Latest news

15 Mar 2004: OK, I have decided to release an interim version (V2.21) to tackle one huge problem: many users were complaining that 7z.exe does not work! I discovered that the bundled 7z.exe does not work properly when the GUI version of 7Zip is not installed. Of course, since I have the GUI version of 7Zip installed on my development machine, I didn't notice. In this release, I have decided to create a self-extracting archive of the ISO image instead. This release also fixes the errors spotted by SebastienG earlier, as well as EditBINI, which stopped working in V2.2. The final archive file is also a couple of megabytes smaller due to a suggestion from Adrian Stanciu.

12 Mar 2004: SebastienG spotted a couple of mistakes in cdshell.ini. First, the dates for the virus definition files are wrong. Second, I added a line for bitdef.img during testing, but forgot to remove it after. None of these errors affect the functionality of the new version. But you can grab the corrected cdshell.ini if you wish to.

11 Mar 2004: OK, UBCD V2.2 is finally out. I know I have been promising this for some time now, so pardon me for behaving like Microsoft. :-) It's a small miracle I could get this release out at all, so all thanks to Scott D. Wares for updating the documentation, and SebastienG for being so active in tracking and informing me about software changes. You are the best, guys! I would also like to dedicate this release to my wife and new-born daughter: fatherhood is unbelievable! The major changes in this release are: I have finally switch from BootScriptor and CDShell. I have also decided to make exclusive use of function keys to launch the images in order to workaround the keyboard layout problem. The following programs were added: memtest86+, DBAN, FreeDOS boot disk, MaxBlast 3, DiscWizard 2003, SeaTools Desktop V2, Data Lifeguard, MBRtool, ATA Password Tool, MBRWork, PCI, DocMem RAM Diagnostic V2. Numerous other programs as well as virus signatures were updated. Enjoy!

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Overview

You need the Ultimate Boot CD if you want to:

• Run floppy-based diagnostic tools from CDROM drives. More and more PCs are shipped without floppy drives these days, and it is such a royal pain when you need to run diagnostic tools on them.
• Free yourself from the slow loading speed of the floppy drive. Even if you do have a floppy drive, it is still much much faster to run your diagnostic tools from the CDROM drive, rather than wait for the tool to load from the floppy drive.
• Consolidate as many diagnostic tools as possible into one bootable CD. Wouldn't you like to avoid digging into the dusty box to look for the right floppy disk, but simply run them all from a single CD? Then the Ultimate Boot CD is for you!

Tools currently included in the Ultimate Boot CD are:

When you boot up from the CD, a text-based menu would be displayed, and you would be able to select the tool you want to run. The selected tool actually boots off a virtual floppy disk created in memory.

Screenshot

Downloads

	Sponsor	Version	Status
	Marcus Widén	2.1
	Bruno Tiago Rodrigues	2.0
	Jonathon Merz Note: There are only 3 connections total at a time. To give everyone a chance, only one connection is allowed per IP address at a time. Also to give everyone a chance, you will be disconnected after 5 minutes of inactivity. The server limits each individual connection to 15 kilobytes per second. The FTP Server is behind a firewall, so if you are using an FTP client (as opposed to a web browser), PASV connections are required (web browsers should do that automatically for ftp). Also for those using an FTP client, us the user name 'anonymous' with your email address as the password. Please be patient and do not hammer the server. If you attempt to connect more than 10 times in 2 minute period, your IP address will be banned for one hour. (in other words, if you can't connect due to too many users, make sure to wait 30 seconds before trying again). You can contact ubcdmirror@jonnyelvis.com for more information about this mirror.	2.1
	Tim Vanlint Note: This mirror has limited bandwidth, and will be taken down if the quota for the month is exceeded.	2.1
	Derek Alfonso/ICE Networks Note: ICE Networks provides us with a free mirror for our downloads and we wanted let you know about an offer they have. The ultimate provider of Information, Communications, and Entertainment (ICE) is offering 500 MB of web space and no bandwidth usage limitations for less than $30 per month ($349.95 for one year in advance) and for UltimateBootCD.com visitors ONLY we will waive the $50 setup fee. There is even support for ASP, PHP, ColdFusion, and more. Give ICE Networks a call at (877) ICE-2423 and be sure to visit http://ICEventure.com.	2.0
	Betty Harrigan Note: This mirror is provided courtesy of http://www.aoaforums.com.	1.6
	Matt Cowger	2.0
	MajorGeeks.com	2.1
	René Wagner	2.1
	Suramya Tomar Note: This mirror is provided courtesy of http://www.suramya.com/.	2.1
	The Boot Reference	2.1
	Jimmy Hilley	2.1
	Stefano Bianchini	2.1
	Marco Bocola	2.1
	Barrister Global Services Network Note: Barrister Global Services Network provides multi-vendor IT services, delivering superior resolution to client/server hardware challenges. As the oldest and largest woman-owned computer service company within the United States, we serve customers in the commercial, government and consumer markets and manage over 15,000 certified technicians located throughout North America. We get the right technical skill and the right part to the right location at the right time for fast and predictable problem resolution to our customers' hardware challenges. If you would like to apply to become one of our field technicians please follow this link: http://www.becomeaservicetech.com/.	2.1
	Bastian Moliusis	2.1
	Rob G. Healey	2.1

Generic CDR label in JPEG format (Ver 2.1) (Contributed by Jens Benecke)		jpeg_lbl4.zip (161KB zipped)
Generic CDR label in PNG format (Ver 2.1) (Contributed by Audun Kristoffersen)		png_lbl.zip (249KB zipped)
CDR label for Neato's MediaFACE II (Ver 2.1) (Contributed by Jim Allen; Updated by Ben Burrows)		neato_lbl.zip (21.8KB zipped)

Special thanks to all the donors so far: Gary Beltz, Casey La Salle, Alfred Frisch, Stillman Clampitt, Ted Kekatos, John Jaikovski, Jim Murphy, Edward Fowler, Thomas Elliott, David Chamberlain, Peter Arremann, Daniel Garber, John Safford, Thomas Ryan, Terry Jones, A. Lester Buck III, Scott Wares, David Welch, Robert Siegel, SixOfOne Company, David Gruno, George Barnes, Mark Lomax, Nicolas C. Agache, Benjamin Burrows, Edward Ceppa, Jonathan March, Marc Couture, Eric George, David Hays, Guennadi Momot, Michel Oversteyns, Eric Wood, Brent Midwood, Marc Bauer, Sergey Ignatchenko, Alvera Black, A. H. Gray, Ensar Turan, Thomas Brandl, Mark Mahabir, Michel Oversteyns, Gerard J Rolape, Brandon Eubank, Jessica Truax, Alden Myers, Neil Slatinsky, Scott Slattery, Mike Watts, Earl Livering, Christoph Hoffmann, Lawrence Rayment, Brad Schneider, Gregory Watson, Ross Elbling, James Pryor, Edward Handy, Leonardo Samory, Jean-Marc Coursimault, Paul Schultz, Kyle Degraaf, David Gray, Puget Custom Computers.

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Getting the physical CD

Some people have asked me how they could "buy" the Ultimate Boot CD. Well, I don't "sell" the Ultimate Boot CD. It's just a personal project of mine. However, a few kind folks have volunteered to prepare and send the CD to those people who want it, for a small fee. I will maintain a list of these people below. Please correspond with them directly if you are interested.

Note that I have absolutely no business dealings or private arrangements with these guys. I simply pass on their contact information. If you have any bad experiences with any of them, don't blame me! Just let me know about the problem, and I will remove them from the list after verification.

Here goes:

Ben Burrows		Will deliver to US only for US$8 per CD. Disclaimer: The PayPal "Buy Now" button on the left belongs to Ben Burrows, and any business transactions initiated by clicking on that button will be strictly between you and him.
Ben Burrows		Will deliver internationally for US$11 per CD. Disclaimer: The PayPal "Buy Now" button on the left belongs to Ben Burrows, and any business transactions initiated by clicking on that button will be strictly between you and him.
		Will deliver to Australia and New Zealand for AUS$10 per CD. Other countries by negotiation.
		Will deliver to UK and Europe for £10 per CD.
		Will deliver to UK only. Send blank CD and return postage/packing. Email Mark Amos for posting address.
		Will deliver to United States only for US$10 per CD. Disclaimer: The PayPal "Buy Now" button on the left belongs to Jared Davis, and any business transactions initiated by clicking on that button will be strictly between you and him.
		Willing to ship CD to anywhere in the Europe for 10 pounds sterling. Rest of world 15 pounds sterling. Payment through PayPal.
		Will deliver to Canada only for $10 per CD. Disclaimer: The PayPal "Buy Now" button on the left belongs to Roger Virgo, and any business transactions initiated by clicking on that button will be strictly between you and him.
Flashware Solutions		Will deliver to Australia only for $10 per CD.
		Will deliver to US only for $11 per CD.
		Will deliver to UK only for £2 per CD with the latest virus definitions. Disclaimer: The PayPal "Buy Now" button on the left belongs to Roger Virgo, and any business transactions initiated by clicking on that button will be strictly between you and him.

New! I have finally setup an account with SwiftCD after they dropped me an email. So now, you can also get the physical CD from them too.

	Both US and international addresses. CD for $14.95. You will be able to select the preferred mode of shipping.
	US addresses only. CD for $14.95. Includes shipping via USPS First Class Mail. Please allow 3 to 4 days for delivery.
	Non-US addresses only. CD for $19.95. Includes shipping via USPS Air Mail. Please allow 4 to 7 days for delivery.

Disclaimer: The cost covers material costs, processing overheads and delivery charges for the CD. I do not made any money from the software!

Frequently asked questions

Question: Which operating system does Ultimate Boot CD run on?

Ultimate Boot CD runs independently of any operating system. It will boot from any Intel-compatible machine, regardless of whether DOS/Windows/Linux/BeOS is installed on the machine. However, you do need an operating system and a ISO-capable CD writer software to create the Ultimate Boot CD from the downloaded ISO image file.

Question: What is an ISO image file?

An ISO image file is a platform-independent way to describe the contents of a CD. There are tools on every operating system to recreate a CD from a given ISO image file. Hence it is a good way to distribute CDs over the Internet without having to snail mail the physical disc.

Question: How do I create the Ultimate Boot CD from the ISO image file?

Here are some software you can use to burn ISO image files under Windows:

Using Nero
• Using Easy CD Creator
• Using WinOnCD

This list is by no means exhaustive, and there are similar tools available on other platforms to burn an ISO image file.

Question: I inserted Ultimate Boot CD into my CDROM drive and rebooted the computer. The reboot was as usual and no text-based menu got displayed. Have I done anything wrong?

Chances are, your BIOS is configured to boot from the harddisk first instead of the CDROM drive. Since your HDD is bootable, it will boot into your usual OS. Change your BIOS settings to boot from the CDROM drive first before the harddisk.

Question: The Ultimate Boot CD just refuse to boot from the CDROM drive, despite the fact that I have double, no, triple checked my BIOS settings. What else could be wrong?

Geez, I wish I know. But here are a couple of random things that you might want to check out. Firstly, are you using a CDRW disc? I have personally encountered some machines that refuse to boot up from certain CDRW discs (eg. 2x works, but 10x doesn't). Secondly, are you sure the disc is in the right drive? One user had two drives, one DVDROM and one CDROM drive. He didn't know the DVDROM drive was set to the master drive, so he was desperately trying to boot from the CDROM drive. When he discovered the problem, he simply move the disc from the CDROM drive to the DVDROM drive, and it worked without problems.

[Contributed by Jimmy Obomsawin] Another possibility that I have run into in many computers (particularly homebrew systems) is that the system searches for a boot device before the CD is read if the BIOS is faster than the CD-ROM. Since it doesn't appear to have a CD (yet), the BIOS will go to the hard drive. To get around this, many BIOSes have an option like "Power on Delay" or "Boot Delay" that lets you delay the system bootup a few seconds, giving the CD-ROM drive time to catch up.

[Contributed by Alain Vanden-Eede] I have another tip to boot properly when you can't change this delay: you switch the power on and you press the Pause key of the keyboard before or during the detection of IDE devices (in fact before the boot process), you wait a few seconds and then you press the Space bar so the detection of the boot CD is OK. I found this tip when my old computer was to slow to detect and boot on a CD.

Question: How does one move around in this CD? If I choose to run AIDA16 and afterwards want to go back to the "Screenshot" that you show on your web page, how do I do this?

You don't "move around" the CD because these are separate floppy boot disk images, not one single program. To activate another boot disk image, you'll need to reboot your machine.

Question: Does the Ultimate Boot CD include FDISK?

Nope. I was afraid if I did that Micro$oft might send their secret police after me! :-) But you can use Ranish Partition Manager, which is a very nice and capable substitute for FDISK.

Question: I have created the Ultimate Boot CD v.1.4 as per your instructions. When I run it, the selection screen appears as expected but I have no way of selecting the options. Neither my keyboard nor my mouse are operative on the screen. Can you advise me?

You could be using a USB keyboard/mouse which is not natively supported by your BIOS.

Question: Is it possible to fill up the rest of the CD with other software?

Yes, just create your own customized CD (Hint: You are not restricted to adding .img files only!)

Question: Can I add applications that require booting from multiple disks?

I can't find anyway to do that. If anyone has an idea, do let me know. Right now, if there are 2 disks, I try to put everything onto a 2.88MB disk image (eg. F-Prot), but not every application works when repackaged this way (eg. Seagate latest V2 tools).

Question: How can I add an ISO image to the Ultimate Boot CD?

Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to do that. If anyone has an idea, do let me know.

Question: My computer does not have the option of booting from CD in the BIOS. How can I use the Ultimate Boot CD?

[Contributed by Jim Goodman] Download Smart Boot Manager from http://btmgr.sourceforge.net/ and install it on a floppy disk. Set your bios to boot from floppy. After the floppy boots you will be able to boot from any drive that is connected to the computer, including the CD.

Question: I have a new Opteron system and it seems to have problems with your Ultimate Boot CD. I can boot the Windows XP setup CD, and the UBCD CD I made boots in a Pentium box, but it won't boot in my new Opteron box. Is there any way to debug what is going wrong?

[Contributed by Darrell Wiebesick] I have experience similar problems (not with the UBCD) with other systems that would boot certain CDs and not others. It has always been the CDROM drive. I suspect that the laser cannot properly focus on the CD. I would temporarily replace the CDROM drive to confirm that it is not some other hardware issue.

Question: What are the restrictions on using long filenames on the CD?

[Contributed by Scott D. Wares] The following switches enable long filenames in the final ISO image generated by mkisofs:

• -J Joliet (Adding this extension should make the long filenames compatible with eariler versions of Windows)
• -r Rockridge (This is one of the most common long filename formats)

However, BootScriptor itself only supports 8.3 short filenames. So you can use long filenames on the CD but you cannot use them with the boot system or the image names.

Question: I am customizing my version of UBCD, and as I was editing the bootscript.ini file I noticed that on the part where you add keystroke information for your img file, what should I use: memdisk or diskemu?

I usually try memdisk first because it is faster (the entire image is stored and accessed from memory). However, if that fails, use diskemu (the image is accessed from CD instead).

Question: I have F-Prot (DOS) always with latest definitions on my PC. Now do I create an image of this, to be included on my UBCD?

The easiest way is use a program like WinImage to view the F-Prot image file (fprot.img) on UBCD. You will see a file called files.zip within the image. Copy it to your harddisk, then use WinZip to view the zip file. You will see it contains the entire F-Prot distribution. Replace the virus definition files with your latest. Then, copy the updated files.zip to the F-Prot image file.

Question: I was getting a bunch of "non-system disk or disk error" messages when I was trying to boot certain DOS floppy images. What's wrong?

For certain machines, you need to enable the floppy drive in the BIOS for memdisk to work properly. For these machines, if you set the floppy drive in the BIOS to "None", you will get the above error message.

Question: I don't have any floppy drive on my PC to be able to make images of GHOST.exe and other programs in the support folder which I use a lot at work. Any ideas?

You can use VFD. It's a virtual floppy disk driver, but only works under Win2K and above.

Question: Where do I get disk images > 2.88MB?

You can try this site. Anyone with instructions on how to create these things from scratch, please drop me an email.

Question: How can I run the Ultimate Boot CD from a USB flash drive?

Unfortunately, I don't know. But I would be happy to add the instructions to this website if anyone finds out how.

Customizing Ultimate Boot CD

The Ultimate Boot CD cannot possibly contain boot disks of commercial software eg. MS-DOS, Windows, Ghost etc. It also cannot contain boot disks specific to your environment eg. network drivers, SCSI drivers etc. Neither can it contain the latest virus definition files. This section talks about how to create your own customized Ultimate Boot CD, tailored to your specific needs.

First, download a Win32 port of mkisofs here. There are a number of files inside the ZIP file. You only need to extract mkisofs.exe and cygwin1.dll to a directory which is in the system path (eg. c:\windows\system32).

Then, copy all the files on the UBCD to a directory on your harddisk such as c:\ubcd. If you wish, you can directly extract the files from the ISO image using a tool such as WinISO or Daemon Tools.

You should now have a directory structure that looks like:

c:\ubcd\
  boot\
    cdsh.bin
    loader.bin
    cdshw.com
    cdshell.ini
    modules\
      [Various .csm files]
      memdisk
  docs\
  dosapps\
  freesco\
  images\
    [Various .img files]
  licenses\
  scsi\
  tools\
  ubcd\
  autorun.inf
  ubcd.ico

You can now customize the Ultimate Boot CD by adding your own floppy images to the CD. Floppy disk images can be created from the physical floppy disks themselves by using utilities such as rawread. or Floppy Image.

Place your personal floppy disk images under c:\ubcd\images. Then edit c:\ubcd\boot\cdshell.ini to add each floppy disk image and its activation keystroke to the final ISO image. Use the existing sections as reference. If you need more information, please refer to the CDShell documentation.

New! You can now place your DOS-based programs under dosapps. To access them, either create a boot disk based on McAfee or F-Prot VirusScan, or run the FreeDOS boot disk and execute the program from the CD directly.

Finally, at the command prompt, from c:\ubcd, type:

mkisofs -J -r -o /ubcd.iso -b boot/loader.bin -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 .

This will create ubcd.iso in the root directory of the current drive.

Note #1: If you are getting this error: mkisofs: Missing pathspec, you have missed out the final period in the command line. Go take a careful look again. The period is important as it tells mkisofs to include all files/subdirectories in the current directory to the ISO image.

Note #2: If you are still having problems, maybe you'd like to use this DOS batch file or this Linux shell file (only if you are running Linux) instead. These files were kindly contributed by Scott D. Wares.

What users say about Ultimate Boot CD

• Just to say thanks for Ultimate Boot CD :) I had a HD die on me, and since I don't use a floppy drive, the UBCD program was really helpful for the Seagate diagnostic program. - Stitchz
• The Ultimate Boot CD is actually a dream come true, what great utilities to have on one CD! - Marcus Widén
• Thanks for making and sharing this useful little set of tools. I've just assembled most of these same utils as separate boot disks, but your bootable CDROM solution is *much* more convenient. - Bob Prosperi
• Let me say what a great program Ultimate Boot CD is .....it's saved my hide on more than one occasion, especially since I don't have a floppy drive (they're pretty much dead nowadays). - Peter Laltoo
• One of the main reasons your CD is so great is because its simple and its LOADED with the features all of us tech's are to busy/lazy to create. Thats why we implore you to keep it simple and remember to shove as much as you can on it as well. - Chris R
• Thanks for making the UBCD! I had been wanting to make something like this for myself, but it's such a pain in the ass to make a multiboot CD. - Zhi Wong
• I think its BRILLIANT what you've put together, its EXACTLY what I've wanted to put together for a while myself but not had the time to learn how to do. Nearly all the tools you include are the very things I would have inlcuded, things I already carry around on floppy disk, so I'll now be that much lighter and better organised. It's the kindof self explanatory tool I was able to download this morning and take out with me and use during the day on various broken systems without reading any documentation whatsoever. - Pete
• Thank you very very very much! I'me just downloading now... but I know it will be great, I wanted to do such a thing, you are the best! You give us the possibility to add our own images! Thank you! - Fabrice Hertz
• Thanks for the creation of this BootCD! I use it at work and it's very useful as I'm a computer tech ;)) - Guillaume
• Top work man! I very much greatly appreciate your work on the UBCD. Keep it up. - Ben Schram
• You guys saved my ass with your CD. - Jeannette Randall
• I gave a copy of the UBCD to one of the windows deskop support folks at work and they were really jazzed. They looked at all the disk utilities and said, "Do you know how much time I've spent tring to find these on the net?" - Scott D. Wares
• I was looking for a tool like this some time ago. I really appreciate that you guys are developing this software. - Rolando Ramos Torres
• I have just found your Boot CD, and all I can say is WOW it is great! - Chris
• Thanks for making such a kick-ass CD. It's extremely helpful and I've told a half dozen people about it and they love it too. - Eric Wood
• UltimateBootCD saved my ass today after Partition Magic and XP Recovery Console couldn't. I had my system partition unbootable and I couldn't unhide it, and your CD allowed me to do so. - Brent Midwood
• Let me start by saying THANK YOU!!! This project of yours is the single most usefull tech utility I have ever come across just because of its versitility and its customizable features. Your work is an asset to the tech community, and I thank you from each and every one of us! - Josh Karli
• This is a great CD your working on here. It is a worthwhile project your working on. Especially for all techs and engineers supporting various platforms! Good Stuff! (kudos!!) - Herb Oldenburg
• I'd like to say thanks for the great work you've done with Ultimate Boot CD! It's very handy and cool to have an all-in-one utilities in one CD. - Yayan
• I love your CD, and always have a mini-cd with it burned in my coat pocket! Works wonders in a pinch! - Matt Ross
• Thank you for your nice job ! This was really a combination of tools a was looking for a long time, and you did it in one stuff ! Nice. - Lionel Loew
• This CD is KKKKOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL! - Cliff Merrow
• I do service calls for "Barrister Global Service Network" and this is how I found out about the "Ultimate Boot CD". I like it and think it is great, it is a nice set of tools! In fact here is a cut from an email that I received from the "Lead Technical Support Representative" at Barrister a little while ago: "All technicians are now required to bring along a copy of The Ultimate Boot CD." - Bill Burkhardt
• I would like to thank you for the best troubleshooting CD there is. It's so good that you just can put in the UBC cd and check if a drive has failed or memory is bad. Thank you! - Herman "Kr^PacMan" Ulltin
• GOOD WORK on the Ultimate Boot CD! I ran some of the utilities and am impressed with the package you put together. Thanks for sharing it. - Dan Cornell
• Thank you! Windows went goofy on a re-install and I had to do something without having a floppy. Ultimate Boot Disk To The Rescue! Did a format (option d) and got it to install great. - Al Capone
• Thanks for creating the best boot CD ever! - Damion Gundlach
• Thanks for an awesome product. It has saved my ass many times. It really is a lifesaver! - Paul Schultz
• Thank you for the amazing boot CD. It is a no brainer to carry around a bootable CD with everything I need instead of 2 or 3 boxes of floppy disks. Fantastic stuff. - Edward Dekkers
• Your CD saved me, like so many others, from a lot of needless grief. Symantec Ghost tanked my NTFS boot drive, replacing it with its own FAT boot drive on a machine running mission critical apps. Symantec support sent me a message, We can get to you in about a week. I would have been toast had I not found your CD which enabled me to get everything back in order. - Mario Suriani
• We build custom computers, and are constantly in need of various boot disks to test our machines. The Ultimate Boot CD has definitely been the single most useful CD we have! Instead of making dozens of boot CDs (or taking the time to make our own boot compilation CD), we simply downloaded UBCD, and now always have at least a half dozen of these CDs floating around our shop. We are very appreciatative of the time you have put into creating this tool. THANK YOU for such a great resource! - Jon Bach, Owner, Puget Custom Computers

Mailing list

A mailing list is available for users to discuss any topic related to the Ultimate Boot CD, or wish to know when new versions are released.

Version history

Rejections

I get a lot of suggestions on what to add to the Ultimate Boot CD. These suggestions would normally get into the CD, unless they fall into one of the following categories:

• Commercial software. This is a no-brainer. Commercial software such as Ghost or Partition Magic will simply not make it into the CD for obvious reasons.
• Configuration-specific boot disks. For example, it would not be possible to add a boot disk that will load the driver from ABC CD writer and XYZ network card. Out of the millions of users out there, probably only a handful will benefit from such a boot disk. It will make more sense to follow the customization instructions to add the boot disk to your personal Ultimate Boot CD.
• Incompatible software. For reasons which I still don't fully understand, some tools will work fine when boot from the physical floppy disk, but will choke when boot from the virtual floppy disk created by MemDisk.

Wish list

These are items that I hope some users/gurus can contribute to:

• Linux bootdisk that runs CPU-Burn automatically upon boot-up. This stuff is beyond my puny little brain at the moment.
• Instructions for adding Knoppix to UBCD. This could be the link to an existing site, or just plain text. I am not planning to add Knoppix to UBCD in the short term, but any instructions for doing so would be helpful to users who want Knoppix on UBCD badly.
• Instructions for running UBCD from a USB flash drive. This could be the link to an existing site, or just plain text. There have been rising interest on this topic, but no answers at the moment.

Contact us

If you think there are other free tools that could be included with the Ultimate Boot CD, we would love to hear from you!

• For questions about Ultimate Boot CD at large, email to the mailing list: ultimatebootcd@yahoogroups.com
• To contact the author directly, email to: victor@ultimatebootcd.com

If you encounter a problem with the Ultimate Boot CD, it would be far more effective to email the mailing list and tap on the collective intelligence there rather than emailing me. Frequently, I will redirect you to the mailing list anyway. :-)

Acknowledgments

The Ultimate Boot CD would not have been possible without CDShell, which is in turn dependent on SysLinux and MemDisk.

Useful links

USB driver for DOS
• Another USB driver for DOS
• Tons of network drivers for DOS
• Use information on working with F-Prot
• Automates the task of getting anti-virus software onto floppy disks
• Create Win98 boot disks
• Virtual floppy disk driver
• Freeware program for creating/writing floppy disk images
• Creating a multi-boot DVD
• Windows MD5 utility
• MBCD - MultiBootCD
• Large disk images > 2.88MB