UPDATE: El Torito Boot CD - USB CD-ROM


Update to this problem:

With Sean's help below (Pre-FBA CD) the process does work - but only from an
IDE CD-ROM

The issue now is that we must use a USB-CD ROM.

I can boot other CDs including Windows PE created CDs from the USB CD ROM on
my target device.

What is different about running Windows XPE from a USB CDROM as opposed to
Windows PE? (other than EWF)-

This application for Windows XPE would only run for a limited period of
time - maybe an hour - not days. If we do not use EWF can we run our Windows
XPE image in the same way that Windows PE runs?

For our application - Windows XPE is preferable to Windows PE because we can
run the explorer shell that our technicans (and I use the term "technicians"
loosely) are used to and launch diagnostic tools to test our devices in the
field and possibly re-install software (Also an XPE image).

Maybe the Microsoft guys have something in here?

PJC

"Sean Liming (eMVP)" <sean_liming@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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You need to create a Pre-FBA CD before you boot the image through FBA. The
El-Torito driver is a PnP driver and requires the Pre-FBA CD in order to
load the driver. You should also disable EWF via the setting in TD so it
is not enabled on start-up. Once the image has compeleted FBA, enabled EWF
using EWFMGR and then run ETPREP.

Regards,

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


"PJC" <pjcarter12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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All,

I could use some help creating an El Torito boot CD with Windows XP
Embedded.

I have read the tutorials on MSDN and adpated them as best I can to our
environment.

Here are the steps I have taken so far:

Created an XPE OS in Target Designer, including EWF, Explorer Shell, El
Torito Components and all dependencies

Placed the OS on a hard drive, with 1 partition, formated to FAT32 and
placed the hard drive in the target device and let FBA run.

FBA runs - the OS comes up great. I then run ETPREP /all

The target system shuts down and before it reboots - I disconnect it,
remove the hard drive and place the hard drive in my development PC.
(it shows up as the F: drive)

Next I run HD2ISO. The hard drive in question is Physical Drive 0
Select partition 1
Set the ISO image path
Advanced Options
Select 74-Minute CD
Specify Disk Signature to match the disk signature in Target Designer
El Torito component (in HEX)
(0x4F544C45)
Change the Volume Name to BOOTTEST
and select partition 1 to boot

I then create the ISO Image.

I burn the ISO Image to a CD ROM using NERO Burning ROM

The CD of course shows no files in Windows Explorer (expected)

I boot the target device from the CD and the BIOS boot screen says:

Boot from CD:
1. HD System Type-(06)
Missing Operating System


Can anyone suggest what steps are going wrong here?

THANKS!





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