This tutorial is meant for beginners, so it may not be suitable for the intermediate and advanced experts!
If I said anything wrong, please correct me!
Thanks, everyone.
1. The simplest way to make an English multi-boot disc:
Principle: this process is completed by a system made up of diskem1x.bin and the like.
At present this version still does not support graphical display, that is, showing graphics before DOS.
This system has only three complete files:
diskem1x.bin loader.bin diskemu.cmd
The first two are fixed and cannot be modified, while the last one is our multi-boot menu at startup.
Seeing this, do you already have a rough idea?
Now let's look at the contents of this third file:
It starts here =>
:start
cls
print
print ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print Bootable CD main menu zhanghuiwen Make in 2002
print ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print F1=Help
print
print
print 1) MSDOS 6.22
print 2) WINDOWS 95
print 3) WINDOWS 98 SE
print q) Quit to command prompt
print r) Reboot
print Esc) Boot first harddisk
print
print Hit the key of choice:
:mainkey
; timeout is 20 seconds, default key is escape
getkey 20 esc
onkey 1 goto dos
onkey 2 goto win95
onkey 3 goto win98
onkey q quit
onkey r reboot
onkey f1 goto help
onkey esc boot 80
; When no key found...
goto mainkey
;
:help
cls
print HELP
print ----
print
print Here you can type help for your customers
print
print Press any key to return to main menu
getkey
goto start
:dos
print Starting Dos622
run dos622.img
getkey
goto start
;
:win95
print Start Windows 95 command mode
run win95.img
getkey
goto start
;
:win98
print Start windows 98 se command mode
run win98.img
getkey
goto start
; EOF
<= It ends here
If you already have a certain understanding of DOS, doesn't this look very simple?
It's as simple as our batch files.
There are some syntax points we need to pay attention to:
:start indicates a LABEL, that is, a marker used when jumping
print what follows is what will be displayed on the screen; in this example Chinese text cannot be written
；XXX the content following the semicolon is a comment and will not be displayed on the screen.
getkey this is a command; it gets the keyboard key value and only does the corresponding GOTO operation
goto jump to a label or execute a command
run call an *.img file or another file that matches the format
reboot reboot command, executed directly
boot 80 boot from the hard disk
esc means pressing the esc key
There is more syntax and more commands than just these. If you want detailed materials, you'll need to read more of the other posts.
Once you can understand the statements above, let's begin our next step:
First we still need to prepare one piece of software: UltraISO version 40 or above. It is used to build our bootable ISO file.
What you see here may be different from what is on the Internet, because I figured this out myself. At least nobody told me this could be done this way,
and I haven't seen this method anywhere else either. Of course, maybe someone had already done it this way long ago, they just didn't say so.
(This accompanying tutorial package includes this software)
Now let's take a look at what we have in our directory: (suppose our files are in the "test" directory on drive D
DISKEMU CMD 2,216 10-05-02 2:46 diskemu.cmd
DISKEM1X BIN 12,288 07-11-01 15:59 diskem1x.bin
LOADER BIN 2,048 07-09-01 9:13 loader.bin
DOS622 IMG 1,474,560 12-05-01 19:30 dos622.img
WIN98 IMG 1,474,560 11-28-01 1:03 win98.img
WIN95 IMG 1,474,560 11-28-01 1:03 win95.img
The first three files are the necessary files for our multi-boot menu; not one of them can be missing!
The last three files are the *.img files to be called in this example.
1. Since we're here, let's talk about how to make img files. You need to prepare a piece of software called winimage6.0.
Making a boot disk shouldn't be a problem for everyone, right? In short, you just need to make
a bootable disk. The specific contents depend on your actual situation, because what we
are discussing is multi-boot, not the contents inside it, so as long as you can make
a bootable disk, that's enough.
----, and that's how it is made.
2. Then use WINIMAGE to read in the disk you made, with "DISK-READ DISK"
and then save it as *.ima format, then rename *.ima to *.img. Because this software
cannot generate *.img format directly.
3. Use the same method to make the above three disks, then start the next step.
(This accompanying tutorial package includes this software and these files)
Alright, the preparation work ends here. Next we will make this multi-boot CD.
1. Open UltraISO5.0 (I use this version), and in the "Local Directory" window at the lower left, find the "test" directory on drive D:
2. Then the files listed above will be displayed in the "File Name" area on the right
3. Use the mouse to select these files and drag them all at once into the upper window; you don't need to care about their order.
4. Then use the mouse to select the loader.bin file that has already been dragged over, right-click it, and choose "Set as Boot File"
5. Alright, the job is done. Then click the disk icon at the upper right to save this ISO file; where to save it is up to you.
6. Test it with a virtual machine and see whether it succeeds. (What is a virtual machine? It's a fake computer that can simulate a real computer for operation. This accompanying
tutorial includes this software.)
7. If you need to make any changes later, just directly modify the menu file DISKEMU.CMD and the *.img files. After modifying them, repeat these steps
to regenerate the ISO.
If I said anything wrong, please correct me!
Thanks, everyone.
1. The simplest way to make an English multi-boot disc:
Principle: this process is completed by a system made up of diskem1x.bin and the like.
At present this version still does not support graphical display, that is, showing graphics before DOS.
This system has only three complete files:
diskem1x.bin loader.bin diskemu.cmd
The first two are fixed and cannot be modified, while the last one is our multi-boot menu at startup.
Seeing this, do you already have a rough idea?
Now let's look at the contents of this third file:
It starts here =>
:start
cls
print ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print Bootable CD main menu zhanghuiwen Make in 2002
print ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
print F1=Help
print 1) MSDOS 6.22
print 2) WINDOWS 95
print 3) WINDOWS 98 SE
print q) Quit to command prompt
print r) Reboot
print Esc) Boot first harddisk
print Hit the key of choice:
:mainkey
; timeout is 20 seconds, default key is escape
getkey 20 esc
onkey 1 goto dos
onkey 2 goto win95
onkey 3 goto win98
onkey q quit
onkey r reboot
onkey f1 goto help
onkey esc boot 80
; When no key found...
goto mainkey
;
:help
cls
print HELP
print ----
print Here you can type help for your customers
print Press any key to return to main menu
getkey
goto start
:dos
print Starting Dos622
run dos622.img
getkey
goto start
;
:win95
print Start Windows 95 command mode
run win95.img
getkey
goto start
;
:win98
print Start windows 98 se command mode
run win98.img
getkey
goto start
; EOF
<= It ends here
If you already have a certain understanding of DOS, doesn't this look very simple?
It's as simple as our batch files.
There are some syntax points we need to pay attention to:
:start indicates a LABEL, that is, a marker used when jumping
print what follows is what will be displayed on the screen; in this example Chinese text cannot be written
；XXX the content following the semicolon is a comment and will not be displayed on the screen.
getkey this is a command; it gets the keyboard key value and only does the corresponding GOTO operation
goto jump to a label or execute a command
run call an *.img file or another file that matches the format
reboot reboot command, executed directly
boot 80 boot from the hard disk
esc means pressing the esc key
There is more syntax and more commands than just these. If you want detailed materials, you'll need to read more of the other posts.
Once you can understand the statements above, let's begin our next step:
First we still need to prepare one piece of software: UltraISO version 40 or above. It is used to build our bootable ISO file.
What you see here may be different from what is on the Internet, because I figured this out myself. At least nobody told me this could be done this way,
and I haven't seen this method anywhere else either. Of course, maybe someone had already done it this way long ago, they just didn't say so.
(This accompanying tutorial package includes this software)
Now let's take a look at what we have in our directory: (suppose our files are in the "test" directory on drive D
DISKEMU CMD 2,216 10-05-02 2:46 diskemu.cmd
DISKEM1X BIN 12,288 07-11-01 15:59 diskem1x.bin
LOADER BIN 2,048 07-09-01 9:13 loader.bin
DOS622 IMG 1,474,560 12-05-01 19:30 dos622.img
WIN98 IMG 1,474,560 11-28-01 1:03 win98.img
WIN95 IMG 1,474,560 11-28-01 1:03 win95.img
The first three files are the necessary files for our multi-boot menu; not one of them can be missing!
The last three files are the *.img files to be called in this example.
1. Since we're here, let's talk about how to make img files. You need to prepare a piece of software called winimage6.0.
Making a boot disk shouldn't be a problem for everyone, right? In short, you just need to make
a bootable disk. The specific contents depend on your actual situation, because what we
are discussing is multi-boot, not the contents inside it, so as long as you can make
a bootable disk, that's enough.
----, and that's how it is made.
2. Then use WINIMAGE to read in the disk you made, with "DISK-READ DISK"
and then save it as *.ima format, then rename *.ima to *.img. Because this software
cannot generate *.img format directly.
3. Use the same method to make the above three disks, then start the next step.
(This accompanying tutorial package includes this software and these files)
Alright, the preparation work ends here. Next we will make this multi-boot CD.
1. Open UltraISO5.0 (I use this version), and in the "Local Directory" window at the lower left, find the "test" directory on drive D:
2. Then the files listed above will be displayed in the "File Name" area on the right
3. Use the mouse to select these files and drag them all at once into the upper window; you don't need to care about their order.
4. Then use the mouse to select the loader.bin file that has already been dragged over, right-click it, and choose "Set as Boot File"
5. Alright, the job is done. Then click the disk icon at the upper right to save this ISO file; where to save it is up to you.
6. Test it with a virtual machine and see whether it succeeds. (What is a virtual machine? It's a fake computer that can simulate a real computer for operation. This accompanying
tutorial includes this software.)
7. If you need to make any changes later, just directly modify the menu file DISKEMU.CMD and the *.img files. After modifying them, repeat these steps
to regenerate the ISO.
