Preface:

You can run HyCD Publisher in demo mode by selecting the "Demo" button when the software is first started. Try out all the features in HyCD Publisher including creating Hybrid CD-ROM for PC, Mac, and UNIX.  The only limitation you have is that you can only create CD-ROM images less than 5 MB in size. If you register this suite then you can enjoy the full benefits of this program.

The Steps:

• Create a bootable floppy disk with the necessary files on it. (see previous page)
• Create an image from this diskette (once again, test the floppy first before you create the image)
  Use one of the tools where I've made a link to it, at the bottom.

Start the CDR HyCD Publisher ver.4.77 / 4.78 (or more recent).

Click on Disk format and layout. This will give you a sub-menu.
Make the settings as shown below.

Click on the third tab, Bootable CD.
Specify the just created image file in the Boot Disk Image File field.
Also change the Boot Media Type emulation. Otherwise the CD won't properly boot.

Click on the Header Information tab and change the Volume ID to your likings.
I changed it to Bootable_CD (No longer than 11 characters, using ISO 9660 standard)
See the manual for the other input fields.

The next step is the File Selection. Select all the files you want to put onto the CD.
Use either the Windows Explorer or the build in File Selector Window.
When you're ready with this, press the Done button

Now we've come to the Profile system speed. Once again, press on this button to proceed
with this step.  You're status windows could look like this:

After this screen another status screen comes up, giving a summary of the statistics of the data and
system overal speed.

The next step is the Create Image.
Clicking on this button proceeds the process.
First it creates the image file and then it burns the image onto an empty CD.

When the burning has succesfully ended (without any errors), your PC Bootable CD-ROM has
been created.

Test the CD and have phun !

Users add-on note (on HyCD)

A bootable CD can emulate either a floppy, IDE HD or SCSI HD.
I initially started making bootable cd's emulate floppies.

1. A bootable floppy disc with the necessary drivers recognizing hard drives and cdrom's. I use 720k floppies.
2. Diskedit.exe from Norton Utilities 8.0 for DOS or a similar util.
3. Run Diskedit and create an image file of the bootable floppy. Save the file as boot.img
4. Now start up HyCD Publisher, and follow the instruction as illustrated in the manual.

 For IDE or SCSI the process is simplier.

1. Start HyCD Publisher.
2. select a bootable HD*, other than your startup device.
3. write it to an image file. Save as hd_boot.img
4. Now follow the instruction as illustrated in the manual.

 * - If the boot HD is larger that 650mb then it won't fit on a CD.
I have an old 20mb scsi hd I use for this, unless its for NT, then 200mb hd.
Need room for the files I intend to use from the CD.

thx

Stacy

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