Synomenon Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I've been using this "clean boot CD" for awhile now to do my BIOS updates:http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#cleanRecently, I switched to a SATA optical drive and now whenever I boot with this CD it says that it can't find any optical drive. Is there any way to get it to work with SATA optical drives? If not is there any way to make a "clean boot USB flash drive" that works exactly like this clean boot CD except for it being a USB flash drive instead of a CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justas Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 By clean you mean just a simple OS? Or do you just want a bootable flash drive?http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~shaher/Bootable_USB.html Has a decent guide of how to make a bootable flash drive.Not sure what you mean by clean, but this creates a flash drive that works on most boards. There are some NEWER boards that don't like this method, but it has only been a select few. Hope this helps. Not quite sure if this is a "clean" boot. But I hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kof94 Posted September 27, 2007 Share Posted September 27, 2007 I know what your talking about, there's a similar image at bootdisk.com.Basically your looking at the most minimalistic DOS boot disk you can have that has no drivers or TSR's to screw up your BIOS flash.I'm afraid that if your BIOS doesn't support a SATA to EIDE bridge (SATA devices appearing as EIDE) then your gonna have to load a driver.Thankfully one does exist although I have had no experience with SATA CD/DVD drives so I can't comment on how good it is.Your first port of call should be to the NwDsk project site. NwDsk is basically a modular boot disc that you can add or remove different cab files to load different drivers and utils during boot. All you need is the cab file that contains the sata drivers.If you want to test this out first download the Ultimate Boot CD and boot the FreeDOS boot disc from the Boot Discs menu (note: this may fail also if isolinux can't see your drive either). During boot you should see the SATA drivers loadingI hope this helps some how. Good luck.-kof94 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) I found the driver I need to add to that "Clean Boot CD": http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#cleanIt's GCDROM.syshttp://marktsai0316.googlepages.com/gcdromfordosHow do I add GCDROM.sys to that "Clean Boot CD" I linked to ( http://marktsai0316.googlepages.com/gcdromfordos )? Edited November 11, 2007 by IsLNdbOi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 You should substitute the whatever driver you currently have in CONFIG.SYS, see this for reference:http://www.techadvice.com/tech/C/CDROM_DOSSU.htmi.e.:DEVICE=C:\CDROM\IDE-CD.SYS /D:NCI000DEVICE=C:\CDROM\GCDROM.SYS /D:NCI000@justasThe link you gave is a rather oldish one, and the procedure is a bit complex and not guaranteed to work on any hardware, my FAQ page:http://home.graffiti.net/jaclaz:graffiti.n...SB/USBfaqs.htmlin FAQ#4 has a link to a graphical, simple howto with the HP format utility:http://www.bay-wolf.com/usbmemstick.htmjaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted November 11, 2007 Author Share Posted November 11, 2007 (edited) Right now there are only two files on the "Clean Boot CD" when I open it in explorer:BOOTCAT.BINBOOTIMG.BINI tried extracting the contents of both files and only BOOTIMG.BIN will extract. These files are in BOOTIMG.BIN:attrib.exechkdsk.exdebug.exedeltree.exeext.exeextract.exefdisk.exefindramd.exehibinv.exelabel.exemem.exemove.exemscdex.exescandisk.exescanreg.exexcopy32.exexcopy.exescandisk.inixcopy32.modcommand.comedit.comformat.commode.comsys.comautoexec.batfixit.bathelp.batcd1.syscd2.syscd3.syscd4.sysconfig.syscountry.csdisplay.sysflashpt.syshimem.sysio.sysmsdos.sysreadme.txt--------------------When I open config.sys in notepad, this is what's in it:rem DEVICE=HIMEM.SYS /testmem:offFILES=30BUFFERS=20DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomatorem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:1f0,14rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:170,15rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:170,10rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:1e8,12rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:1e8,11rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:168,10rem DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomato /P:168,9LASTDRIVE=Z---------------So I would just replace:DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomatowith:DEVICE=GCDROM.SYS /D:tomato?I'm guessing I add the GCDROM.SYS to the same directory all of these files are in. Once I add GCDROM.SYS though, how do I pack them all back up into that single BOOTIMG.BIN file? Also, do I need to delete the cd1-4.sys files? Edited November 11, 2007 by IsLNdbOi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 So I would just replace:DEVICE=cd1.SYS /D:tomatowith:DEVICE=GCDROM.SYS /D:tomato?Yes.And yes, you can delete the "old" CD Rom driver as it won't be used anymore.Actually, the BOOTIMG.BIN is a 1,44 or 2,88 Mb Floppy disk image, you need a tool to manage this kind of files.Easiest would probably be using VFD:http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.htmlwith it the image will be seen as a normal floppy drive and you can make all the changes you need.Once you have your edited image ready, you use whatever app you normally use to make a bootable CD using it as El-Torito Floppy Emulation image, and adding the BIOS update files on the CDFS part.On the other hand, you could start from the beginning, using Bart's package you mentioned:http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/#clean(the files you listed do not belong to it, though)The idea behind Bart's CleanCD is to have ALL files (including the BIOS update ones) inside the bootable floppy image, this way there is NO need whatsoever to have a CD Rom driver as all the files are directly accessible.jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Ok, I've never gotten this to work. If anyone can make a version of this clean boot CD that works with any SATA optical drive, I'll pay you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Th3_uN1Qu3 Posted July 7, 2008 Share Posted July 7, 2008 Ok, I've never gotten this to work. If anyone can make a version of this clean boot CD that works with any SATA optical drive, I'll pay you.Go into the BIOS and set SATA Mode to IDE instead of AHCI. Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synomenon Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 Tried that already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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