Newbie is getting smarter - Trying to boot CEPC from hard drive

From: BryanEverly (BryanEverly_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:47:08 -0800

Hi,

I was able to successfully boot from a floppy using the specialized
eboot.bin file provided in my 3rd party BSP (VIA EPIA ME6000 micro-ITX board)
and then download an OS image created to my specifications using platform
builder.

I can use the CEPC booted from that image, access the hard disk, copy files
to it, access the CDROM drive, read files from it, copy files to / from the
floppy disk so I'm pretty sure my OS image is happy (had to add in some 3rd
party device drivers to my workspace to get it all working, but now I can use
the CEPC as a dumb little web browser and can even browse websites on the
Internet with it).

That said, I have followed the instructions as thoroughly as I can (I'm
hoping I've just missed something simple and someone can point it out to me)
but have not been able to successfully boot the OS image from the hard disk.
Best as I can determine, the steps were:

1. Get the C: drive formatted cleanly with no volume name

2. Use the mkdisk.bat utility on the C: drive to put a bootloader on it.

2. Get everything working on the CEPC from an image that downloads & boots
using a floppy and eboot.bin

3. Copy the Nk.bin file from the \Release directory from the successfully
booted image over to the \Hard Disk directory using the CE explorer interface.

4. Reboot

When I do that, it just hangs after displaying the bootloader message on the
screen (by the way, the first character of that message doesn't show up on
the screen - pretty odd). The device is locked solid and the keyboard is
nonresponsive.

I saw another posting stating similar-sounding (to a newbie like me)
problems, but am not sure if this is the same issue or not.

Anyone who is willing to help me solve this would really make my day.

Thanks in advance,
Bryan

Relevant Pages

  • Mystery Solved - Boot CEPC from Hard Disk
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    (microsoft.public.windowsce.platbuilder)
  • Re: Can a program prove its own integrity?
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