usb-instalation.pdf

CreateabootableUSBmemorystickfromtheRestoredHBCD

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Introduction

We describe how the les of the restored/extended Hiren's BootCD (HBCD) can be transferred

to a USB memory stick (ash drive) and how the later can be made bootable using exclusively

tools provided by the HBCD. The quickest and most accurate method is to use Linux command

line tools, however Windows can be also used with equally good results. The restored edition of

Hiren's Boot CD employs a combination of the bootloaderssyslinuxandgrub4dos; so the method

described in Hiren's web page 1 does not work for the restored edition. If your computer does

not have an optical drive read the relevant section below.

Warning:If you decide to use a method other than the ones described below please note that

simply copying the les over to an already used USB stick is unlikely to work and some utilities

will fail to boot. When transferring iso images to bootable USB sticks or drives, care must be

taken so that the images are writtencontiguously. If an iso image is fragmented it will not

boot. Fragmentation happens when les are written in the space left by the deletion of other

les.For example if a small le is deleted and subsequently a larger le is written chances are

the larger le will be fragmented. Always use a freshly formated stick where nothing has been

deleted, or use a defragmentation utility.

1 http://www.hiren.info/pages/bootcd-on-usb-disk

LinuxMethod

Insert Hiren's Restored BootCD, boot the computer from it and selectPartedMagicLinux

(theLinuxoption of the main menu).

Insert a 2 Gb (or larger) USB stick. 1 Warning:AlldataontheUSBstickwillbe

erased.

Open a console window (e.g.LXTerminal) and type the following commands exactly as

they appear in the list bellow after you replace the xx 's with what is appropriate for your

USB ash drive e.g. sdb1 or sdc1 . 2 Warning:Ifyouget xx wrongyoumayerase

yourharddisk.

Command

Explanation

In case the stick has been

already automounted,

umount/dev/sdxx

unmount it rst.

mkfs.vfat-F32-nHBCD/dev/sdxx Format the stick.

mkdir/mnt/cdrom

Create a CD mountpoint.

mount/dev/sdxx/mnt/usb

Mount the stick.

mount/dev/sr0/mnt/cdrom

Mount the CD.

Copy les to the stick,

cp-Rfv/mnt/cdrom/*/mnt/usb/

and wait for some time...

syslinux-i-disolinux/dev/sdxx Install the bootloader.

ddif=/usr/share/syslinux/mbr.binof=/dev/sdx Install the bootloader's MBR.

parted/dev/sdxset1booton Make the stick active, i.e. bootable.

sync

Flush any pending buered data.

Note: In the last two commands before sync , sdx must be a device e.g., sdb or sdc , and

nota partition sdb1 or sdc1 .

Reboot the computer and test the stick for booting.

1 The actual capacity needed for HBCD is 1.8 GB. The spare capacity is available to store other les.

2 You can determine the correct device letters with the command: \ fsarchiverprobe " or \ fdisk-l ".

WindowsMethod

Insert Hiren's Restored BootCD, boot the computer from it and selectMiniWindowsXP.

Insert a 2 Gb (or larger) USB stick. 1 Warning:AlldataontheUSBstickwillbe

erased.

Run theUSBFormatTool, found in the HBCD Program Launcher, under the itemPrograms

-Partition/Boot/MBR,

Format the stick as shown.

1 The actual capacity needed by HBCD is 2.2 GB. The spare capacity is available to store other les.

Determine the letters of the CD and USB drives (Look in My Computer).

Copy all the les from CD to USB. For this you may \Drag-and-Drop"(slow) or use one

of the utilities found in the HBCD menu, likeFastCopyorTeraCopy(look for them under

Backup) orTotalCommander, or even use the dos command: xcopyX:\*.*Y:\/E ,

where X and Y are CD and USB letters respectively.

Go to MyComputer , nd the CD, right click on the bootprog subfolder and then ' Command

PromtHere '.

In the console window type the command:

syslinux.exe-maf-disolinuxY:

where Y: is the USB drive. This command installs the bootloader, the MBR and activates

the USB for booting.

Safely remove the stick and test for booting.

AlternativeWindowsMethod

The utilityRMPepUSB(found in Partition/Boot/MBR of the HBCD program launcher menu)

can format, copy the les, and install the bootloader in one go. However it takes a very long

time to copy the les.

Set the utility's options as shown below and clickPrepareDrive. Unless you are familiar

with this utility do not meddle with any of the other settings.

Wait (copying the les takes a long time with this utility; so be patient) and, when

prompted, answer the two questions as indicated in the screenshots shown below:

When asked type the bootloader folder name: isolinux (withoutbackslash).

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