Re: Connecting to a Local Image

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From: John Flynn (query_me2001_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 02/18/04


Date: 18 Feb 2004 03:03:30 -0800

This works for a system that is in the lab, but if the system is out
in the field then it would not work. I would want to bring a host
system with PB on it and connect to the target system that is running
Window CE.

The scanario I have in mind is that the image would boot completely to
Windows CE. At some later stage I may want to connect to the system
and use remote tools - but not necessarily.

Regards,
J

"Rui Tang" <tangrui76_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<#Vtc8uk8DHA.632@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>...
> 1. You must build your image with KITL enabled.
> 2. If you build your image KITL enabled, when it boots up (not matter you
> launched it from EBOOT or some whatever bootloader), the OS will halt there
> until KITL is connected. You can then connect from your PB to the image.
>
> There may be something tricky like most platforms have the driver globals
> that contain the filed for EDBG information. You may need to zero that field
> in your loader (if not EBOOT) before jump to the image (that's how I did on
> my platform). This will cause the DHCP process being activated. However,
> this is highly depend on the OAL implementation, you should read it and
> uderstand how it works if there is a problem.
>
> --
>
> Rui Tang
> Centrality Communications Inc
>
>
> "John Flynn" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3A67FF9E-2810-4CD9-8F3F-A9928E5DDD51@microsoft.com...
> > Oliver,
> >
> > Thank you very much for your reply. I was beginning to think there was no
> one out there!
> >
> > I must have described my problem incorrectly. The method that you
> described is what I use normally for development and this works fine.
> >
> > The problem that I now have is that I compiling the nk.bin image then
> placing in on the hard disk of the target machine. I then boot to this image
> (a local image). I can successfully boot and run Windows CE using this
> method.
> >
> > What I now want to do is use the Platform Builder remote tools to get
> information from the target system.
> >
> > Firstly, can this be achieved? If so how?
> >
> > I hope that I have explained this a bit better.
> >
> > Regards,
> > John



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