Re: Running from a USB "thumb" drive
From: Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\) (sbrcin_at_ptt.yu)
Date: 12/14/04
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Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 20:15:52 +0100
Hi Gereon,
There is no root of the problem :-(
There are myriads of "small" things that can go wrong. Also there are few settings that you must make for XPe to be actually able at
all to support USB on boot time.
On some hardware under certain conditions it is even possible to boot XPe from USB without additional third-party drivers. You can
search for info in this NG posted by me how to do some part of this.
Regards,
Slobodan
"Gereon" <gereon_msdn@alwaysfind.us> wrote in message news:%23IcMt7g4EHA.4040@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> OK, I think I found enough info to give this a shot.
>
> So the root of the problem (why we can't boot directly from the USB drive)
> is that XP "shoots itself in the foot" when it initializes the USB on
> startup?
>
>
> "Slobodan Brcin (eMVP)" <sbrcin@ptt.yu> wrote in message
> news:eADjzga4EHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >> So with the SDI toolkit, if we could get the system to boot from the
> >> thumb
> >> drive somehow (with DOS or something??), and we had an SDI image file
> >> with
> >> an XP Embedded build on it, we could load the image into RAM and run the
> >> XP
> >> Embedded image?
> >
> > Yes if you can manage to load SDI to memory then it is no longer USB
> > problem bur rather RAM boot problem and everything that follow
> > with it. Look at remote boot functionality since this is the similar (same
> > thing). Also use Google groups to search through this NG
> > archives we already discussed this allot in the past.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Slobodan
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> "Slobodan Brcin (eMVP)" <sbrcin@ptt.yu> wrote in message
> >> news:%237drC$U4EHA.2624@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >> > Hi Gereon,
> >> >
> >> > This is not supported by MS and it is not a straight forward process by
> >> > default.
> >> > You can make SDI image and do RAM boot from USB disk or any disk for
> >> > that
> >> > matter.
> >> >
> >> > Or you can order from M-Systems proprietary solution for their USB uDOC
> >> > disks.
> >> >
> >> > http://www.m-systems.com/files/documentation/doc/uDiskOnChip_PB_0704.pdf
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Slobodan
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > "Gereon" <gereon_msdn@alwaysfind.us> wrote in message
> >> > news:uI4PB0U4EHA.3596@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> >> My boss wants me to try and get XPe to run from a USB thumb drive to
> >> >> "prove
> >> >> a concept" for a system upgrade scheme. Has anyone done this
> >> >> successfully?
> >> >> If so, is it straightforward?
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
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