Re: How to boot XPe SP1 from a USB flash drive?
- From: "RussR" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:33:31 -0500
Well, honestly I've been wary of upgrading to XPE SP2 because I was told
that the image size would increase quite a bit. Also since my images are
created for embedded devices that do not connect to the Internet, there's no
need for the SP2 firewall. We do however have network connections and I've
heard that the firewall is added automatically in SP2. So my main concern
with upgrading to SP2 was the bloated image size. XPe SP1 has worked for us
and it's hard to get away from the "if it ain't broke don't fix it"
mentaility.
"KM" <konstmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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RussR,
Theoretically you can boot SP1 from USB drive (lets talk USB 2.0 otherwise
it'd be too slow boot). It is not natively supported there but lots of
info has been posted in this NG (and on the Web) on how to make the USB
boot on XP(e) (SP1).
Assuming your BIOS support USB device enumeration and boot from mass
storage devices, basically the "hack" was to make sure all the USB require
drivers are loaded early enough at the system boot (and populate
CriticalDeviceDatabase reg.entries).
However, I am not sure why you really need to mess with this on SP1 when
FP2007 is already released and available to downloads. On of the features
XPe SP2 Feature Pack 2007 (FP2007) brings in a USB 2.0 boot. Assuming your
hardware meets the requirements it is really easy to create an image that
will boot off a USB drive.
After all, if you are still needing to get this working on SP1, you can
try coping all the required registry entries and drivers and loader
components from FP2007 to your SP1 image. With certain preparations
(basically you'd need to populate the entries pre or post-FBA) you can
make it to work there with a small effort. Just take a look at the
relevant components in the FP2007 tree.
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Regards,
KM
"RussR" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi, thus far I've thrown my XPE images on a hard drive and everything has
worked fine. With the decrease in price of USB flash drives however, I
want to try booting of one of these usb drives.
I threw my image onto the usb flash drive, my embedded hardware has the
ability to select the USB drive as the one to boot from in the BIOS.
When it comes time to boot nothing happens. It thinks that there isn't a
valid boot image or something.
So I was wondering, is it possible to boot off a USB flash drive using
XPE SP1?
If so, what do I need to change in my image in TD to do it, if anything?
How do I make the USB flash drive have bootable?
Thanks,
RussR
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