Official MediCat USB - A Multiboot Linux USB for PC Repair

[TJHeartnote]

So this is 1,000 better than Geek Squad's software Toolbox?

 

[Jayro]

i am trying to get a better screen resolution than 600x800 in mini windows. it is not possible with the ms basic display adapter, so i tried to install the Radeon™ Vega 8 Graphics within mini windows. i have more than 80gb free space on the usb stick. but i get error @Not enough space on disk. what do i do wrong

I suggest using the VHD nstead of the ISO.

 

[xlr8t0r]

would you please explain what exactly do you mean? how? medicat was installed using exe/bat according to the installation guide

 

[impeeza]

would you please explain what exactly do you mean? how? medicat was installed using exe/bat according to the installation guide

There are 2 types of Medicat a set of ISOS loaded from VENTOY and a VHD image, the ISOS are Readonly so you need to extract them, modify and recreate them in order to alter them. but the VHD image can be altered from inside booting it and make changes on the running environment.

 

[xlr8t0r]

There are 2 types of Medicat a set of ISOS loaded from VENTOY and a VHD image, the ISOS are Readonly so you need to extract them, modify and recreate them in order to alter them. but the VHD image can be altered from inside booting it and make changes on the running environment.

where do i find downloads for .iso or VHD?
what i find is "MediCat.USB.v21.12.zip"

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[malyelf]

Can someone tell me how to pack my drivers so that Medicat recognizes all components?, not only temporary. I have already created a backup of all the drivers from my computer. Kind regards, Martin.

 

[impeeza]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...top/winpe-mount-and-customize?view=windows-11



https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/w...t-with-windows-pe-using-configuration-manager

 

[Jayro]

Can someone tell me how to pack my drivers so that Medicat recognizes all components?, not only temporary. I have already created a backup of all the drivers from my computer. Kind regards, Martin.

You can use apps like the free version of NTLite to open the boot.wim file and inject your own drivers into it. Then they will load upon boot.

 

[malyelf]

@Jayro
Thanks ,I have searched the MediCat USB with a partition tool for boot.wim but couldn't find it, where should it be?

 

[auqs10]

@Jayro
Thanks ,I have searched the MediCat USB with a partition tool for boot.wim but couldn't find it, where should it be?

Hi malyelf,
you should find boot.wim files INSIDE the iso files, within the /Sources folder. Ventoy makes possible to boot almost any iso without unpacking it.
Each MS Windows based iso file has its own boot.wim and it is specific for the system launch from that specific iso.
Thanks again Jayro for this highly customizable package of tools.

 

[eqagunn]

Is there a way of getting MagiCat in a format which isn't penetrable by antivirus software?

My idea is to use the remaining space on USB for everyday file transfer which means it would often be plugged into PCs with active antivirus software. Therefore, the USB version isn't suitable as many files are loose and WIM files are penetrable too. I was hoping to have an ISO of it along my other Ventoy ISOs.

Is the VHD version the solution?
Why is NTFS mandatory?
Why was ISO format dropped?
How to convert Mini_Windows_10.wim to ISO?

 

[impeeza]

If you trad the instructions you must to exclude Medicat's folder from antivirus.

RTM:

 

[Jayro]

Is the VHD version the solution? Ultimately, yes.
Why is NTFS mandatory? Compatibility for booting the older BIOS-only ISO images. Otherwise they fail. NTFS works among all computers too, so it's not even an issue.
Why was ISO format dropped? No UEFI support.
How to convert Mini_Windows_10.wim to ISO? Rename it to boot.wim, and replace it inside an existing bootable windows 10 ISO.

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

Just a really quick question: is there any way to rename the "start.exe" located in the root of the MediCat/Ventoy partition to something else while fully retaining functionality?

The main issue is that it conflicts with Wine on Linux if you run anything in Wine from within the same root of the MediCat/Ventoy partition through the GUI (this is presumably because the default wine command begins with "start"). Basically, instead of running whatever you clicked on, it just launches the aforementioned start.exe PortableApps launcher.


(And while I'm here, I previously mentioned wanting to try to make a fork of HashCheck Shell extention that re-enables MD4 support in hopes of maybe suggesting its inclusion in the elusive updated version of MediCat to coincide with the release of Half Life 3. I just found out a few ago that one of the current fork maintainers, idrassi, is onboard with the idea of re-enabling MD4 support if not at least for reading existing .MD4 checksum files)

(also, Jayro, is your current/new avatar AI-generated?)

 

[Jayro]

(also, Jayro, is your current/new avatar AI-generated?)

Yes, I generated it myself. I really love how the hair turned out against the sunset at the skatepark.

Just a really quick question: is there anyway to rename the "start.exe" located in the root of the MediCat/Ventoy partition to something else while fully retaining functionality?

The main issue is that it conflicts with Wine on Linux if you run anything in Wine from within the same root of the MediCat/Ventoy partition through the GUI (this is presumably because the default wine command begins with "start"). Basically, instead of running whatever you clicked on, it just launches the aforementioned start.exe PortableApps launcher.

Probably can, but Mini Windows 10's ini files that start the OS look for it on the root of the mounted Y:\ drive at startup, so make sure you change that if you want it to still auto-launch with Mini Windows 10. Otherwise, yeah... put it wherever you want I guess.

(And while I'm here, I previously mentioned wanting to try to make a fork of HashCheck Shell extention that re-enables MD4 support in hopes of maybe suggesting its inclusion in the elusive updated version of MediCat to coincide with the release of Half Life 3. I just found out a few ago that one of the current fork maintainers, idrassi, is onboard with the idea of re-enabling MD4 support if not at least for reading existing .MD4 checksum files)

I don't know what that is, sorry.

 

[urbanracer34]

Hello!

I've been out of the game for a while on this.

Is there going to be an update coming out eventually?

 

[ILuvGames]

@Nintendo Maniac I have no problems displaying md4 checksums with the current hashcheck shell extension 2.1.11 from http://code.kliu.org/hashcheck/. I assume that is the original authors site.

 

[Nintendo Maniac]

@Nintendo Maniac I have no problems displaying md4 checksums with the original hashcheck shell extension.

But that lacks SHA256 checksum support which has largely replaced SHA1 checksums for internet downloads nowadays.

(it also lacks the newer multi-threading that was added)

Honestly though, a bigger problem I face is still the inability to create recursive checksum files (files/folders inside of folders) natively on Debian-derived Linux via a GUI and I have to rely on the likes of ExactFile running under Wine which, not only is many times slower than hashcheck shell extension (though ExactFile being multithreaded does help on modern many-core CPUs), but ExactFile borks out if you try hashing too many files and it also ignores hidden folders.

 

[ILuvGames]

But that lacks SHA256 checksum support which has largely replaced SHA1 checksums for internet downloads nowadays.

Yeah. I only use it to add an md5 to personal stuff I want to keep when I back it up so it's lack of SHA256 support doesn't really bother me. But yes, I understand why SHA256 can be useful. I just fall back to 7-Zip if I need to verify an SHA256 checksum.

 

[jeffyTheHomebrewer]

Yes, I generated it myself. I really love how the hair turned out against the sunset at the skatepark.


Probably can, but Mini Windows 10's ini files that start the OS look for it on the root of the mounted Y:\ drive at startup, so make sure you change that if you want it to still auto-launch with Mini Windows 10. Otherwise, yeah... put it wherever you want I guess.


I don't know what that is, sorry.

FYM "Generated it myself"? Did you train a model using your own dataset, or do you just mean you fiddled with prompts until it barfed up the right random collection of mish-mashed pixels?