Re: XPE Boot problem

If you have fdisk, then you can. fdisk /mbr is not going to give you an NT
boot sector. You will have to use Bootprep.

Regards,

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


"Godzilla" <godzillaismad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Can I boot into DOS and run fdisk /mbr?

On Jan 30, 10:23 am, "KM" <konstmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I did format and partition the CF on the *target* machine under winPE.
But something isn't lining up is that someone says bootprep only
required if the file system is FAT.Bootprep is a DOS utility hence you
deal with FAT there.

I formatted the CF using NTFS file
system but still no boot.NTFS means you already got the right boot
sector.
I'd recommand you to try the MbrFix tool (google for it). It worked
nicely for me on many other targets including even VPC.

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KM





On Jan 30, 9:58 am, "KM" <konstmor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to
create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
(and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart
on XP)

Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target*
machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
geometry.

Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach
is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you
should
do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR
(use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).

Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way
you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.

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KM

"Godzilla" <godzillais...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Hi Sean,

Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?

One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under
Diskpart
and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?

Thanks.

On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)"
<sean_lim...@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under
WinPE and
Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF
needs to be
prepared using MS-DOS

One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
1. Fdisk
2. Format
3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS
to NT)

Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.

Regards,

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

"Godzilla" <godzillais...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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Dear all,

I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new
CompactFlash,
booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the
CompactFlash
into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from
USB to
partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.

But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on
the
configure (blue) box with a semi-colon (;) printed after the box.
It
does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the
CF but
ran out of idea.

Can someone point me out?

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