EasyBoot Frequently Asked Questions

 

        1, How to make  bootable compact disc?
Please refer to user guide of making Windows 98/NT/2000/XP bootable CD.

2, about run sequence of  boot images
1) puts loader.bin and cdmenu.ezb and other image documents under the 'ezboot'  directory.
2) the  start order as follows: CD-ROM acts according to El Torito standard, loads loader.bin, loader.bin searches  cdmenu.ezb under the 'ezboot' directory of CD, and processes the keyboard and display  by cdmenu.ezb.
3) when user choice menu item, directly processes the display by cdmenu.ezb.
4) according to the carriage return or SpaceBar, cdmenu.ezb can executive the command corresponds to menu bar.

3, about 'ezboot' directory
The whole piece compact disc only needs one 'ezboot' directory, puts all boot file image including the sub-menu xxx.ezb document under this directory.
Note: EasyBoot automatically search boot image file under 'ezboot' directory, so you must put all boot image under this directory..

4, Run command with menu
The command is divided to 2 types:

        a) PC start class

              boot 80    -- starts from the hard disk
      reboot    --   restarts PC
b) boot image class

              run dos98.img    --  starts DOS emulation mode
      run w2ksect.bin -- starts the Windows 2000 installments procedures
Note: The boot image  file and the bin file may be downloaded from several website. EasyBoot included Windows 98SE/NT/2000/XP boot image file.

5, Run multiple command within one menu
If the menu run multiple commands, separate each command with  one ';'.

6, main menu and sub-menu
The main menu and sub-menu file itself does not have the difference, but load order is different, all of them are stored on 'ezboot' directory on the compact disc file directory:
a) main menu is loaded by loader.bin at  initial start
b) the sub-menu is loaded by main menu or other sub-menu with run command
c) menu chains by  'run xxx.ezb' command

7, about disk1 directory
disk1 directory contents all files to create a compact disc, includes CD menu file under the 'ezboot' directory.  If you want to make  many compact discs, create different directory , such as disk2, disk3.

8, about local language menu
EasyBoot can make startup menu in more than 13 languages.

        English version also support French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish character.

       


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