How to start Knoppix with BCDW 1.50Z
Knoppix uses a compressed file system, therefor only mkisofs is able to construct an image including Knoppix. You'll need the modified version of mkisofs by Bart Lagerweij, it is included with PEBuilder.
- Unpack pebuilder to a folder of your choice, e.g. C:\pebuilder
- Copy all files and folders from your Knoppix CD to the folder containing the files for your bootable CD/DVD, e.g. C:\MyBootCD
- Use Bart's Boot Image Extractor to extract the boot information from your Knoppix CD or ISO image: On the Windows command line, navigate to the directory where you unpacked bbie.zip, and enter the following command: bbie d: (using you CD drive letter) or bbie knoppix.iso (use the path to your knoppix iso file!).
- Rename the obtained file to knoppix.bin and copy it your BootCD folder.
- Create the bootoption entry in bootcat.ini of BCDW:
- \knoppix.bin ; Start Knoppix ;
- You could also load the Knoppix ISO image in WinISO, save the boot information as knoppix.wbt and create an entry for it in bootcat.ini.
- In any case you need to have all of the files and folder from the Knoppix CD in the folder for your bootable medium.
- Start the Windows command line and cd to the directory where you put PEBuilder, e.g. C:\PEBuilder
- Enter the following command (adjusting the paths) without the line breaks:
- mkisofs.exe -iso-level 4 -joliet -joliet-long -hide-joliet *386* -r -hide-rr-moved -force-uppercase -volid "RESCUE" -A MKISOFS -sysid "Win32" -b bcdwboot.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -hide bcdwboot.bin -hide boot.catalog -o "C:\MyBootCd.iso" "C:\MyBootCD"
- The "-volid" switch is used to name your CD/DVD, in this example "RESCUE".
- Now you'll get an ISO image that can be burned to CD or DVD be most CD writing tools. Using Nero, choose Extras -> burn image.