Re: XPE Won't boot from SATA drive

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Are you installing the SATA Drivers after you created your original image?


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"Jason Canada" <jlcanada@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jason,
>
> Thanks for the response. Actually I have the drivers for the SATA
> controller as part of the image. We have used drives attached this
> controller in the image for months. The problem is that we now want to
> boot from the SATA controller. I have checked the boot.ini of a machine
> running XP Pro on the same controller/disk configuration and they are
> identical. I have the BIOS of the machine configured to boot only from
> this one SATA drive.
>
> Thanks,
> -JC
> JC-Arrow OCS wrote:
>> Jason,
>>
>> Yes, and Yes... when you TAP the Target hardware, it should pickup the
>> Standard IDE controller and The SATA Controller... import the pmq file
>> into
>> Component designer, not directly into TD, and use "selector prototype
>> component" as your component's prototype for design. if you use that,
>> when
>> you add the hardware component in TD, it will allow you to select which
>> pieces of the hardware you want to include or not... just make sure the
>> Boot
>> ARC path is set correctly (boot.ini) and you should be able to get it
>> running. make sure you have a driver :-) as a troubleshoot you can
>> deselect
>> the IDE controller for the SATA controller in your first pass, and
>> rebuild
>> later with it enabled if you need it.
>>
>> If you're not familiar with Driver component creation, here's a how-to in
>> MSDN:
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xehowhowtocomponentizedevicedriver.asp
>>
>>
>> HTH,
>> JC
>>
>> --
>> John Coyne
>> Windows XP Embedded Black Belt
>> Windows CE Black Belt
>> Arrow Electronics, OCS division
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>> "Jason Canada" <jlcanada@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:1128444625.629625.98700@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >I have an image that I've used for months booting from an IDE drive. We
>> > now want to boot from a SATA drive connected to our on-board Intel
>> > 6300ESB SATA controller. When I copy the image to a SATA drive and
>> > attempt to boot from that drive I see only a blinking cursor in the top
>> > left corner.
>> >
>> > Do I need to have the SATA drivers preloaded somehow? Can I do this in
>> > TD?
>> >
>> > Any help appreciated.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > -Jason
>> >
>


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