Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair

[Jayro]

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This is SO what I was looking for! Don't care if it's free, where can I drop that case of beer?

PS: mega is terribly slow here, any chance on a torrent or nzb?

*edited: spelling

Have you tried the MediaFire Link? I'm afraid I don't have the proper hardware or knowhow to get a torrent uploaded and working, or else I'd love to get one up and running.

 

[Shoshi]

I just recently discovered your rescue cd and it is fabulous. Before this I was using another Win10 based mini win on a clunky multiboot system I cobbled together.

It looks like you used Sardu to build your multiboot. Sardu always crashes for me so I am not sure if I can even import your ISO into it. I am interested in adding the 64bit version of your Mini Windows 10 to your multiboot. In addition I would like to add Xubuntu with persistence in place of Lubuntu. I would also like to add a couple extra antivirus rescue cds from Bitdefender and Eset. I have used Ultraiso to add iso files and edit cfg files but it does not seem to work. Any pointers you may have would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Shoshi]

I edited antivirus.cfg using the two other entries as examples.

label Bitdefender
menu label Bitdefender
kernel /boot/grub.exe
APPEND --config-file="find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ISO/bitdefender.iso ; map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /ISO/bitdefender.iso (hd32); map --hook; chainloader (hd32)

I then tried the new iso in Virtualbox and it appears to work, almost. I then got this error.

 

[Jayro]

I edited antivirus.cfg using the two other entries as examples.

label Bitdefender
menu label Bitdefender
kernel /boot/grub.exe
APPEND --config-file="find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ISO/bitdefender.iso ; map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /ISO/bitdefender.iso (hd32); map --hook; chainloader (hd32)

I then tried the new iso in Virtualbox and it appears to work, almost. I then got this error.

You might need to change "boot" to "BOOT". I have been fixing boot paths for April's release, and now HDT is working. Alternatively, you can use Yumi instead of Sardu, to sort of remake the bootable suite.

 

[Shoshi]

Hey! Thanks for getting back to me! I have tried Yumi and it seems to break Mini Windows doing it that way. Unless you know of a way to use YUMI for part of this multiboot iso and add it into yours or something like that.

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I updated to BOOT and the same issue. The rescue cd hits the loading screen as if it is loading the desktop and then the same error. :/

 

[Shoshi]

I was able to correctly add the 64bit version of your Mini 10 to the multiboot and it works. There is one problem, the wifi does not work. I installed the driver and I added drivers via DSIM to the boot.wim file and I can see that the driver is installed ans working but I am unable to enable the wireless adapter in the network connections interface. What do I need to add? My apologies for being a pain!

 

[DvdW]

Have you tried the MediaFire Link? I'm afraid I don't have the proper hardware or knowhow to get a torrent uploaded and working, or else I'd love to get one up and running.

It took some time, but i've got it now. And it's working smooth.
I must refresh my 'skils' but I'll try to get a torrent running myself. I'll post it on usenet as a NZB too, that should get it going.

 

[Jayro]

I'm thinking I might have a setting in Network Manager set wrong for the Wi-Fi. I'm playing with getting things working, I just have to see what I can do in the next few months. I've always used the setting in Yumi at the very bottom, "Add unlisted ISO for GRUB" and they seem to boot up fine for me. Hardware configs do matter though, so mileage will vary.

(I apologize for the late reply, I thought GBATemp posted this, but it was only apparently "saved")

 

[Markinhfx]

That would be awesome if you can get the WiFi working.... On two different systems that I tried the drivers themselves seem to load and the adapter it self loads just no way to obtain an IP log in to a router etc....
Also any luck on getting the various recovery images to load? ie: Win 7 recovery? I got an error

 

[Derek H.]

Quick question, where is the parted magic located? I saw a comment previously stating that it was included, but cannot seem to find it.

 

[Jayro]

Quick question, where is the parted magic located? I saw a comment previously stating that it was included, but cannot seem to find it.

I removed PartedMagic long ago, once it became forced donationware. In its place now is Active@ Partition Manager, and I'll be adding another next release.

 

[Derek H.]

how would I go about adding it if I had an iso for it?

 

[Jayro]

how would I go about adding it if I had an iso for it?

You open the medicat iso in UltraISO (I use a portable version of the latest), and drop the parted magic iso into the ISO folder. Name it something simple, like pmagic.iso. Drag Main_Menu.cfg out to the desktop, then open it with a text editor, and copy and paste in something like:

menu label Boot PartedMagic ==>
      kernel /boot/grub.exe
      APPEND --config-file="find --set-root   --ignore-floppies /ISO/pmagic.iso ; map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /ISO/pmagic.iso (hd32); map --hook; chainloader (hd32)

Save the file, and drag it back into the root of the ISO, and save the ISO. Try it out in a virtual machine, and it should work.

 

[SonyUSA]

This is great! Does the Win10 image use .wim ? I want to add a few disk recovery packages I have :3 Also, does it have the 72 hour limit patched out? (Not sure if that's a thing in the win10 PE)

 

[Jayro]

This is great! Does the Win10 image use .wim ? I want to add a few disk recovery packages I have :3 Also, does it have the 72 hour limit patched out? (Not sure if that's a thing in the win10 PE)

Yes, it uses .wim, and I'm not sure if there's a 72 hour limit in Win10PE, I've never left it on for that long to find out.

 

[SonyUSA]

Yes, it uses .wim, and I'm not sure if there's a 72 hour limit in Win10PE, I've never left it on for that long to find out.

Ah yeah, there was a patch for Win7 PE that you had to apply, but that was a few years ago... I needed it during long disk data recoveries :/

 

[red9350]

Yes, windows 10 PE is limited to 72 hours too...

Also, I installed MediCat on my USB with XBoot, but Win10PE is missing a LOT of stuff! Why is that?

EDIT: So, now I understand how your iso works, so I tried to add to your iso file "Kaspersky Rescue Disk", "FalconFour's Ultimate BootCD" and "Trinity Rescue Kit", so I put them in the ISO folder, I edited the main-menu.cfg to list a new entry (called Other.cfg) and added each iso as an item in Other.cfg as follows:

label Kaspersky Rescue Disk
menu label Boot Kaspersky Rescue Disk
kernel /boot/grub.exe
APPEND --config-file="find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ISO/Kaspersky.iso ; map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /ISO/Kaspersky.iso (hd32); map --hook; chainloader (hd32)

Of course I can see the entry, I can boot it and it seems to work, BUT after booting every single one of those isos will fail to boot (ie Kaspersky will show the license, then a progress bar, then fail). So I thought "well, maybe it's the bootloader" and I merged the 3 isos using Xboot (which makes a bootable iso containing grub or syslinux and a menu to choose which iso to boot). Once again: they would boot to some extent, then fail. Am I missing something? Is there a way to integrate those 3 isos in your MediCat iso? Or can I make say 2 partitions on my USB (I've already set it as a Fixed disk, I can partition it) one with MediCat, the other with Xboot's grub and with the 3 tools, so I can choose which partition to boot?

I can't speak english very well, forgive me if I'm not comprehensible

 

[SonyUSA]

In that case, can I request you patch out the 72 hour limit? P:

Also, a tool I love is called "Unstoppable Copier". It's ultra portable (single .exe), free, and isn't packed with anything else. It's way faster than windows explorer in copying files and you can set up batch copy jobs if you are recovering data from a botched/virus'd up windows install That would be nice to have on the Win10 image for everyone, I'm sure!

(it even does retry limits for bad disks, resume/overwrite, .... lots of stuff!)

 

[Jayro]

In that case, can I request you patch out the 72 hour limit? P:

Also, a tool I love is called "Unstoppable Copier". It's ultra portable (single .exe), free, and isn't packed with anything else. It's way faster than windows explorer in copying files and you can set up batch copy jobs if you are recovering data from a botched/virus'd up windows install That would be nice to have on the Win10 image for everyone, I'm sure!

(it even does retry limits for bad disks, resume/overwrite, .... lots of stuff!)

Thanks for the info, I'll add Unstoppable Copier to the portable apps.

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Yes, windows 10 PE is limited to 72 hours too...

Also, I installed MediCat on my USB with XBoot, but Win10PE is missing a LOT of stuff! Why is that?

EDIT: So, now I understand how your iso works, so I tried to add to your iso file "Kaspersky Rescue Disk", "FalconFour's Ultimate BootCD" and "Trinity Rescue Kit", so I put them in the ISO folder, I edited the main-menu.cfg to list a new entry (called Other.cfg) and added each iso as an item in Other.cfg as follows:

label Kaspersky Rescue Disk
menu label Boot Kaspersky Rescue Disk
kernel /boot/grub.exe
APPEND --config-file="find --set-root --ignore-floppies /ISO/Kaspersky.iso ; map --heads=0 --sectors-per-track=0 /ISO/Kaspersky.iso (hd32); map --hook; chainloader (hd32)

Of course I can see the entry, I can boot it and it seems to work, BUT after booting every single one of those isos will fail to boot (ie Kaspersky will show the license, then a progress bar, then fail). So I thought "well, maybe it's the bootloader" and I merged the 3 isos using Xboot (which makes a bootable iso containing grub or syslinux and a menu to choose which iso to boot). Once again: they would boot to some extent, then fail. Am I missing something? Is there a way to integrate those 3 isos in your MediCat iso? Or can I make say 2 partitions on my USB (I've already set it as a Fixed disk, I can partition it) one with MediCat, the other with Xboot's grub and with the 3 tools, so I can choose which partition to boot?

I can't speak english very well, forgive me if I'm not comprehensible

Your English is great, so no worries there. You could always try to boot them using the "flat file" method, booting their kernels directly, instead of from an ISO. Lubuntu on there is flat-file, and works great. You can use it and Linux.cfg as a template to make yours do what you want.

 

[SonyUSA]

Thanks for the info, I'll add Unstoppable Copier to the portable apps.

Thanks!

According to this article: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/dn938389(v=vs.85).aspx

There is indeed still a 72 hour limit. There was a registry hack for the Win7PE to stop this... surely there is something for Win10PE?