Network Boot CD

[danIT]

OK i have a network boot CD which creates a random computer name and automatically detects network card and has a number of network card drivers installed the most common where i work.

Trouble is my computer is kind of out of action after the air conditioning leaked all over it!!

The source files are burnt to the boot sector of the CD so cannot be see/copied. IS there any way i can view the boot sector of a cd and extract/copy the source so i can edit it and create more cds??

[Face-Man]

if you have the iso you could use

iso-extractor

[CyberNerd]

this will extract the Master boot record

dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/me/bs.bin bs=512 count=1

[danIT]

im on a windows platform? how can i run this using windows?

[CyberNerd]

load knoppix

[CyberNerd]

..... to ram

forgot about it running from cd.

[danIT]

any how do i get knoppix to load to ram instead of from the cd?

i could use virtual PC to run the knoppix dist?

[ChrisH]

any how do i get knoppix to load to ram instead of from the cd?

i could use virtual PC to run the knoppix dist?

Yes that should work fine. If it is being iffy just get hold of VMWare Server.

[CyberNerd]

any how do i get knoppix to load to ram instead of from the cd?

at boot loader type

knoppix toram

you'll need about a gig of ram

[danIT]

I didnt go for linux in the end, i used http://www.nu2.nu/bbie/ barts boot image extractor, to extract the boot sector to a bin file! voila, convert bin file!

Im happy
thanks