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

From: Gordon Smith \(eMVP\) (Gordon.Smith_at_nospam.avnet.com)
Date: 01/24/05


Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:56:29 -0700

Dave Heil (exMVP) wrote:
> 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.

Keep in mind that if you use DOS to boot CE, you need to have both a DOS and
CE license. Ideally, you'd want a solution where you aren't booting into
DOS first. You can use a bootloader which loads/executes your NK.BIN file
directly.

-- 
Gordon Smith (eMVP)
-- Avnet Applied Computing Solutions


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