Re: CompactFlash / EWF Problems


This problem has been out there before. You might want to search and see if
anyone has a solution.

Maybe there is a different solution: is it possible to place card B in a
PnP-CF slot and not an IDE slot?

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit.


"MJ" <MJ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:9DCD1FCD-4629-48D5-ABB3-C65541911010@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello all,
I have an interesting issue. I'm running a custom shell application on
XPe
with the EWF enabled. This is a requirement. We have two CompactFlash
cards
(A and B)loaded as fixed drives on the IDE bus. We boot off of A. Our
software looks for a file D:\File that would be on card B. We have two
major
problems:

1. If I don't seal the image with B inserted, then inserting the card on a
subsequent boot causes the boot time to be significantly longer.

2. If I seal the image with B inserted, then the boot time is great. But
if
at any point I replace B with another model of B (Extreme III instead of
Industrial), the system will not only take longer to boot, but my software
will not recognize the existence of a D: drive.

We can deal with the longer boot time, but it is important that we can put
any compactflash card in B and have the system recognize it. Is there a
problem with our setup, or is there maybe some way I can force XPe to find
D
when I boot?

Thanks for your help, I'm totally stuck here.
-MJ



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