DVD won't boot, Over 4 GB.... Options

[Overburn]

What I am doing....
Trying to create a BartPE DVD that is over 4 GB.

Why?
I am copying an Acronis True Image .tib file into the .iso file in a special Backup folder.

Why am I doing this?
I am creating a bootable BartPE DVD that is self-contained with a True Image backup file from a specific PC on the DVD.

What happens....
UltraISO says the file is too big and asks if I want UDF, I say yes and it saves the file ok, but it won't boot. Any advice creating a BartPE DVD that is over 4GB in size? Do I need Vista instead of XP? Thanks.

[cdob]

I am copying an Acronis True Image .tib file into the .iso file in a special Backup folder.

What's the filesize of this .tib file? Is this file greater 4 GB?

UltraISO says the file is too big

ISO9660 can handle files of several TB.

Any advice creating a BartPE DVD that is over 4GB in size?

http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=16735

File location is importand at DVD. Setupldr.bin read up to 4 GB location at early boot.
Create a folder c:\add\ZZZ. At PEBuilder add folder c:\add.

Use a current mkisofs, if .tib file is greater 4 GB.
http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html
http://www.sbox.tugraz.at/home/t/tplank/

[Overburn]

What's the filesize of this .tib file? Is this file greater 4 GB?

Yes, over 4GB. Usually about 4.3GB.

http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html

Is it just mkisofs I need? And .dlls?
I saw the link from Paraglider http://www.paraglidernc.com/Files/mkisofs2...d.ru-cygwin.zip These files are from 2004. Maybe they will work for 2GB, but not over 4GB.

This post has been edited by Overburn: Jan 25 2008, 10:38 AM

[cdob]

Yes, old version from 2004 read files up to 4 GB.

http://cdrecord.berlios.de/old/private/cdrecord.html link to
http://www.student.tugraz.at/thomas.plank/

Get
Win32-Binaries (newest available)
cygwin1.dll
DLLS needed by mkisofs

[Overburn]

Ok, thank you. I'll add them to the pebuilder3110a directory. All files or just mkisofs.exe and cygwin1.dll?
It seems that pebuilder needs to be updated for files over 4GB.

Setupldr.bin read up to 4 GB location at early boot.

Not larger than 4GB?

This post has been edited by Overburn: Jan 25 2008, 12:55 PM

[cdob]

All files or just mkisofs.exe and cygwin1.dll?

Copy mkisofs.exe, cygwin1.dll, cygiconv-2.dll and cygintl-8.dll.

Not larger than 4GB?

No, setupldr.bin dosn't read files larger than 4GB.
However there are drivers loaded at early boot. These drivers are used later.
A booted BartPE read files larger than 4GB.

[Overburn]

pebuilder error : "Not enough storage is available to process this command."

[cdob]

pebuilder error : "Not enough storage is available to process this command."

PEBuilder v3.1.10 does read and copy files greater 4 GB.
Which version do you use?

What's your free space at hard disk?

Open file pebuilder.log. Which mkisofs command line do you use?

Do you use InfCacheBuild?
Do you use a build script?

[Overburn]

Which version do you use?

pebuilder3110a

What's your free space at hard disk?

80GB HD - 90% free

Open file pebuilder.log. Which mkisofs command line do you use?

No reference to mkisofs

Do you use InfCacheBuild?

No

Do you use a build script?

No

I use the default settings. All I do is double-click pebuilder.exe and let it run. All the updated files were copied into the pebuilder directory as requested.

[FileCity]

Is your HDD formatted in FAT32, FAT32 filesystem cannot write files larger than 4GB... If yes, use NTFS instead...

[Overburn]

NTFS.

I'll keep playing with it until it works.

EDIT:
Error: Returned exitcode 3221225785

This post has been edited by Overburn: Jan 26 2008, 02:18 PM

[cdob]

Returned exitcode 3221225785

Post some more previous lines.
Did you run PEBuilder again? Did PEBuilder copy big at this run?


I've no idea about "Not enough storage" message.
Well, remove custom folder at PEBuilder.
Run again. Do you get a ISO image now?


Open command prompt, change director to PEBuilder. run

CODE

mkisofs -version

Post output.

[Overburn]

mkisofs 2.01-bootcd.ru (i586-pc-cygwin)

[cdob]

mkisofs 2.01-bootcd.ru (i586-pc-cygwin)

That's a outdated version and does not read files greater 4 GB.

What about a current version?

[Overburn]

mkisofs 2.01 (i686-pc-cygwin)

I tried this version with the same results.

[paraglider]

How about trying the latest version that cdob told you try above ( 2.01.01a37 ) ?

[Overburn]

I got it to build finally. I added the newer files suggested earlier from http://www.student.tugraz.at/thomas.plank/cdrtools-2.01.01a37-win32-bin.zip to the pebuilder directory, I created a plugin that contains the (4.3GB) True Image .tib backup file, the plugin creates a folder named 'Backup' and places the folder at the root of the .iso next to the i386 folder and then copies the .tib file into the 'Backup' folder. Now if I could just get it to boot, it still won't boot, which is why I started this thread to begin with. It must be the setupldr.bin file that doesn't like any .iso over 4GB. It hangs at "Setup is inspecting your computer's hardware configuration...."

I'll keep trying.

This post has been edited by Overburn: Jan 27 2008, 03:55 PM

[cdob]

the plugin creates a folder named 'Backup'

Remember the mentioned c:\add\ZZZ.

Can't you use a folder name ZBackup?

[Overburn]

Remember the mentioned c:\add\ZZZ.

I did remember this, but I didn't understand your path. c:\add\ZZZ, You want a folder named 'add' and a folder named 'ZZZ' This is outside of the c:\pebuilder3110a\ directory. That's how I read that path.

Can't you use a folder name ZBackup?

Yes, I'll try this.

This post has been edited by Overburn: Jan 27 2008, 06:46 PM

[Overburn]

Yes! Finally! Changing 'Backup' to 'zBackup' seemed to work. The .iso built ok, it booted ok, and worked ok. But why? Why would pebuilder need to be fooled by changing the spelling on the Backup folder to zBackup? It makes no sense to me. Is it the location of the folder since it is located at the root of the .iso file?

This post has been edited by Overburn: Jan 27 2008, 08:44 PM