Re: How to load a CEPC image to a Compact Flash

From: Dave Heil \(exMVP\) (nospam_at_vytek.com)
Date: 01/24/05


Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:42:52 -0800

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 06:53:02 -0800, Bill M
<BillM@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>All, I am building an OS (CEPC using PB v5.0) and the taget device is a PC104
>with a Compact Flash which acts as an IDE hard drive. The PC104 is from
>Advanced Digital Logic and did not provide a BSP. This PC104 is a standard
>x86 PC, except the "hard drive" is the Compact Flash".
>The examples in PB demonstrate how to use an existing PC to boot from a boot
>floppy, which calls 'loadcepc' to get the OS image over ethernet. But, this
>places the OS image in memory.
>
>What is the procedure for loading a CEPC image to a Compact Flash card so
>the PC104 can boot from this flash card?
>
>I have an adapter on my development system (running PB) for the Compact
>Flash - it is the E: drive. I can copy files from my development system
>directly to the flash card. If I only need to copy files, which files do I
>copy? Will the Compact Flash be bootable on the PC104?
>
>Thanks,
>Bill M

Make a bootable CF card and copy the files from the CEPC boot floppy
onto it. Copy your NK.BIN file onto the CF card. Modify the
autoexec.bat and config.sys files on the CF card so that the boot from
local file option is the default.

Dave Heil
Vytek Inc.



Relevant Pages

  • How to load a CEPC image to a Compact Flash
    ... I am building an OS (CEPC using PB v5.0) and the taget device is a PC104 ... except the "hard drive" is the Compact Flash". ... The examples in PB demonstrate how to use an existing PC to boot from a boot ... What is the procedure for loading a CEPC image to a Compact Flash card so ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.platbuilder)
  • Re: Compact Flash Boot Problem
    ... I'd recommend you to format the CF on the target PC under *DOS*. ... I have a System with XP Pro and XPe on a SATA drive. ... XP Embedded (Compact Flash) - NTFS ... When I disconnect my SATA drive I need to boot from my ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded)
  • Re: Using DD to Clone Compact Flash
    ... Are you saying that the master is a cdrom and the copy a compact flash? ... you cannot hope that something which is configured to boot from cdrom ...
    (comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc)
  • Re: Image instalation issue
    ... The bootloader has to reside somewhere that is launched on *boot*. ... I haven't been through the Windows ... How do I make the flash card have an MBR ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsce.embedded)
  • Re: Booting from a flash card
    ... They have CF slot that the BIOS recognizes as a boot device. ... I'd like to install FreeBSD on the flash card and to ...
    (freebsd-questions)