RE: How to load a CEPC image to a Compact Flash
From: Robert Magyar (RobertMagyar_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/25/05
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Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:51:07 -0800
To make the CF card bootable, format it on a Win98 machine, with a format /s
command. (Win98 is downloadable on MSDN).
If you have a free parallel port, you can do transfers with FastLynx, a
windows tool with a dos client, to and from your CF card. See:
http://sewelldirect.com/fastlynxhomepage.asp
Robert
"Bill M" 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
>
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