Wednesday 17 April 2013

Easy2Boot V1 - BETA15 released


  • Improved the Windows Install menus. 
  • Added support for XP Pro Volume licence and XP Enterprise ISOs. 
  • Vista/7/SVR2K8R2/8/SVR2012 now can have any number of ISOs and you can type in the name of the ISO you want.
  • Tutorial 72a has been updated.

16 comments:

  1. Hi
    Great tool you have here
    Just want to ask if you want to make a .mnu file for Kali Linux(new Backtrack) with persistence. I put the iso in the Main Menu and it work fine. For persistence i made a live-rw file and at boot press TAB and add "persistence". On the desktop appear live-rw and LiveKali but doesn't save nothing.
    Thanks

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  2. Copy the BT5 .mnu file and change the ISO name and the BT5-rw name. Make an ext2 file called live-rw and rename it kali-rw and use that in the menu.

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  4. P.S. from documentation, it looks like for kali, the ext2 filesystem must be created with a name and volume label of 'persistence' and not live-rw.

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  5. someone mentioned live-rw in a tut on a forum, thats why tried that.
    in official doc it says to create a ext4 partition for persistence

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  6. This would be my best shot at a mnu file - It will take me over 3 hrs to download the ISO so I can't test it!

    # For persistence, create an ext2 file called persistence in the root of the boot drive using RMPrepUSB Create ext2 FS button
    # Then rename the file to kali-rw (do NOT create a file called kali-rw - you MUST create a file called persistence and then rename it to kali-rw!)
    # Place ISO in \_ISO\Mainmenu\linux or \_ISO\MNU\Linux (and this .mnu file too)
    # DOES NOT WORK UNDER VM!!!

    iftitle [if exist %MFOLDER%/Linux/kali-linux-1.0.2-i386.iso] Kali Persistent\n
    #enable parttype output
    debug 1
    # make empty table entry in 3rd position in ptn table
    parttype (hd0,2) | set check=
    debug off
    set check=%check:~-5,4%
    if "%check%"=="0x00" partnew (hd0,2) 0 0 0
    if not "%check%"=="0x00" echo WARNING: PTN TABLE 3 IS ALREADY IN USE! && pause
    debug 1
    #clear ptn 4
    partnew (hd0,3) 0x0 0 0 0
    if not exist (bd)/kali-rw echo WARNING: /kali-rw persistence file not found! && pause
    errorcheck off
    if "%check%"=="0x00" partnew (hd0,2) 0x0 (bd)/kali-rw
    errorcheck on

    map %MFOLDER%/Linux/kali-linux-1.0.2-i386.iso (0xff)
    map --hook
    partnew (hd0,3) 0x0 (bd)%MFOLDER%/Linux/kali-linux-1.0.2-i386.iso
    root (0xff)
    kernel /live/vmlinuz boot=live config live-config.username=root persistence
    initrd /live/initrd.img

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  7. ok
    will try that and tell you how it goes

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  8. That almost did work but it gets to LOGIN and need to enter USERNAME and PASSWORD

    this way it logs in automatically as ROOT
    kernel /live/vmlinuz boot=live noconfig=sudo username=root hostname=kali persistence

    The PERSISTENCE works but not the way i expected (but is better than nothing)
    PERSISTENCE appear like a removable drive and it saves only what you put directly in there
    if you change the wallpaper or you let something on desktop it doesn't save that

    Thank you

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  9. That means it is just mounting the filesystem. Maybe it needs to be ext4??

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  10. Did you try looking at the script inside initrd.img? Maybe see if it looks for 'persistence' volume or live-rw in the script?

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  11. Maybe it needs to be ext4??

    Like i said earlier it says on official doc that you should create a ext4 partition but of course if we have a multiboot it's not easy because my usb is already almost full and i can ruin my setup, thats why i wanted to try this method like it was with Backtrack

    Can i create a ext4 with RMPrepUSB?

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  12. RMPrepUSB just uses mke2fs. You could try creating an ext4 file under linux and then copying it over and renaming it.

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  13. didn't find any name in initrd

    made a ext4 persistence file, changed the name to kali-rw but it works the same as ext2 created with RMPrepUSB
    the only difference it appears as "16GB file system" on desktop and the other one appeared as "persistence"

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  14. OK - cracked it! ext2 does work OK. Just make the ext2 file called kali-rw as in the .mnu file. Then boot to kali and go to terminal and type

    mkdir /mnt/usb
    mount /dev/sdb3 /mnt/usb
    echo "/ union" >> /mnt/usb/persistence.conf
    umount /mnt/usb


    The persistent 'volume' needs the persistence.conf file in it!

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  15. This is a fantastic tool! I rarely get excited about things, but I'm following the development of this closely!

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  16. It works
    Thank you

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