aircave Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 this sounds interesting... so I am wondering if it would be possible to boot into an OS (BartPE/DSL etc.) and load any .ISO of choice (AV live rescue-cd) from within the OS... all running from a USB... the way mobalivecd does it in windows...? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590259100 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 this sounds interesting... so I am wondering if it would be possible to boot into an OS (BartPE/DSL etc.) and load any .ISO of choice (AV live rescue-cd) from within the OS... all running from a USB... the way mobalivecd does it in windows...? So you mean running an OS within an OS? Why would you do this? Just run the OS directly from the Grub menu? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590260368 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nawaites Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 I'm new in this stuff and this guide works really well! For WINPE 2.1, does anybody have any tips to install web browser and shell? Also, I'm thinking of putting UBCD4win (I believe every tools included there is legal...). Can anybody guide me through the steps? Sorry for being so greedy but what other useful tools can be added to my rescue usb?? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590281296 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasoosh Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590344096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSteyrAug Posted January 1, 2009 Share Posted January 1, 2009 Could this be used on an external hdd rather than a USB drive? It's all I got. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590347218 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted January 3, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted January 3, 2009 I don't see why not, although you will be limited to 32GB for your FAT32 partition size. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590354546 Share on other sites More sharing options...
FutureCCE Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hmmm, strange. I see my drives on my machine regardless.Im not much of a Linux guru, only a starter really. Hopefully someone else more Linux knowledged will see this and be able to assist further, but i have exhausted all my ideas. Ill let people know about this thread for you though mate. Sorry i couldnt help more (Y) I am having the same problem, ntpasswd only finds the WinPE install on my Flash Drive and not the HDDs. I even tried extracting the ntpasswd image from the website and dumping it into /ntpasswd. Has a solution been found for this problem? Thanks! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590422720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted January 14, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted January 14, 2009 I just wanted to add an update to this - if you are running the Windows 7 beta it is possible to use the beta of Windows PE 3.0 with this guide in place of 2.0 or 2.1. Simply download the Windows 7 WAIK beta from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;DisplayLang=en Then follow the usual instructions. PE 3.0 even has the fancy new boot screen :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590424064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtc_sanosuke Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm new in this stuff and this guide works really well!For WINPE 2.1, does anybody have any tips to install web browser and shell? Also, I'm thinking of putting UBCD4win (I believe every tools included there is legal...). Can anybody guide me through the steps? Sorry for being so greedy but what other useful tools can be added to my rescue usb?? Hi, 1st of all thx for this great guide. I tried to add UBCD to my USB drive making this steps: a) make UBCD ISO b) copy this stuff to my USB hard drive: BCDW (folder) CMDC (folder) I386 (folder) images (folder) isolinux (folder) PROGRAMS (folder) syslinux (folder) minint (folder) winbom.ini BOOTSECT.BIN ntdetect.com ntldr WIN51IP WIN51IP.SP2 autorun.inf 3) I added this lines to menu.lst title UBCD root (hd0,0) find --set-root (hd0,0)/ntldr chainloader (hd0,0)/ntldr ... but when I try to boot UBCD option it stops with a message like "can't disable A20 gate" press any hey and boot halts. Any help would be much apreciated. Thx Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590441370 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasoosh Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 is it possible to use ntfs instead of fat32? I want to try this guide but i still need my usb to transfer big files (over 4 gigs). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590456108 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted January 22, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted January 22, 2009 is it possible to use ntfs instead of fat32?I want to try this guide but i still need my usb to transfer big files (over 4 gigs). I don't think it is possible, from the sysreccd faq: step-02: Format the USB-stick as FATFirst, format the device. You can just right-click on the USB-device in the Explorer, and then select "Format...", and choose a FAT filesystem (it won't work with NTFS). http://www.sysresccd.org/Sysresccd-manual-...SB-stick_as_FAT Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590465136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasoosh Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 (edited) ^ thanks. I finished the guide successfully (using fat32) but i think i did something wrong. im getting grub> instead of the menu. here is my files layout. Edited January 22, 2009 by Shasoosh Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590465156 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 When you say Grub, what is it you are actually seeing? Grub is what is loading the menu.lst file, so that is correct, however if you are not seeing the menu, im guessing you MIGHT have configred the menu file incorrectly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590466216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasoosh Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 its like a command line waiting for commands. grub> if i press tab i get all sort of options. i can get a print screen if it will clear things up. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590466460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 its like a command line waiting for commands. grub> if i press tab i get all sort of options. i can get a print screen if it will clear things up. Can you post a copy of your Menu.lst file so we can check out that the params are correct please. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590468444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shasoosh Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 thanks rich, after checking my Menu.lst i found the problem. Every thing is working great now. btw, i thought Windows pe should have a gui ( My computer icon etc') isn't there something closer to an OS i can load from my USB? Si , please update your guide, the Pe 2.1 link is broken. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590469148 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ups Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 This is a great tutorial! But i'm having some problems with grub. My pen boots and grups starts spitting: Launching GRUB... About to reset the boot drive. Report but if the machine hangs here. Return from int13/AH=0. The reset of the boot drive is Ok. About to enable gate A20. Report bug if the machine hangs here. Gate A20 is turned on successfully. Check if the boot drive(0x80) is cd .. no And then it hangs.. it seems to be expecting a cd and not a pen. How can I address this? I can't seem to find any information on this! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590475126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted January 26, 2009 Author Veteran Share Posted January 26, 2009 Shasoosh - I have updated the link, thanks :) ups - could your BIOS be set to boot from USB-CDROM instead of USB-HDD? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590481654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ups Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Shasoosh - I have updated the link, thanks :)ups - could your BIOS be set to boot from USB-CDROM instead of USB-HDD? Is an Asus and it has no such option. From the Boot Menu I can just choose the Hard Drive, the DVD and the USB Pen. I'll keep testing. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590488704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ups Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 Cannot edit the previous post, so here is the update: I used other version of grubinst (newest?) and it worked. Since I was at it, I also installed in the pen Hirens BootCD as it has a few useful apps. My next goal is to tweak the WinPe install with some stuff to make it a bit more... user friendly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590490764 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted January 28, 2009 Share Posted January 28, 2009 Cannot edit the previous post, so here is the update:I used other version of grubinst (newest?) and it worked. Since I was at it, I also installed in the pen Hirens BootCD as it has a few useful apps. My next goal is to tweak the WinPe install with some stuff to make it a bit more... user friendly. Thats great mate, glad it worked for you. Note that talking about Hirens is not allowed here as its classed as warez... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590492420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvertorch Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks for the Windows PE 3 beta, I gotta take a look at that. Also I have found a nice portable distribution of linux. Its calle Slax. http://www.slax.org/ I am able to boot from and run it from a 2gig usb drive. Dont need to mount anything, it finds all of th hardware by its self. Took me some time to figure it out, but here is how to make it boot from GRUB. title Slax kernel /boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf ; telinit~4 changes=/slax/ initrd /boot/initrd.gz boot Only works when the slax directory is on the root of the USB stick. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590598720 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Thanks for the Windows PE 3 beta, I gotta take a look at that.Also I have found a nice portable distribution of linux. Its calle Slax. http://www.slax.org/ I am able to boot from and run it from a 2gig usb drive. Dont need to mount anything, it finds all of th hardware by its self. Took me some time to figure it out, but here is how to make it boot from GRUB. title Slax kernel /boot/vmlinuz ramdisk_size=6666 root=/dev/ram0 rw autoexec=xconf ; telinit~4 changes=/slax/ initrd /boot/initrd.gz boot Only works when the slax directory is on the root of the USB stick. Welldone for working it out mate. I could have helped you with that... I have Knopix, Knopix STD and Helix running from mine, along with the applications stated in this thread. You do need to have the folders at the root though, which can be messy, however, playing around with grub4dos, you will find it is capable of booting directly from some .ISO's, although it can be a pain to configure correctly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590598804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted February 19, 2009 MVC Share Posted February 19, 2009 Does the USB have to be writable for the different things to boot off it. meaning if mine has a write protection switch, can I install all the stuff on it, then set it to read only and stuff have the stick boot like it should?. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590600018 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panacik Posted February 19, 2009 Share Posted February 19, 2009 Does the USB have to be writable for the different things to boot off it. meaning if mine has a write protection switch, can I install all the stuff on it, then set it to read only and stuff have the stick boot like it should?. Im only guessing, but i would say it needs write protection off. This is because when the OS and other software talks to the hardware, it needs to read+write. GIve it a go though. Would be interesting to know if it does work or not. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/621496-create-a-multi-boot-rescue-usb-flash-drive/page/4/#findComment-590600084 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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