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Bjorn Simonsen
Susan Bugher wrote in said:
Thanks Susan. Btw if you are going to use the subcategory/heading
"RAM Disk; GUI", you should notice AR Ramdisk is not CLI but GUI too.
All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
Thanks Susan. Btw if you are going to use the subcategory/heading
"RAM Disk; GUI", you should notice AR Ramdisk is not CLI but GUI too.
All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
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Susan Bugher
Thanks for the nudge. I changed the subcategory to "RAM Disk" (I
originally thought it was *just* a GUI). Spent some time last night
coordinating the ACF prog info and PL2005 subcategories - you may notice
some subcategory name changes - further changes to come - still working
on that.
Susan
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Klaatu
REM/et. al.:
The WUBCD needs an XP SP1 CD, and does not support using anything else.
So your description above is flawed, in that you mention Windows 2000,
which would not work.
This project, whether or not it ends up pricelessware, is priceless to
me.
HTH
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Bjorn Simonsen
Klaatu wrote in said:
Already mentioned in <[email protected]>
and corrected in <[email protected]>
All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
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REM
I think that a boot CD created with an XP install CD and SP1 will
bootup and allow access to Windows 2000. Is this how everyone else
reads the info about this?
It's most definitely priceless to me also. Kudos to James for
mentioning it!
J
James
REM said:
It would be more correct to say that it will allow access to any
FAT/FAT32/NTFS volume, no matter what (if any) OS is installed on that
volume.
The WinUBCD is based on Bart's PE which contains a pre-installed OS on the
CD which can be XP or W2000. The specific concern was that if you want to
create the W2000 version of the bootable CD, you still need access to an XP
CD to copy some files from it during the creation of the CD.
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Bjorn Simonsen
REM wrote in said:
I think the poser meant the same as I said before in
<[email protected]>, that you can not build
from a Win2k install-cd, you need a XP SP1 CD. But of course you can
access any FAT/NTFS disk with the resulting WUBCD when you boot from
it.
All the best,
Bjorn Simonsen
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Tim Weaver
James said:
My system has no floppy drive, but I have found some utils that will emulate
a floppy under XP. My question is does this ultimate boot CD have an NTFS
driver that will allow for writing to an NTFS drive? All I can find and get
workable is a read-only driver for an NTFS partition so that, when I boot
with the CD, I can read the HD, but can not modify it at all. This is, of
course, totally useless (unless you want to copy stuff to another drive,
which I don't.)
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REM
I'm getting full access to my NTFS volumns. I removed one worm hiding
in system/restore right after I got the first CD booted. I just booted
up and removed two directories to make certain. I haven't written
anything to the drive, but it stands to reason that I can. I'll check
that on the next boot. Note, removals say they use the recycle bin,
but it's not the one on your boot drive. Use care.
This is the whole idea behind the project. Full access to your
partitions, unfettered with file locking, to recover data, restore a
previous image, virus removal, diagnostics, etc.
Let me go through the procedure I used.
You need to copy the entire contents of your XP install CD to disk.
There are two settings in Explorer that need tweaking.
Explorer\Tools\Folder Options\View
Make sure "Show Hidden Files and Folders" is selected.
Make sure "Hide protected operating system files" is NOT selected.
I copied the CD to C:\XP
Now you can use the slipstream utility. If you have the MS Critical
Update CD for SP1 it is easy to use it. Put it in the CD drive. It
will auto start, just kill that. Use the explorer to locate your SP1
file. Mine is:
D:\Content\fullfixes\xpsp1a_en_x86.exe
Start\Run (browse, or enter the path with switch)
"D:\Content\fullfixes\xpsp1a_en_x86.exe -x"
The "-x" x switch prevents it from installing on your drive. It allows
you to direct the extracted files. When prompted to choose a directory
enter the one you copied the CD to: "C:\XP"
The files will be extracted to the directory you copied your CD to.
That's slipstreaming without a utility to do it.
On my hard drive the copy shows: C:\XP (slipstreamed)
6,589 files in 157 folders - 526,691,545 bytes
The rest is getting Bart's PE plugins setup as you like it. The WUBCD
plugins are plenty sufficient for me. Then use Bart's PE to create an
image and write the ISO to CD as an ISO.
Does this sound like the routine you used to create your CD? Does
Explorer show the same number of files and folders in your
slipstreamed directory?
J
James
Tim Weaver said:
If you build a copy of the Windows Ultimate Boot CD www.windowsubcd.com
then, yes, it has an NTFS driver that can read and write NTFS partitions.
When you boot the CD you are actually running Windows XP off the CD and
using it's NTFS drivers to access your hard disk.
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James
REM said:
REM, by removing two directories from your NTFS volume you did write to the
hard disk as the file system had to be updated to achieve that.
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Tim Weaver
I've got it working, now. I think the problem was something in the
slipstreaming process. Anyway, everything works perfectly, so I made a copy
of the final UBCD, just in case...
This thing is amazing. All I wanted was a command line - I got that and a
kabillion times more. Thanks for the help and especially to the folks who
put these packages together.
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Semolina Pilchard
Graphics: Editor: Fractal
CHAOS PRO
OS: Windows 9x/ME/NT/2000/XP
ChaosPro is a freeware fractal generator for the Microsoft Windows
operating system, able to create beautiful images based on
mathematical formulas.
ChaosPro runs on all Win32 versions, i.e. ChaosPro runs on Windows 95,
Windows 98, Windows Me, NT, 2000, XP. If any other operating system
supports Win32 (under Linux?), then it's possible that ChaosPro runs
there, too.
Author: M. Pfingstl
Home Page: http://www.chaospro.de/
Download Page: http://www.chaospro.de/download.php
v.3.1 4981Kb
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How will that do? Does it need any more information?
Unfortunately, I am going to be away during the nomination process.
If anyone else would care to have a look at this and if they, too,
felt it was worthy of nomination I would be grateful.
I've downloaded lots of fractal generators over the years. This is
the first one I've found myself using, on an almost daily basis, to
generate real-world graphics. It's rock-solid stable and relatively
easy to use even for mathematical morons like me.
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REM
I'm getting it now.
I enjoy fractals and it's been quite awhile since I tried any
generators. I have a great video card now, so I'm hoping for a show
I've never seen on my Diamond Stealth (cough) 4 mb. card. I see why
they called it "stealth."
Enjoy your travels!
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Semolina Pilchard
Thanks very much, REM.
Try the quaternions. On my machine converting the finished result to
1024x768 takes about ten minutes but it's worth it. It's utterly
awe-inspiring!
Thank you.
S
Susan Bugher
Semolina said:
I think I've found everything I need (haven't input the description yet).
WOW! It sounds like a great app. Simtel shows this more detailed
description:
http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/56062.html
<q>
ChaosPro is an MDI fractal generator compatible to FractInt and
UltraFractal 3. It can read FractInt *.par, *.frm, *.ifs, *.l and *.map
files, and all UltraFractal 3 files.
Internally it's based on 24 bit and thus can create smooth true color
images. Its palette editor lets you have full control over the colors:
You can define paths inside the 24 bit color space.
With its keyframing technique and its spline interpolation algorithm it
can create smooth (AVI) animations of arbitrary parameters: So for
example you can zoom in while the fractal is morphing. Or you can fly
over a 3D fractal while basic parameters change.
ChaosPro can create 3D views from 2D fractals and optionally makes use
of OpenGL: The user has full control over the height transfer function:
ChaosPro lets you visually adjust a spline function.
You can write your own formulas using the integrated compiler and its
language (which is similar to C/C++ or Java), which gets compiled in
realtime into ready to run optimized machine code. The compiler natively
knows about complex and quaternion numbers, which makes it possible to
produce Quaternions (real 3D fractals).
ChaosPro has support for layers (similar to Photoshop) which allows you
to merge different fractals and thus to combine coloring modes.
Because ChaosPro is fully compatible to UltraFractal 3.02 it can use
thousands of formulas from UltraFractal and thousands of parameter sets
from the UF mailing list.
ChaosPro supports other fractal types as well, so it can create IFS
fractals and L-Systems. It is suitable for learning fractals by
providing basic fractal objects like bifurcation diagrams. It lets you
experiment with different L-System strings or IFS settings. And all
actions are performed in real time. You can even have several fractal
windows open at the same time, so you can visually compare different
settings.
</q>
Susan
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REM
Fantastic! Now, if I could only find my drugs...
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Semolina Pilchard
Heh. I seem to have created several things that ought to exist in
nature but don't. It's a crazed psychedelic episode without the
side-effects.
This is *far* too good a time-waster.
R
Roger Johansson
REM said:
A similar freeware program is here
http://www.planestate.net/
"Planestate is a higly configurable electropaint inspired 3d
screensaver for Win9x,2000 and WinNT that shows an endless
helix of whirling colors mix, twist and turn to form a never
ending display of hypnotic motion patterns."
I installed and tried it, and it works well in my win98 machine.
(There is also, but not exactly freeware, the psychedelic screensaver and
other programs from http://www.synthesoft.com/)
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Susan Bugher
Semolina said:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/2005/PL2005GRAPHICS.php#3084
ChaosPro
(Freeware)
Windows OS: Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP
Languages: English
Description: ChaosPro is a fractal generator. It can create beautiful
images based on mathematical formulas. ChaosPro is compatible to
FractInt and UltraFractal 3. It can read FractInt *.par, *.frm, *.ifs,
*.l and *.map files, and all UltraFractal 3 files. Internally it's based
on 24 bit and thus can create smooth true color images. With its
keyframing technique and its spline interpolation algorithm it can
create smooth (AVI) animations of arbitrary parameters: So for example
you can zoom in while the fractal is morphing. Or you can fly over a 3D
fractal while basic parameters change. ChaosPro can create 3D views from
2D fractals and optionally makes use of OpenGL. You can write your own
formulas using the integrated compiler. The compiler natively knows
about complex and quaternion numbers, which makes it possible to produce
Quaternions (real 3D fractals). ChaosPro has support for layers which
allows you to merge different fractals and thus to combine coloring
modes. ChaosPro supports other fractal types as well, so it can create
IFS fractals and L-Systems. It is suitable for learning fractals by
providing basic fractal objects like bifurcation diagrams.
Company: -- Author: Martin Pfingstl
Home Page:
http://www.chaospro.de/
download page v 3.1.0.482 (2003-05-18) (pro31.exe) (4865 KB)
http://www.chaospro.de/download.php
(desc. rev.: 2004-09-29)
Susan