Code 4 error on bootable CD

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

Hi,
I have been using starburn for a while now and it seems to work fine for most things :-)

But ... I need to create a bootable XP CD from my master CD that has been "slipstreamed" with SP2. I am using a CD bootsector that is known to work under the likes of **** and other tools but when I try to boot the CD I get the error message "CD BOOT FAILED - CODE 4" (or words to that effect).

I gather that the reason is probably that I havent turned off "emulation" - but there doesnt seem to be an option in STARBURN to do this.

Am I right about the cause?? and is there a way around this - or do I have to revert to the free version of **** that came with the writer to achieve this??

TIA
Bob

andrey(staff) · **Joined:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:31 pm **Posts:** 452

bobselby wrote:

Hi,
I have been using starburn for a while now and it seems to work fine for most things :-)

But ... I need to create a bootable XP CD from my master CD that has been "slipstreamed" with SP2. I am using a CD bootsector that is known to work under the likes of **** and other tools but when I try to boot the CD I get the error message "CD BOOT FAILED - CODE 4" (or words to that effect).

I gather that the reason is probably that I havent turned off "emulation" - but there doesnt seem to be an option in STARBURN to do this.

Am I right about the cause?? and is there a way around this - or do I have to revert to the free version of **** that came with the writer to achieve this??

TIA
Bob

Hello,

Please do next steps:

1)Delete log file "Rocket Division Software\StarBurn\Wizards\Logs\StarBurn.log"

2)Rewrite CD-RW disc with your data and boot image.

3) Send to me new file "Rocket Division Software\StarBurn\Wizards\Logs\StarBurn.log".

4) And send to me your boot image.

With this data we will try to detect problem.

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

The SDK clearly supports this since I believe the BARTPE package uses the SDK to burn its bootable CDs and they work OK with the same boot sector image.

aaron (staff) · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:06 pm

We know this! We need to pinpoint an issue and fix the bug. So would you please do what you've been kindly asked to do. Thank you very much!

bobselby wrote:

The SDK clearly supports this since I believe the BARTPE package uses the SDK to burn its bootable CDs and they work OK with the same boot sector image.

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

aaron (staff) wrote:

We know this! We need to pinpoint an issue and fix the bug. So would you please do what you've been kindly asked to do. Thank you very much!

Here is a copy of a response from Andrew at Rocket confirming receiving the requested information that I sent on the 4th of August :-)

Thank you very much for your polite response.

Quote:

Sent: Tue 8/5/2008 1:24 PM
Hello Robert,
Got it, will answer in the nearest two days.
Regards,
Trubetskoy Andrew
Rocket Division Software

anton (staff) · **Posted:** Mon Aug 18, 2008 10:02 pm

You guys are so sick

OK, whatever... I'll kick Andrew tomorrow. I think it's a time already

andrey(staff) · **Joined:** Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:31 pm **Posts:** 452

Image which you sent me not valid.
You can try to burn this boot image by Nero and you will get same results.

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

andrey(staff) wrote:

Image which you sent me not valid.
You can try to burn this boot image by Nero and you will get same results.

Interesting, because I have just created bootable CDs using both the Nero and ImgBurn packages using the same image file and they both worked perfectly!!!

I'll mail you the boot image files again - just in case they got corrupted.

aaron (staff) · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:09 am

It can be machine BIOS dependent issue as well. Let's take a closer look.

Would you please not e-mail us anything rather please put them zipped on ftp. If you don't have own one please let us know and we'll provide you with a link and account access to our one.

Thanks!

bobselby wrote:

andrey(staff) wrote:

Image which you sent me not valid.
You can try to burn this boot image by Nero and you will get same results.

Interesting, because I have just created bootable CDs using both the Nero and ImgBurn packages using the same image file and they both worked perfectly!!!

I'll mail you the boot image files again - just in case they got corrupted.

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

aaron (staff) wrote:

It can be machine BIOS dependent issue as well. Let's take a closer look.

Would you please not e-mail us anything rather please put them zipped on ftp. If you don't have own one please let us know and we'll provide you with a link and account access to our one.

Hmmm ... I doubt if its a BIOS thing ... the CDs worked on 3 very different PCs.

I dont have access to an FTP account ... if you need the zip file please provide me with your ftp site
TIA

anton (staff) · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:33 am

It's 4 sectors Vs. 1 sector load issue. SDK allows to control this parameter, Burner itself - does not. That's the problem... Andew is exporting this into the UI and will put updated version on the site soon.

P.S. Nero does not calculate number of sectors and also has "1" as default that's why it did not worked.

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

anton (staff) wrote:

P.S. Nero does not calculate number of sectors and also has "1" as default that's why it did not worked.

Yes - when I tried Nero I followed a proceedure that specified 4 ... it was the same for ImgBurn.

anton (staff) · **Posted:** Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:53 pm

That's what we do as well...

bobselby wrote:

anton (staff) wrote:

P.S. Nero does not calculate number of sectors and also has "1" as default that's why it did not worked.

Yes - when I tried Nero I followed a proceedure that specified 4 ... it was the same for ImgBurn.

bobselby · **Joined:** Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:28 am **Posts:** 7

The revised "bootable" dialog on the "burn data" wizard to allow the specification of the sector count seems to work well :-)

Can I suggest that you add the same options to the "build image" wizard - I'm sure other people would like the options to be there as well.

anton (staff) · **Posted:** Tue Sep 09, 2008 12:07 am

Of course we will! Thank you for pointing!

bobselby wrote:

The revised "bootable" dialog on the "burn data" wizard to allow the specification of the sector count seems to work well :-)

Can I suggest that you add the same options to the "build image" wizard - I'm sure other people would like the options to be there as well.

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