Re: boot from local hard drive into ramdisk

From: Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\) (sbrcin_at_ptt.yu)
Date: 06/28/04


Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 18:17:24 +0200

Hi Greg,

Why would we share idea on simple thing as this?
You have working sdi file, right? If you do then search for /rdpath boot.ini switch.

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=%2Frdpath&btnG=Search&meta=group%3Dmicrosoft.public.windowsxp.embedded.*

Regards,
Slobodan

"Greg Chu The Small" <greg_chu@wendys.com> wrote in message news:uy0NloSXEHA.2940@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> I have done boot ramdisk from a remote server.
> But can I boot into ramdisk from a local drive?
>
> I am thinking to run everthing in the ram, and use local hard drive as a
> backup,
>
> So when system boots, it will read local drive and boot into ram, and then
> make local dirve to get into sleep mode or make it stop.
>
> So we will not consume hard drive.
>
> If local hard drive failed, then ask it to boot from remote server.
>
> Please share your ideas!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Greg
>
>



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