I am commencing on a Linux-only setup, and I'm going to install 10 in a fixed-size VHD. I want to get to learn Linux more in-depth, but still need Windows for a few things, like flashing firmware onto Android devices, 3D graphics modeling, etc.

I am planning to place this VHD in my Fedora's /home partition, which will have an EXT4 filesystem. But I'm not sure if either G4D or GRUB2 can chainload a VHD located within an EXT4 partition. My preference is to use GRUB2 for this. I had wanted to try VBoot, but saw that it is relatively unsupported trialware, and cant be chainloaded from another bootloader. Do I need to place my VHD within an NTFS partition instead? My Windows boot files (bootmgr and BCD) will be located in a small System Reserved partition within the VHD itself. My current booting mode is BIOS/MBR.

Thanks!

Edit: I would also like to make it clear that GRUB2 will be in my laptop's MBR. I would like it to either:

1. Directly chainload the VHD located in the EXT4 partition

or

2 (less preferable). Chainload G4D, which will then find my VHD and load it.

hello,

I have embarked on a project where I installed xp and ubuntu 8.04 (hardy heron) on a hard drive.  the computer is old, a compaq evo, D51S (I think).  about 12 years old, so I thought an older OS would also be appropriate.  there is not an internet connection, but I am able to successfully move info to and from the computer's OS's with a flash drive.
after installing the dual-boot hard drive, I remove THAT hard drive and put in another hard drive and install ubuntu edgy eft (yes, it's even older than hardy heron, sorry).  after the installation finishes, I disconnect the cd drive and I place the hard drives on separate ribbon cables with edgy eft replacing the cd drive.  edgy eft is moved to the top of the boot order by what I believe is the computer's bios.  I then attempt to install grub4dos on the edgy eft hard drive and hope to boot xp and hardy heron from the dual-boot drive.
I am able to boot hardy heron.
I an not able to boot xp.  that's why I am here.

from what I recall, xp doesn't need a menu.lst in root, does it?  if it does, then that's what my problem is.  there isn't one (a menu.lst) there.  there is the file(s) ntldr, grldr, and a host of other things I thought might help after I read threads and tutorials I found while searching, many of which were not clear.  if xp needs a menu.lst, then I need help with this.

below is a load of info.  thank you for your expertise.

boot.ini from xp, edited while in xp

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
C:\grldr="Grub4Dos"
 

fdisk -l from edgy eft

root@ed-desktop:/home/ed# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hdb: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdb2            1276        2434     9309667+   5  Extended
/dev/hdb5            1276        1457     1461883+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdb6            1458        2434     7847721   83  Linux

Disk /dev/hdd: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 158816 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdd1   *           1       50790    25598128+   7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdd2           50793       67050     8193150    5  Extended
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/hdd5           50793       53439     1333363+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/hdd6           53439       67050     6859723+  83  Linux
root@ed-desktop:/home/ed#
 

fdisk -l from hardy heron

root@ed-desktop:/home/ed# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 20.0 GB, 20020396032 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2434 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x18931893

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda2            1276        2434     9309667+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5            1276        1457     1461883+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            1458        2434     7847721   83  Linux

Disk /dev/sdb: 81.9 GB, 81964302336 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9964 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xd006d006

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1        3187    25598128+   7  HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sdb2            3188        4207     8193150    5  Extended
/dev/sdb5            3188        3353     1333363+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sdb6            3354        4207     6859723+  83  Linux
root@ed-desktop:/home/ed#
 

menu.lst edgy

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        -1

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=faa6365e-fb12-4e58-af93-4f6973cfba4a ro
# kopt_2_6=root=/dev/hdb6 ro

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,5)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hdb6 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault
boot

title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hdb6 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
boot

title        Ubuntu, memtest86+
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
boot

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
title        Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
root        (hd1,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=92cf9887-7006-4137-a710-1c45ccd303d0 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=92cf9887-7006-4137-a710-1c45ccd303d0 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic

title        Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root
savedefault        (hd1,0)
makeactive
chainloader    +1
 

menu.lst hardy heron

# menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8)
#            grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8),
#            grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub
#            and /usr/share/doc/grub-doc/.

## default num
# Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and
# the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used.
#
# You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry
# is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'.
# WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not use 'savedefault' or your
# array will desync and will not let you boot your system.
default        0

## timeout sec
# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry
# (normally the first entry defined).
timeout        10

## hiddenmenu
# Hides the menu by default (press ESC to see the menu)
#hiddenmenu

# Pretty colours
#color cyan/blue white/blue

## password ['--md5'] passwd
# If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing
# control (menu entry editor and command-line)  and entries protected by the
# command 'lock'
# e.g. password topsecret
#      password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/
# password topsecret

#
# examples
#
# title        Windows 95/98/NT/2000
# root        (hd0,0)
# makeactive
# chainloader    +1
#
# title        Linux
# root        (hd0,1)
# kernel    /vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro
#

#
# Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST

### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST
## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified
## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below

## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs

## ## Start Default Options ##
## default kernel options
## default kernel options for automagic boot options
## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z
## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted.
## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro
##      kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro
# kopt=root=UUID=92cf9887-7006-4137-a710-1c45ccd303d0 ro

## Setup crashdump menu entries
## e.g. crashdump=1
# crashdump=0

## default grub root device
## e.g. groot=(hd0,0)
# groot=(hd0,5)

## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. alternative=true
##      alternative=false
# alternative=true

## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options
## e.g. lockalternative=true
##      lockalternative=false
# lockalternative=false

## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the
## alternatives
## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5
# defoptions=quiet splash

## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options
## e.g. lockold=false
##      lockold=true
# lockold=false

## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenhopt=

## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option
# xenkopt=console=tty0

## altoption boot targets option
## multiple altoptions lines are allowed
## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options
##      altoptions=(recovery) single
# altoptions=(recovery mode) single

## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst
## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the
## alternative kernel options
## e.g. howmany=all
##      howmany=7
# howmany=all

## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option
## e.g. memtest86=true
##      memtest86=false
# memtest86=true

## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system
## can be true or false
# updatedefaultentry=false

## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options
## can be true or false
# savedefault=false

## ## End Default Options ##

title        Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=92cf9887-7006-4137-a710-1c45ccd303d0 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic
quiet

title        Ubuntu 8.04.1, kernel 2.6.24-19-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-19-generic root=UUID=92cf9887-7006-4137-a710-1c45ccd303d0 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-19-generic

title        Ubuntu 8.04.1, memtest86+
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet

### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST

# This is a divider, added to separate the menu items below from the Debian
# ones.
title        Other operating systems:
root


# This entry automatically added by the Debian installer for a non-linux OS
# on /dev/sda1
title        Microsoft Windows XP Professional
root        (hd0,0)
savedefault
makeactive
chainloader    +1

title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hdb6 ro quiet splash
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
quiet
savedefault
boot

title        Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.17-10-generic (recovery mode)
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.17-10-generic root=/dev/hdb6 ro single
initrd        /boot/initrd.img-2.6.17-10-generic
boot

title        Ubuntu, memtest86+
root        (hd0,5)
kernel        /boot/memtest86+.bin
quiet
boot
 

Hi All;

I have created a simple menu.lst that provides two options which works exactly how I would like.

what i have done now is to start to 'tart' it up a little and provide a splash image on boot. This again works fine, but only in most occasions.

The issue comes when using my menu.lst on machines that have a inbuilt memory card reader and so the image file is not located where i would expect.

The current setup is to look on the section volume for the image - but is there a way to 'find' the splash image like when i find the ntldr?

My Menu.lst currently;

write (md)0x220+1 !BAT\necho -n -P:0000 $[0133]                      --- Rescue my PC ---                                         \0                              
initscript (md)0x220+1

password abcde
splashimage=(hd0,1)/BT/Restore/Image.xpm.gz
default 0
timeout 5
color white/blue 
color normal=0x0c highlight=0x1e helptext=0x0D standard=0x02 border=0x0c

title Boot to Windows\n
errorcheck off
find --set-root /ntldr || find --set-root /bootmgr
chainloader /ntldr || chainloader /bootmgr

- backup and recovery harddrives and files

- clone volumes and harddrives

- support for x86 and x64 sources

- the script supports Acronis True Image Home 2012/2013/2014

- networksupport with installed networkdriver is needed

its recommended to disable follow checkbox in PE-Network:

'Force installing of network services even if no networkcard was found'

- Win7PE_SE

- Win8PE_SE

- LiveXP

on x86: c:\program files\acronis\TrueImageHome\BartPE

on x64: c:\program files (x86)\acronis\TrueImageHome\BartPE

on x86: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\acronis\TrueImage

on x64: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\acronis\TrueImage

Value: standard

Value: powerpack (only 2012/2013)

WARNING: x64 Native compiling isn't supported. Using cross compilers.
OACR monitor running already

D:\WinDDK\7600.16385.1>cd /d F:\doc\desktop\imdisk\devio

F:\doc\desktop\imdisk\devio>nmake /f makefile.win64

Microsoft ® Program Maintenance Utility Version 9.00.30729.207
Copyright © Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

        cl /c /WX /W4 /wd4201 /wd4204 /wd4996 /Ox /GR- /MD /Fox64\devio.obj /nol
ogo devio.c
devio.c
devio.c(40) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'stdio.h': No such fi
le or directory
NMAKE : fatal error U1077: 'D:\WinDDK\7600.16385.1\bin\x86\amd64\cl.EXE' : retur
n code '0x2'
Stop.

F:\doc\desktop\imdisk\devio>

In my Lenovo I have a strange boot behaviour , which I want to change if possible.

History:

Primarily I had Windows boot manager with Win7 and Win10.

Then I additionally installed Mint and let the Linux boot manager do the work.

What now happens:

On boot I choose "Win Boot Manager" and in the manager I choose "Win7".

Now the system loads some things, and then the Linux boot manager comes up again.

I have to choose "Win Boot manager" again, and then Win7 comes up.

I do want not to have the second appearance of Linux Boot Manager.

Any suggestions?

Peter

below is how I managed to use bootlace.  I was unable to get anything else to work to install grub4dos to a hard drive with linux.


I started with grub4dos version 0.4.4.  this link works 1jun2016.  
https://sourceforge.net/projects/grub4dos/files/GRUB4DOS/grub4dos%200.4.4/
used file manager to extract files to desktop.  one of the files is named 'bootlace.com'  I want to install it to /dev/hdb
in the terminal:
 

sudo su

cd Desktop

./bootlace.com /dev/hdb

in case of permission error message:
 

sudo chmod 0777 bootlace.com

extra info.
to place grldr in root:
it should also be on desktop
 

sudo su

cd Desktop

cp grldr /

any expertise and info is much appreciated.

What do I do?! I want to use something besides of BartPE...

Is there an archive of WinBuilder.net? It's homepage is fine, but everything else is a 404 Error.

Hi,

I just had a problem with TFTP32, both with a much older version and the last one from mid 2015 (on Windows 7 64 bits).

From wireshark captures, I can see that sometimes

- packet n (here 7124) went correctly to my device,

- ACK n was received correctly by TFTPD32

-  and packet n+1 was sent by TFTPD32 but not received by my device.

In that case, my device sends again the ACK n after its timeout, as specified by the protocol,

but TFTPD32 only says "Ack block 7124 ignored (received twice)" to each of the retry,

until my device stops asking, instead of sending the again the missing block (7125).

Can this bug be fixed? In my case there is a good reason why the ACK arrives twice!

Other TFTP softwares I tried don't fail on that case (I saw the dropped packet in wireshark, but the next block was sent again as needed).

But I would prefer keeping on using TFTPD32!

Best regards,

B. GOAS

Dear All,

               I have added pci vga card and installed vmware and extend destop to second monitor and using single pc as double. Everthing works fine. That was cheap in price. I want the same to be done in pci-e card at low price.

Not clone display but dual head display of different destop.

Does GeForce GT 210 1GB DDR3 will suit my need? This seems a low price card.

Fab’s AutoBackup 6 Pro - Backup / Restore / Transfer User Profile in Windows  (100% Discount) Deal Expires in: 18 hour(s)

http://www.windowsdeal.com/w/fabs-autobackup-6-pro-100-discount/

 

this version is mostly designed for professionals like computer repair shops and others power users who need to backup data from several users profiles at once or from an unbootable hard drive. It also allows toperform direct disk to disk data transfers.

So, you can backup, restore and transfer various files and settings like documents, pictures, videos, e-mails ans so much more at once for every user profile on a bootable or not) system drive!

Regarding to fab’s AutoBackup 6, the Pro version has these extra features :

– Multiple user profiles handling at a time (no need to log on with an account, make the backup, log out, log on with another account, make the backup, …)

– Other hard drives than the current system drive can be selected. This feature allows data backup from damaged computer that would not start the usual way.

– Direct users data transfer from the old hard drive (slaved or USB mounted) to the new computer. If needed, you can create users accounts directly from the program’s interface before performing the transfer.

The license has no number of users or number of computers limit. In other words, all the technicians in a company can use the same license on an unlimited amount of computers.

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first of all here is my server config and client config to diskless boot

server:

2 lan nics (1 connected directly to modem, 1 as static 192.168.0.100, 255.255.255.0, no gateway)

running a virtualized pfsense server (bridge to the 2 nics, lan ip is 192.168.1.1, dhcp off in pfsense)

running opendhcp server (dhcp listens on 192.168.0.100)

running opentftpserver (listens on 192.168.0.100)

running both opendhcp and opentftpserver is just my little preference...

iscsi boot by gpxelinux (bootfile gpxelinux.0)

win7x64

dhcp settings on 192.168.0.100

range-192.168.0.200-192.168.0.250

subnet=255.255.255.0

router=192.168.0.1

nextserver=192.168.0.100

tftpserver=192.168.0.100

bootfilename=gpxelinux.0

(no static leases)

client

iscsi boot from 192.168.0.100

win7x86

my problem is this

although it is ok booting into windows, it does not have internet, because i need to have ip address

from pfsense virtual (192.168.1.x) but my dhcp boot leases ip address 192.168.0.x in order to boot from iscsi

now if i set my pfsense ip to 192.168.0.2 for example, my client wont be able to diskless boot, (on windows logo only)

once i have booted into windows and changing the ip manually to (192.168.1.x, gateway 192.168.1.1) it will

have internet connection, i need to automate this (see question 1)

ive research into the problem and guessing i have to learn relay agent, proxydhcp (which is i think is missing

from my setup) now here are my questions

1) how to configure dhcpserver to get bootp info from 192.168.0.x range (initial ip lease, router ip, from 192.168.0.x, BUT on normal ip lease gets ip from pfsense ip range (192.168.1.x)

2) do i need a relay agent? to route dhcp from 192.169.0.x and 192.168.1.x and vice versa?

3) do i need proxydhcp (no idea what it is, is it the same as the relay agent)?

4) do i need to have 2 dhcp running? (one from 192.168.0.1) and the other from pfsense virtualized?

please help...

powercfg -h OFF

bcdedit /set testsigning on

title Portable W732USP1.vhd - FiraDisk FILEDISK - 2.0 GB
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP1.vhd
map --heads=2 --sectors-per-track=18 --mem (md)0x800+4 (99)
map /W732USP1.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
write (99) [FiraDisk]\nStartOptions=disk,vmem=find:/W732USP1.vhd,boot;\n\0
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
chainloader /bootmgr
map --status
pause Press any key . . .

title Portable W732USP1.vhd - FiraDisk RAMDISK - 2.0 GB
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP1.vhd
map --mem /W732USP1.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
root (hd0,0)
chainloader /bootmgr

title Portable W732USP2.vhd - WinVBlock FILEDISK - 2.0 GB
# Sector-mapped disk
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP2.vhd
map /W732USP2.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
root (hd0,0)
chainloader /bootmgr

title Portable W732USP2.vhd - WinVBlock RAMDISK - 2.0 GB
# Sector-mapped disk
find --set-root --ignore-floppies /W732USP2.vhd
map --mem /W732USP2.vhd (hd0)
map --hook
root (hd0,0)
chainloader /bootmgr

why grub4dos reports 2 blocks at the blocklist /whatever.vhd command 

while wincontig or defraggler see just 1 block ?

on hard disk partition, no usb stick

dynamic 10g vhd, only some 5g on disk 

grub4dos 0.4.6a

win10 x64

About MultCloud

A few years ago, along with mobile internet arriving and cloud storage rising, we started to research and develop the service in the realm of cloud storage from 2012, so MultCloud was born. MultCloud is a cloud service that can put multiple cloud drives to one. It mainly serves for the users who have multiple cloud drives and need to transfer files across clouds. They are allowed to manage all the files of their cloud drives through just one single account in MultCloud. Especially, it supports transferring data from one cloud drive to others.


www.multcloud.com

This is the best Linux distro I've ever seen   

http://www.porteus.org

Just for your info:
 

Recently Reddit user "sammiesdog" posted claims that Visual Studio's C++ compiler was automatically adding function calls to Microsoft's telemetry services.  The screenshot accompanying their post showed how a simple 5 line CPP file produced an assembly language file that included a function call titled  “telemetry_main_invoke_trigger”.

The ensuing discussion then revolved around how to disable this unannounced “feature” while also speculating its purpose.  “sammiesdog” noted that this appears in release builds, while user “ssylvan” also indicated that it appeared in debug builds too.  The telemetry function is intended to communicate with ETW.

 

https://www.infoq.com/news/2016/06/visual-cpp-telemetry

Interesting stuff. This was only caught because they named the function "telemetry". Can only wonder what would happened if they had used a boring name such as "pinvoke_stable".

This thread is dedicated to the ImDisk Toolkit. This all-in-one package gathers several tools to let you mount many formats of image files and making a ramdisk with only a few clicks.

This includes the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver, the DiscUtils library for managing the formats of image files like VHD, VDI, VMDK, etc., the RamDisk Configuration Tool (RamDiskUI), and some new GUI to use the capabilities of DiscUtils directly from Explorer and add some features.

Please note that RamDiskUI is no longer available alone, but can be used exactly like before. It has no dependency (except, of course, the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver) and uses the same parameters than the previous versions.

You can download the installer of the ImDisk Toolkit and the sources here:

http://reboot.pro/files/file/284-imdisk-toolkit/