03.19
SpinRite Over PXE: Update
I just realized that with a lot of younger sysadmins out there now, that quite a few might not be familiar with DOS. Or at least not comfortable enough with it to know what does what. So, just especially for you newer (or old and lazy) system administrators out there, I’ve put a skeleton boot image up for download that has everything you need, except the SpinRite executable. Just download the boot image, mount it, and drop your licensed copy of spinrite.exe in it. Your good to go. I pared this image down to the barest essentials needed. Here’s the file list:
autoexec.bat: ------------- @cls spinrite.exe @cls reboot.bat ------------- reboot.bat: ----------- fdapm.com COLDboot ----------- config.sys: ----------- SHELL=COMMAND.COM A:\ /E:2048 /F /MSG /P=AUTOEXEC.BAT ----------- command.com fdapm.com kernel.sys readme.txt
So this is just the basics needed to get a bootable DOS environment and run something. The only thing I added is the power management command so that the computer reboots automatically now as soon as you exit SpinRite. Enjoy!
- Download the Image File.
