me) :

Le volume dans le lecteur D n'a pas de nom.
Le num‚ro de s‚rie du volume est 562E-6136

R‚pertoire de D:\Recovery Manager

06/04/2005 16:36 <REP> .
06/04/2005 16:36 <REP> ..
06/04/2005 16:36 1.082.695 bootmenu.exe
06/04/2005 16:36 22.528 bootwiz.sys
06/04/2005 16:36 198 f11.cfg
06/04/2005 16:36 627.967 kernel.dat
06/04/2005 16:36 4.850 mouse.com
06/04/2005 16:36 7.995.500 ramdisk.dat
6 fichier(s) 9.733.738 octets
2 R‚p(s) 0 octets libres

------------------------------------------

The file f11.cfg is readable (by human eyes) and here is the content :

[start]
echo Starting Acronis True Image...
initrd ramdisk.dat /s
kernel kernel.dat quiet
quiet on
mbrcrcs on
vga vesa

[continue]
sysboot /active

[bootmgr]
default continue
delay 30

--------------------------------------------

The result of the attrib command in the root of the cd :

> attrib /s /d

R D:\Recovery Manager\bootmenu.exe
R D:\Recovery Manager\bootwiz.sys
R D:\Recovery Manager\f11.cfg
R D:\Recovery Manager\kernel.dat
R D:\Recovery Manager\mouse.com
R D:\Recovery Manager\ramdisk.dat
R D:\Recovery Manager
R D:\readme.txt

 

Hello lo2301,

I think you may have selected an incorrect option for WinISO's "Make ISO from CDROM".

In the "Create ISO form CD" (note spelling mistake!!) window you must select the "ASPI" option not "File" (see screenshot below). Recreate the ISO using this option and try again. With luck that was all it was

Regards

 

Thanks Menorcaman ! Now it's bootable !
A little explanation however : I changed the option from ASPI to file because the ASPI didn't work... I was trying to make that from my external usb cd/DVD drive ... After your reply, i tried with my internal drive (i have a laptop) and it worked with ASPI ! So I don't really know what was the problem with the external drive but anyway ... I'm going on and tell you if I have more problems ;-)

regards,

Laurent

 

Hi again,

At this point, I can make the backup dvd and I can boot from it but the process seems to stuck. Here is what I can see :

Starting bcdw ... > ok
Starting Acronis Loader ...
Then I see the Acronis picture, then a few accesses to the dvd drive then a black screen and nothing more :-(.

I'll try without the 'safe boot option' instead of the 'complete' one.

Or maybe you have some other alternative to this issue ?

Thank you very much for your help anyway !

Regards.

Laurent

 

Does the standard boot CD work?
If not, then the boot DVD won't either.

 

I have no Winiso but I have Ultraiso and no Nero either
Does anyone know how to create a bootable with other burning appplications
I don't want to create uselss DVD coasters
Thanks?

 

I have a question for Menorcaman
when he refers to editing bootcat.ini and leave the command "\acronis\ati.wbt ; TrueImage ; copyboot"

the ini looks like this


; *** Boot options definition

C:\ ; Boot from drive C: ; Cancellation of loading from CD and loading from a hard disk.^^ Allows to cancel loading without unloading of CD from CD-ROM.^
:restart ; Restart BCDW with Russian settings ; torussian ; \bcdw\bcdw_rus.ini
\BootCat2.Ini ; Skin changing ; altskin
\Simple.Ini ; Example of the most simple BootCat.Ini ; F.A.Q.: That is minimum indispensable in BootCat.Ini?^ A.: Only names of files with boot images^ (see example).^
:reboot ; Reboot ; ^ Reboot computer (or exit from IniTest.Com program).^
:
: ; *** Examples of boot options definition
:
\i386\setupldr.bin ; Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup (setupldr.bin) ; ntbootcd
\nt5boot.bin ; Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup (nt5boot.bin) ; noemuboot
\w2ksect.bin ; Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup (w2ksect.bin) ; noemuboot
\xpboot.bin ; Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup (xpboot.bin) ; noemuboot
\dos4bcdw.ima ; Microsoft Windows 9x/Me setup ; dosstart ; \Win9x\Setup.Exe
:
: ; *** Installation of different versions of XP/2000/NT from one CD
:
\NT_1\setupldr.bin ; Microsoft Windows XP SP1 ; ntmultibootcd
\NT_2\setupldr.bin ; Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3 ; ntmultibootcd
\NT_3\setupldr.bin ; Microsoft Windows NT SP6 ; ntmultibootcd
:
: ; *** Loading WinPE based programs (or similar)
:
\WNPE\setupldr.bin ; Load Microsoft Windows PE ; winpe
\ERDC\setupldr.bin ; ERD Commander 2002 ; winpe
\DCMD\setupldr.bin ; Disk Commander ; winpe
\OOBC\setupldr.bin ; O&O BlueCon ; winpe
:
: ; *** Loading Acronis programs
:
\acronis\adc.wbt ; DriveCleanser ; copyboot
\acronis\ade.wbt ; Disk Editor ; copyboot
\acronis\ame.wbt ; MigrateEasy ; copyboot
\acronis\aos.wbt ; OS Selector ; copyboot
\acronis\aos_ru.wbt ; OS Selector 8.0 RU ; copyboot
\acronis\ape.wbt ; PartitionExpert ; copyboot
\acronis\are.wbt ; RecoveryExpert ; copyboot
\acronis\ati.wbt ; TrueImage ; copyboot
\acronis\ati_ru.wbt ; TrueImage 6.0 RU ; copyboot
:
: ; *** Loading programs from bootable floppy images
:
\Images\er6.ima ; Easy Recovery 6 ; imastart
\Images\pqpm8.ima ; PowerQuest Partition Magic 8 ; imastart
\Images\ghost_cd.ima ; Norton Ghost (CD) ; imastart
\Images\ghost_net.ima ; Norton Ghost (Net) ; imastart
\Images\ghost_p2p.ima ; Norton Ghost (P2P) ; imastart
\Images\ntfschk.ima ; Winternals NTFSCHK ; imastart
\Images\ntfsdos.ima ; Winternals NTFSDOS ; imastart
\Images\ibmdft.ima ; IBM Drive Fitness Test ; imastart
\Images\ibmft.ima ; IBM Feature Tool ; imastart
\Images\hdft.ima ; Hitachi Drive Fitness Test ; imastart
\Images\hft.ima ; Hitachi Feature Tool ; imastart
\Images\ciacmd10.ima ; CIA Commander ; imastart
\Images\checkit7.ima ; CheckIt 7 ; imastart
\Images\memtest.img ; Memtest86 ; imastart
\Images\emrd098a.ima ; Emergency Master Rescue Disk ; imastart
\Images\ucd36wme.ima ; Universal Boot Disk ; imastart
:
: ; *** Loading DOS-programs from CD
:
\dos4bcdw.ima ; Volkov Commander ; dosstart ; \vc\vc.com
:
: ; *** Examples of using ISOLinux by H. Peter Anvin
:
/isolinux/isolinux.bin ; Command prompt ; isolinux
/isolinux/isolinux-debug.bin ; Debug version ; isolinux
/isolinux/isolinux.bin ; RIP Linux ; isolinux ; /linux/RIP/kernel ramdisk_size=16384 initrd=/linux/RIP/rescue.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw
\Images\redhat.ima ; RadHat Linux setup floppy image (syslinux) ; imastart
/isolinux/isolinux.bin ; RedHat Linux ; isolinux ; /linux/redhat/kernel ramdisk_size=16384 initrd=/linux/redhat/rescue.gz root=/dev/ram0 rw
/isolinux/isolinux.bin ; Partition Image ; isolinux ; /linux/partimg/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=16384 initrd=/linux/partimg/initrd.img root=/dev/ram0 rw
/isolinux/isolinux.bin ; NT Change Password Utility ; isolinux ; /linux/ntpass/vmlinuz initrd=/linux/ntpass/initrd.gz vga=1 ramdisk_size=128000 root=/dev/fd0
/isolinux/isolinux.bin ; Memtest86 (isolinux/memdisk) ; isolinux ; /isolinux/memdisk initrd=/Images/memtest.img
\Images\memtest.img ; Memtest86 (BCDW) ; no_readme
:
: ; *** Examples of using BootScriptor by Michael K Ter Louw
:
/bscript/loader.bin ; Command prompt ; bscriptor
/bscript/loader.bin ; 911 Rescue CD script ; bscriptor ; script /bscript/911cd.ini
/bscript/loader.bin ; Win2K Pro PockeR script ; bscriptor ; script /bscript/pocker.ini
/bscript/loader.bin ; J. Spitzner's CD Menue script ; bscriptor ; script /bscript/cdmenue.ini
/bscript/loader.bin ; Reboot ; bscriptor ; reboot
:
: ; *** Examples of using diskem1x.bin by Gary Tong and Bart Lagerweij
:
/diskem1x.bin ; Command prompt ; diskemu
/diskem1x.bin ; Sample script ; diskemu ; batch diskem1x.cmd
:
: ; *** Load any program with loading address 07c0:0000
:
\easyboot\cdmenu.ezb ; EasyBoot menu ; noemuboot
:
: ; *** Boot from floppy or FAT logical-drive images (emulation of A
:
\FDDTest\logical_c.ima ; FAT logical-drive C: image generated by WinImage ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\logical_d.ima ; FAT logical-drive D: image generated by WinImage ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\logical_E.ima ; FAT logical-drive E: image generated by WinImage ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\logical_Z.ima ; FAT logical-drive Z: image generated by WinImage ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fdxxxxxx.ima ; FAT Floppy with custom (up to 8Gb) size ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd700000.ima ; FAT Floppy ~700mb (full 700mb CD as one big drive A ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd650000.ima ; FAT Floppy ~650mb (full 650mb CD as one big drive A ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd300000.ima ; FAT Floppy ~300mb ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd100000.ima ; FAT Floppy ~100mb (Zip100 floppy) ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd050000.ima ; FAT Floppy ~50mb ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd011520.ima ; FAT Floppy 11.52mb (8x1.44mb) ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd005760.ima ; FAT Floppy 5.76mb (4x1.44mb) ; fddbigimages
\FDDTest\fd002880.ima ; Floppy 2.88mb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd001720.ima ; Floppy 1.72mb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd001680.ima ; Floppy 1.68mb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd001440.ima ; Floppy 1.44mb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd001200.ima ; Floppy 1.2mb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd000820.ima ; Floppy 820kb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd000720.ima ; Floppy 720kb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd000360.ima ; Floppy 360kb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd000320.ima ; Floppy 320kb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd000180.ima ; Floppy 180kb ; fddimages
\FDDTest\fd000160.ima ; Floppy 160kb ; fddimages
:
: ; *** Boot from hard disk images (emulation of C:, D:, E: etc.)
:
\HDDTest\hdd_xxxx.img ; Hard disk image with arbitrary quantity of partitions ; hddimages
\HDDTest\hdd_cdef.img ; Hard disk image with four partitions C:, D:, E: è F: ; hddimages
\HDDTest\hdd_c.img ; Hard disk image with one partition C: ; hddimages
:
: ; *** Boot from images with MS-DOS operating system
:
\DOS\MSDOS\ms211oli.ima ; MS-DOS 2.11 OEM (Olivetti) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms330.ima ; MS-DOS 3.30 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms330del.ima ; MS-DOS 3.30 OEM (Dell) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms330nec.ima ; MS-DOS 3.30 OEM (NEC) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms330tan.ima ; MS-DOS 3.30 OEM (Tandon) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms401.ima ; MS-DOS 4.01 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms500.ima ; MS-DOS 5.00 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms600.ima ; MS-DOS 6.00 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms620.ima ; MS-DOS 6.20 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms621.ima ; MS-DOS 6.21 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\ms622.ima ; MS-DOS 6.22 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w95a_en.ima ; MS-DOS 7.00 EN (Win95) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w95a_ru.ima ; MS-DOS 7.00 RU (Win95) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w95b_en.ima ; MS-DOS 7.10 EN (Win95B) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w95b_ru.ima ; MS-DOS 7.10 RU (Win95B) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w98fe_en.ima ; MS-DOS 7.10 EN (Win9 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w98fe_ru.ima ; MS-DOS 7.10 RU (Win9 ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w98se_en.ima ; MS-DOS 7.10 EN (Win98SE) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\w98se_ru.ima ; MS-DOS 7.10 RU (Win98SE) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\wme_en.ima ; MS-DOS 8.00 EN (WinMe) ; imastart
\DOS\MSDOS\wme_ru.ima ; MS-DOS 8.00 RU (WinMe) ; imastart
:
: ; *** Boot from images with PC-DOS operating system
:
\DOS\PCDOS\pc110.img ; PC-DOS 1.10 ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc330.ima ; PC-DOS 3.30 ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc400.ima ; PC-DOS 4.00 ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc400_.ima ; PC-DOS 4.00 (different kernel) ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc501.ima ; PC-DOS 5.01 ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc610.ima ; PC-DOS 6.10 ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc630.ima ; PC-DOS 6.30 ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc700en.ima ; PC-DOS 7.00 EN ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc700ru.ima ; PC-DOS 7.00 RU ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc701.ima ; PC-DOS 7.00 Revision 1 (PC-DOS 2000) ; imastart
\DOS\PCDOS\pc710.ima ; PC-DOS 7.10 (with FAT32 support) ; imastart
:
: ; *** Boot from images with DR-DOS operating system
:
\DOS\DRDOS\cpm8610.img ; Digital Research CP/M-86 1.0 ; imastart
\DOS\DRDOS\dr500.ima ; Digital Research DOS 5.00 ; imastart
\DOS\DRDOS\dr600.ima ; Digital Research DOS 6.00 ; imastart
\DOS\DRDOS\dr701.ima ; Caldera OpenDOS 7.01 ; imastart
\DOS\DRDOS\dr702.ima ; Caldera DR-DOS 7.02 ; imastart
\DOS\DRDOS\dr703.ima ; Caldera DR-DOS 7.03 ; imastart
\DOS\DRDOS\DR705.ima ; Caldera DR-DOS 7.05 (with FAT32 support) ; imastart
:
: ; *** Boot from images with PTS-DOS operating system
:
;\DOS\PTSDOS\ptsdos7A.ima ; PTS-DOS v7.0 alpha (ñ CD íå ðàáîòàåò) ; no_readme
\DOS\PTSDOS\ptsdos2K.ima ; PTS-DOS 2000 Demo ; imastart
\DOS\PTSDOS\ptsdos32.ima ; PTS-DOS 32 Demo (with FAT32 support) ; imastart
:
: ; *** Boot from images with FreeDOS operating system
:
\DOS\FreeDOS\dos-c090.ima ; DOS-C v0.90 (base of FreeDOS) ; imastart
\DOS\FreeDOS\fdos2028.ima ; FreeDOS (FAT32 Kernel build 2028, FreeCom 0.83 Beta 54); imastart
:
: ; *** Boot from images with other operating systems
:
\Images\menuet.ima ; Menuet OS ; imastart
\DOS\RxDOS.ima ; RxDOS ; imastart
:

; *** Skin settings

[Options]

; *** Background settings

BGColors = 00, 80, 80, 80 ; Background colors: border, background, top line, bottom line
BGSymbol = 32 ; Decimal code of background filler: 32, 176, 177, 178
TopText = ; Top line text
BottomText = ; Bottom line text

; *** Settings of "Boot variants" window

MenuPosition = 02, 05, 76, 13 ; Window Position: X, Y, width, height
MenuColors = f9, 9f, 1f, f0, 0f, fd, f9 ; Window colors: border, title on got focus, title on lost focus, window content, current line on got focus, current line on lost focus, unacceptable lines
MenuBorderStyle = 5 ; Border style: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
MenuShadowStyle = 2 ; Shadow style: 0, 1, 2
MenuTitle = Boot variants ; Window title
MenuDefault = 0 ; Index of default boot image
MenuTimerLabel = Time remaining: ; Timer label
MenuTimer = 30 ; Timer delay in seconds

; *** Settings of "About boot variant" window (remove all Help* strings to disable this window)

HelpPosition = 02, 19, 76, 05 ; Window position: X, Y, width, height
HelpColors = e0, 9f, 1f, e0, 0f, e0 ; Window colors: border, title on got focus, title on lost focus, window content, current line on got focus, current line on lost focus
HelpBorderStyle = 5 ; Border style: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
HelpShadowStyle = 2 ; Shadow style: 0, 1, 2
HelpTabSkip = 0 ; Skip window while switching by Tab key: 0 - off, 1 - on
HelpTitle = About boot variant ; Window title

; *** Settings of "About CD" window (remove all About* strings to disable this window)

AboutPosition = 02, 01, 76, 03 ; Window position: X, Y, width, height
AboutColors = e0, 9f, 1f, e0, 0f, e0 ; Window colors: border, title on got focus, title on lost focus, window content, current line on got focus, current line on lost focus
AboutBorderStyle = 5 ; Border style: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
AboutShadowStyle = 2 ; Shadow style: 0, 1, 2
AboutTabSkip = 0 ; Skip window while switching by Tab key: 0 - off, 1 - on
AboutTitle = About CD ; Window title
AboutText = ~ ; Window content
Rescue bootable CD
~

; *** Settings of "Scroll line" window (remove all Scroll* strings to disable this window)

ScrollPosition = 79, 00, 01, 01 ; Window position: X, Y, width, height
ScrollColors = 87, 87, 87, 87, 0f, 87 ; Window colors: border, title on got focus, title on lost focus, window content, current line on got focus, current line on lost focus
ScrollBorderStyle = 0 ; Border style: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
ScrollShadowStyle = 0 ; Shadow style: 0, 1, 2
ScrollTabSkip = 1 ; Skip window while switching by Tab key: 0 - off, 1 - on
ScrollMode = 0 ; Window mode: 0 - scroll line, 1 - text window (such as "About CD" window)
ScrollTitle = ; Window title
ScrollText = ~ ; Window content
/-\|/-\
\-/|\-/
~

; *** Descriptions for boot variants

no_readme = ~

For this boot variant there is no description.
~
torussian = ~

Restart BCDW with Russian settings: fonts, menus, comments, etc.
~
bcdwreload = ~

Example of reloading BCDW with different settings (different bcdw.ini).
~
altskin = ~

BootCat.Ini with alternative skin.
~
ntbootcd = ~
BCDW allows to launch Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup program.
The special structure of CD is required.
See http://bootcd.narod.ru/ntbootcd.htm for details.
~
ntmultibootcd = ~
BCDW allows to launch many Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT setup programs
from one CD. The special structure of CD and files adaptation is required.
See http://bootcd.narod.ru/ntmultibootcd.htm for details.
~
winpe = ~
BCDW allows to launch Microsoft Windows PE or similar programs
(for example: ERD Commander 2002, O&O BlueCon etc.). Files adaptation
is required. See http://bootcd.narod.ru/ntwinpe.htm for details.
~
copyboot = ~
If you have a bootable CDs with a programs (for example: Acronis programs),
then you may copy this programms to CD with BCDW.
See documentation for details.
~
imastart = ~
If you have a bootable floppys with programs (for example: Norton Ghost,
EasyRecovery, PartitionMagic and other), you may use images of this
floppys on CD with BCDW. See documentation for details.
~
dosstart = ~
BCDW allows to launch DOS-programs from CD (for example: Microsoft Windows
9x/Me setup program, Volkov Commander, etc.). The special DOS-floppy image
is required. See documentation for details.
~
isolinux = ~
BCDW allows to launch the program ISOLinux and pass to it a command for
execution (for example: command to launch Linux).
See documentation for details.
~
bscriptor = ~
BCDW allows to launch the program BootScriptor and pass to it a command for
execution (for example: command to launch script).
See documentation for details.
~
diskemu = ~
BCDW allows to launch the program diskem1x.bin and pass to it a command for
execution (for example: command to launch script).
See documentation for details.
~
noemuboot = ~
BCDW allows to launch any programs with load address 07c0:0000
(for example: menu file generated by EasyBoot, Microsoft Windows XP/2000/NT
boot-sectors, ISOLinux, BootScriptor etc.)
~
fddbigimages = ~
BCDW allows to boot from floppy or logical-drive images with
custom (up to 8Gb) size. See documentation for details.
See http://bootcd.narod.ru/images.htm for demo images.
~
fddimages = ~
BCDW allows to boot from floppy images with standard sizes (2.88mb, 1.72mb,
1.68mb, 1.44mb, 1.2mb, 820kb, 720kb, 360kb, 320kb, 180kb, 160kb) with
any file system. See documentation for details.
~
hddimages = ~
BCDW allows to boot from hard disk images with arbitrary quantity of
partitions. See documentation for details.
See http://bootcd.narod.ru/images.htm for demo images.
~
What to delete?
thanks

 

I am wondering the same.

Can I just extract the boot image using UltraISO to a *.BIF (same as WinISO WBT, compared using Beyond Compare), and modify the bcds.ini to "bcdw \acronis\trueimg.bif"?

 

Hello vareniky and Zero-Point,

As I said in the instruction - ......delete everything other than the command "\acronis\ati.wbt ; TrueImage ; copyboot". Don't include the quote marks though!!

As for the possibility of using UltraISO and an alternative to Nero burning software, I'm afraid I can't comment. However, why not live dangerously and experiment as I did (after all, that's half the fun )? Just make sure you use rewritable DVDs!!

Regards

 

Hey Menorcaman
thanks for your reply
I have followed your instructions and in Ultraiso is a bit different but at the end
when the boot screen showed up it could not find bdcw.bin path
and it stopped there
Sorry I don't use bloatware Nero for one

 

Hi Zero-Point,

Have just reread your post again and don't understand why you would want to modify the bcdw.ini (I'm assuming you meant bcdw.ini not bcds.ini). If anything, I would say it's the bootcat.ini file that needs modifying to read:

\acronis\trueimg.bif ; TrueImage ; copyboot

Regards

 

Ok I call it \acronis\mycd.bif ; TrueImage ; copyboot
stems from when I read and saved the files automatically defaulted to the above

 

Hi wdormann,

The rescue cd with 'complete' option boot but stucks. With the 'safe' option, it boots and presents the acronis interface.
This is the same for the DVD media but I cannot choose an image from the cd-rom drive ... Only from hard-drives. Unfortunately, this is not what I want of course...

Do you know what happened ?

Thanks,

Laurent

 

Precisions :

The image (in fact the images, there are 6 images) are well located on the dvd. I can check this with windows explorer but the drive is not shown in the explorer of acronis when I boot ...

 

lo2301:
Try pressing F11 right before the Acronis splash screen comes up.
Then enter "noapic acpi=off" in the kernel parameters dialog.

 

Thanks menorcaman
I did manage to create a bootable almost entirely with Ultraiso and verified with isobuster then burned with CopytoDVD
Tested all sequences right Acronis bootloader, interface the choose from given drive and worked fine. Jjust restored a highly compressed image

 

Hi Menorcaman,

I was following the original post and didn't see your technique until now. BTW, I was successful in my modification, but I was just testing the 6 images but TI said it was corrupt, so I went to bed. I'm about to get some RW's to test more with (one reason I was asking ahead before trying myself not wanting to burn through many discs). When I get back, I will try your suggestions.

Thanks

 

Hi wdormann,

Pressing F11 just doesn't do anything :-(...