01-usb-instalation.pdf

Create a bootable USB drive from the les of the Restored HBCD

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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.

LinuxMethod

Insert Hiren's Restored BootCD, boot the computer from it and selectPartedMagicLinux(the 5th

option of the main menu).

Insert a 2GB (or larger) USB stick. 2 Warning:AlldataontheUSBstickwillbeerased.

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 . 3 Warning:Ifyouget xx wrongyoumayeraseyourharddisk.

Command

Explanation

umount/dev/sdxx

In case the stick has been

already automounted,

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.

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

Copy les to the stick,

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 , andnota

partition sdb1 or sdc1 .

Reboot the computer and test the stick for booting.

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

2 The total size needed is 1.6 GB. The rest is available to store other les.

3 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 2GB (or larger) USB stick. 1 Warning:AlldataontheUSBstickwillbeerased.

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

tion/Boot/MBR,

Format the stick as shown.

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

1 The total size needed is 1.8 GB. The rest is available to store other les.

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) orTotal

Commander, 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 ' CommandPromt

Here '.

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).

Computerswithoutopticaldrive

If your computer has no optical drive and has Windows XP or Windows 7 installed you have the following

options:

Use a CD emulator such asAlcohol120%orDaemonToolsto mount the .iso, start the HBCD Program

Launcher and run the the utilities from the emulated optical drive, as described above. The utilities

are portable and work with all Windows versions.

Use Virtual PC software such asVMwareWorkstation,VirtualBoxandorQemuto create a virtual PC

in your computer and boot the .iso directly. In this case any of the 3 above methods are possible.

If the computer has only Linux, then you need to have the partition editorpartedand the bootloadersyslinux

installed. Test their availability with:

parted--version

and

syslinux--version (need > 4.0).

If not available install them from your distro's repositories.

Then follow the instuctions as above, but instead of the cdrom, mount the .iso with a command like:

mount-oloop,user<path-to-iso-file.iso>/mnt/cdrom

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