Re: Development tool

I don't have a Zip disk drive, just a floppy. I need a floppy that will boot,
support long file names, and be able to share the target disk out to an XP Pro
machine on the network.

In article <03D61CD9-3D75-47FB-8FF3-04537D4F3D5D@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Hal korstead
wrote:
> From: hal korstead <halkorstead@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: Development tool
> Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 05:41:01 -0700
> Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded
>
> Does "booting XP from the CD" mean booting WinPE? True it is slow but it's
> hardly my biggest problem. I've done that and I've used BartPE because WinPE
> doesn't support my GigE interfaces. As far as DOS/long names/share is
> concerned, I haven't done all 3 but I have used a DOS-like/long name scenario
> supported by the LFN open source package. In this case I made a bootable
> Win98 startup Zip disk, added LFN, and had room to add the image and then
> boot on the target. It is a slow and awkward procedure but I think it
> illustrates the point that you simply need to improvise something that works
> for you.
>
> "Larry Waibel" wrote:
>
> > What tool/mechanism do most people use for getting the built images over to
> > their target? I've been using Remote Recover but Winternals charges $1500
> > for the Administrator Pak and won't sell RR separately and won't do any
> > volume discount or floating license. Paying that much for a bunch of
> > developers when we only need a very tiny part of the Pak is ridiculous but I
> > don't see any other good alternatives. Booting XP from the CD just to be
> > able to share out the target to copy for is quite a long boot. All that's
> > needed is a DOS boot that supports long file names and can share out to be
> > seen by XP. Are there any alternatives? Thanks!
> >
> >
>


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