Ultimate Boot CD
could you help me out im doing the exact same thing but i copys the entire contents of the ubuntu iso to ubcd but im not sure were you want me to add that command line. i tried your link but i didnt get any of it. could you run me through it here? im also planning on adding 2 other distros to the ubcd along with ubuntu for a total of 3 can you help me out with that? id like to be able to choose which of the 3 id like to install
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#4 Post by Solaris17 » Tue Mar 18, 2008 6:42 pm
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#5 Post by Solaris17 » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:27 am
Loading /casper/vmlinuz Loading /casper/intrid.gz READY. [23152.304017 isapnp checksum for device 1 is not valid (0x98) [23152.304118 isapnp checksum for device 1 is not valid (0xbe) Loading please wait. and then nothing. any ideas?
NVM i rebooted and i got the same error but it loaded right up however my screen was scrambled. and when i try booting in safe graphics mode i get
[23152.304017 isapnp checksum for device 1 is not valid (0x98)
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#7 Post by Solaris17 » Fri Mar 21, 2008 11:09 am
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#9 Post by Solaris17 » Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:10 pm
i fixed the problems it was nothing ubuntu worked fine i was using micorsoft virtual PC to test the iso and it seems it didnt like it. when using vmware or burning it and booting it it worked fine no problems
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#10 Post by Solaris17 » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:04 am
hey kof i tried starting the iso via vmware and it worked like a charm but when i burn the iso to a disk and try to start ubuntu i get an error that says the clock cant be sysnced and to try starting with the noapic command is their a way to add that to my custom.cfg so it will start with that command in place automatically?
#11 Post by Icecube » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:25 am
Download the newest version of syslinux (contains also isolinux.bin).
http://syslinux.zytor.com
Replace all the files in your isolinux folder and syslinux folder that you can find in this archive. Add the following in your custom.cfg file.
LABEL ubuntu MENU LABEL ^Ubuntu CONFIG ubuntu.cfgrename the isolinux.cfg file from the ubuntu iso to ubuntu.cfg and copy it to the isolinux (and the syslinux folder if you want to make a version for your usb memory stick). Copy also all the other files from the ubuntu isolinux folder to the ubcd isolinux folder.
The CONFIG command, will load the ubuntu.cfg file and isolinux will execute it, as it was the original cd (boot screen and all other options). This command is not available in the isolinux and syslinux version of the ubcd iso. If you want to make a bootable usb memory stick, use the syslinux program from the archive also and not the outdated version that ships with ubuntu. I tried this with another distro some months ago and it took me 3 days before I knew why my custom iso didn’t work because I used an old version of isolinux.
#12 Post by Crysm » Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:40 pm
Old topic, I know, just wanted to add my experience here since my solution differs, and because it took me so long to figure out.
I wanted Ubuntu (I used 8.10, the current one as of this post) and UBCD to boot from the same USB stick. I installed UBCD first (via this guide) and ensured it was bootable.
Next, following the tips in this thread, I copied all the files and folders from the contents of the Ubuntu ISO except for the /isolinux folder. I copied the contents of the Ubuntu /isolinux folder to my UBCD /syslinux folder, renaming the copied isolinux.cfg to /syslinux/ubuntu.cfg.
This was where I hit problems. Merely appending
LABEL ubuntu MENU LABEL ^Ubuntu CONFIG ubuntu.cfg. as per Icecube’s suggestion in this thread in my custom.cfg file would not boot! In fact, it didn’t do anything; it simply sat there with the line selected. After toying around, my FINAL custom.cfg file looks like this:
MENU INCLUDE /menus/defaults.cfg LABEL back MENU LABEL .. KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND /menus/main.cfg LABEL ubuntu MENU LABEL Ubuntu 8.10 LiveCD KERNEL menu.c32 APPEND /syslinux/ubuntu.cfgBut this by itself is not quite enough! Syslinux would complain at me that the menu file I wanted to use had no LABEL arguments. I checked, and sure enough, it didn’t, but it included a file (menu.cfg) that included a file (text.cfg) that had the relevant LABEL arguments to boot. So my solution was to replace the line «include text.cfg» (sans quotes) in menu.cfg with the entire contents of text.cfg, and then to replace the line «include menu.cfg» in ubuntu.cfg (formerly isolinux.cfg, remember) with the entire contents of menu.cfg, including the whole of text.cfg.
This may be a kludgy solution, but it works for me with no visible side effects (except that the Ubuntu boot menu uses the UBCD style. so what?). Ubuntu works just fine, and so does UBCD from all I’ve seen. Hope that helps someone!
Download UBCD
If you have arrived here from an external link, Ultimate Boot CD allows you to run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives and consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. An experimental feature also allows you to run UBCD from your USB memory stick on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. Read more about UBCD and the full list of freeware diagnostic tools included here.
If you like trying out new stuff, please check out an early beta version of UBCD Live and give us your feedback. This is a Live Rescue CD based on Debian, which we hope will eventually be good enough to replace Parted Magic.
Please note that UBCD currently does not support UEFI Boot. If you have a UEFI machine, please remember to turn on CSM Boot in your BIOS.
The primary method by which I share the UBCD ISO image is via P2P, because that’s the fastest and most economical way a small project with limited budget can share a large file without incurring astronomical bandwidth cost. You can also download through normal HTTP via a network of mirror sites (found below) maintained by volunteers. If you find a particular mirror site to be down temporarily, please be patient and try another one.
After you have download the ISO image file, verify the integrity of the image by comparing the MD5/SHA1 checksum of the image with the values above. For more information about how to generate the image checksum, check out the wiki page on this topic.
Now you need to burn the ISO image to CD. This is another topic that frequently trips up newbies who are not familiar with their CD recording software, such as Nero or Easy CD Creator. Some of you end up burning the ISO file itself to the CD, or some other weird results.
The easiest way to burn the ISO file to CD is to use a small specialized freeware such as BurnCDCC or Active@ ISO Burner. For further assistance, refer to the tutorials section for help with burning the ISO image to CD with various popular CD recording software. Where possible, experiment with CDRW discs instead of CDR discs so that you can start over if something goes wrong, instead of churning out coasters.
After you have burnt the ISO image to CD, you should see the following structure on the CD if you have done it correctly:
c:\ubcd-extracted\
boot\
pmagic\
ubcd\
autorun.inf
license.txt
To run UBCD, leave the CD in the CDROM drive and reboot your computer. If you have problems booting the CD, you may need to adjust your BIOS settings to boot from the CDROM drive ahead of your hard disk. Some BIOS have the option of choosing the boot device on startup by pressing a function key. Refer to the FAQ for some suggestions.
If you wish to run UBCD from a USB memory stick, please refer to Making UBCD memory stick.
P2P
This is a torrent file to be plugged into BitTorrent-enabled browsers such as Opera or BitTorrent download managers such as uTorrent.
Alternatively, you can use this magnet link:
without downloading the torrent file. If you are using uTorrent, select File, Add Torrent from URL. and enter the magnet link.
Download UBCD
If you have arrived here from an external link, Ultimate Boot CD allows you to run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives and consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. An experimental feature also allows you to run UBCD from your USB memory stick on newer machines that supports booting from USB devices. Read more about UBCD and the full list of freeware diagnostic tools included here.
If you like trying out new stuff, please check out an early beta version of UBCD Live and give us your feedback. This is a Live Rescue CD based on Debian, which we hope will eventually be good enough to replace Parted Magic.
Please note that UBCD currently does not support UEFI Boot. If you have a UEFI machine, please remember to turn on CSM Boot in your BIOS.
The primary method by which I share the UBCD ISO image is via P2P, because that’s the fastest and most economical way a small project with limited budget can share a large file without incurring astronomical bandwidth cost. You can also download through normal HTTP via a network of mirror sites (found below) maintained by volunteers. If you find a particular mirror site to be down temporarily, please be patient and try another one.
After you have download the ISO image file, verify the integrity of the image by comparing the MD5/SHA1 checksum of the image with the values above. For more information about how to generate the image checksum, check out the wiki page on this topic.
Now you need to burn the ISO image to CD. This is another topic that frequently trips up newbies who are not familiar with their CD recording software, such as Nero or Easy CD Creator. Some of you end up burning the ISO file itself to the CD, or some other weird results.
The easiest way to burn the ISO file to CD is to use a small specialized freeware such as BurnCDCC or Active@ ISO Burner. For further assistance, refer to the tutorials section for help with burning the ISO image to CD with various popular CD recording software. Where possible, experiment with CDRW discs instead of CDR discs so that you can start over if something goes wrong, instead of churning out coasters.
After you have burnt the ISO image to CD, you should see the following structure on the CD if you have done it correctly:
c:\ubcd-extracted\
boot\
pmagic\
ubcd\
autorun.inf
license.txt
To run UBCD, leave the CD in the CDROM drive and reboot your computer. If you have problems booting the CD, you may need to adjust your BIOS settings to boot from the CDROM drive ahead of your hard disk. Some BIOS have the option of choosing the boot device on startup by pressing a function key. Refer to the FAQ for some suggestions.
If you wish to run UBCD from a USB memory stick, please refer to Making UBCD memory stick.
P2P
This is a torrent file to be plugged into BitTorrent-enabled browsers such as Opera or BitTorrent download managers such as uTorrent.
Alternatively, you can use this magnet link:
without downloading the torrent file. If you are using uTorrent, select File, Add Torrent from URL. and enter the magnet link.