rickytheanuj Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Hi every body. I have a bootable "Partion Magic" image, which i comes with a computer magazine. It is a bootable image. I want to make a multi-bootable CD form my persional use, so i tried to extract the boot image of "partion magic" but it does not works. i think That's a linux based bootable image. So when i use the extracted image from "partion magic" in my multi-bootable cd, it does not work... i faced some thing like linux boot. fail... errorWhat is wrong.. individually that partion magic image work fine.Which software should i use to extract the linux based bootable image.I used MagicISO to extract the bootable image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj-kaiser Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 how did you come to the conclusion that it is a linux based boot image? for all I know Partition Magic as a DOS-based product.is there an "isolinux.cfg" or "isolinux" directory on the cd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickytheanuj Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 ok! fine, i could be wrong there... But exactly what i want is to successfully extract the boot image of "partion magic" which i can use in a multi-bootable CD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj-kaiser Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 I'm just asking for isolinux, simply because if your CD uses the isolinux bootmanager, the bootimage extractor will only extract the bootloder. If it is isolinux, you should be able to find the path to the floppy image in it's configuration file.I'd try the following, first search the CD for '*isolinux*' and if that leads to nothing, try searching inside the files for the bootmenu entry i.e. 'Partition Magic'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickytheanuj Posted September 29, 2007 Author Share Posted September 29, 2007 I'm just asking for isolinux, simply because if your CD uses the isolinux bootmanager, the bootimage extractor will only extract the bootloder. If it is isolinux, you should be able to find the path to the floppy image in it's configuration file.I'd try the following, first search the CD for '*isolinux*' and if that leads to nothing, try searching inside the files for the bootmenu entry i.e. 'Partition Magic'.Exactly that,when i opened that image in image extractor, it shows a folder ISOLINUX and a file "pmagic" without any extention. And what did you said , i m unable to do that, how can I do that. I will be glade if u describe me from the beginning please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj-kaiser Posted September 29, 2007 Share Posted September 29, 2007 when i opened that image in image extractor, it shows a folder ISOLINUX and a file "pmagic" without any extention. And what did you said , i m unable to do that, how can I do that. I will be glade if u describe me from the beginning please. just open the 'pqmagic' file from Notepad. should be a plain text file. You should be able to find the path to the floppy image there.look for something likelabel partitionmagickernel memdiskappend initrd=/path/to/floppy/image Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted September 30, 2007 Share Posted September 30, 2007 ISOBuster should do exactly what you want. It's what I use to extract the boot image from Windows CDs for creating my Unattended disks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickytheanuj Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 Structure of Partion magic liveCD=========liveCD=========One folder Named 'ISOLINUX' and one file named 'PMAGIC' without any extension.ISOLINUX--------size: 6.70MBContains: 7 files 1> BOOT.CAT 2> BZIMAGE 3> INITRD.GZ 4> ISOLINUX.BIN 5> ISOLINUX.CFG 6> SPLASHPM.PNG 7> VESAMENU.C32PMAGIC: Size:23.9 MBWhen i tired to open all file individually in hexedition only one file "ISOLINUX.CFG" is readable.ISOLINUX.CFGDEFAULT vesamenu.c32PROMPT 0TIMEOUT 200ONTIMEOUT normalMENU TABMSG The Linux LiveCD Partitioning ToolMENU BACKGROUND splashpm.pngMENU TITLE Parted Magic LiveCD Boot Options MenuLABEL normalMENU LABEL ^1. Boot Parted Magic using the default settingsKERNEL bzImageAPPEND noapic initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000LABEL skipMENU LABEL ^2. Bypass the Extra Boot Options menuKERNEL bzImageAPPEND noapic initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000 skipLABEL skip-toramMENU LABEL ^3. Run from RAM and bypass the Extra Boot Options menuKERNEL bzImageAPPEND noapic initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000 skip toramLABEL skip-xvesa-toramMENU LABEL ^4. Run from RAM using Xvesa, bypass Extra Boot OptionsTEXT HELPXvesa is a generic X server todisplay standard VGA BIOS modesand works with most computers.In addition to low memory usage,Xvesa is a good fallback if yourvideo card does not work in Xorg.ENDTEXTKERNEL bzImageAPPEND noapic initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000 skip xvesa toramLABEL skip-xvesaMENU LABEL ^5. Use Xvesa and bypass the Extra Boot Options menuTEXT HELPXvesa is a generic X server todisplay standard VGA BIOS modesand works with most computers.In addition to low memory usage,Xvesa is a good fallback if yourvideo card does not work in Xorg.ENDTEXTKERNEL bzImageAPPEND noapic initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=100000 skip xvesaLABEL lowmemMENU LABEL ^6. Select for computers with less than 128 MB of RAMKERNEL bzImageAPPEND noapic initrd=initrd.gz root=/dev/ram0 init=/linuxrc ramdisk_size=16384 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj-kaiser Posted October 2, 2007 Share Posted October 2, 2007 i was confused since you said your CD was "Partition Magic" and I never knew a linux based one before form PowerQuest. But since you posted the isolinux.cfg, I could see that the program you are using is based on "parted/GParted". Seems like you need at least bzImage (linux kernel), initrd (initial ram-disk) and the pmagic file. And you need a cd boot-loader that can handle booting linux.What are you planning to use as boot-loader on your own CD? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickytheanuj Posted October 2, 2007 Author Share Posted October 2, 2007 i was confused since you said your CD was "Partition Magic" and I never knew a linux based one before form PowerQuest. But since you posted the isolinux.cfg, I could see that the program you are using is based on "parted/GParted". Seems like you need at least bzImage (linux kernel), initrd (initial ram-disk) and the pmagic file. And you need a cd boot-loader that can handle booting linux.What are you planning to use as boot-loader on your own CD?i don't have any knowledge about linux boot loader. So please suggest me the easiest one.and i m using Magic ISO to creat my multi-boot CD.Please... help me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickytheanuj Posted October 3, 2007 Author Share Posted October 3, 2007 Hello! Can any one help me please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj-kaiser Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 I'd use Isolinux (the same bootloader as on the original), but I have yet to build a CD with it myself. I only know the configuration from the network bootloader pxelinux, which is made by the same author and uses the same configuration syntax.http://syslinux.zytor.com/iso.phpconfiguration:http://syslinux.zytor.com/faq.phpdownload:http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot...slinux-3.52.zip (latest version as of today)this package contains all the bootloaders and the source, but you will only need vesamenu.c32 and isolinux.bin from that.for short, you will need to create a bootable cd, with whatever software you use, and set isolinux.bin as bootfile. isolinux.cfg, isolinux.bin and vesamenu.c32 go to the ISOLINUX folder in your cd's root directory.To avoid coasters, use some virtualization software to test a ISO created by your cd burning software, such as VirtualPC, VirtualBox, VMware ... etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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