Re: PB 5.0: Image only boots 99%

Yes there is a progress bar. Now let me give you some more details:

I'm trying to build a bootable Win CE 5.0 image for the Advantech PCM-5823.
I've tried using a number of the predefined templates in Platform Builder
5.0 (Industrial Controller, Internet Appliance etc), but without any success.
In Platform-> Settings -> Build Options I have typically selected the
following
*Enable CE Target Control Support
*Enable Eboot Space in Memory
*Enable Full Kernel Mode
*Enable KITL

Further I have buit the template images (and some customized ones) using the
exact same settings for the x86 BSP and AMD GEODE x86 BSP (selected in the
New Platform Wizard).
The result is as follows:
At bootup on target the screen is black and nothing happens using the AMD
GEODE x86 images, whereas using the x86 images the Windows CE logo and the
progress bar is displayed as previously explained.

Now I wonder
1) Is the reason for the displayed progress bar that "Enable Eboot Space in
Memory" is selected?
2)Is the progress bar showing because loadcepc.exe is somehow included in
the nk.bin? (I'm booting from the flash card following the procedures descred
on MSDN: "How to Boot a Run-Time Image on a CEPC from a Hard Disk Drive").
3) Why is nothing happening when using the AMD GEODE x86 BSP which is
supposed to be custom made for the Advantech PCM-5823?

And last but not least:
4) How should I procede to do "a debug build to see what is going on"?
I'd really like to know, but I've not been able to find anything in the
documentation about this.
I should also mention that (like so many others) I'm not able to make the
CEPC boot with loadcepc.exe using the supplied CEPCBoot.144 floppy disk. I've
tried numerous of different options for the eboot (just about everything
that is commented in the discussion groups, and in the online MSDN
documentation ), but with no luck. Neither is the serial boot working, no
matter the selected baud rate etc. The CEPC never shows up under Target ->
Connectivity Options. So yes, I'm very very interested in knowing how to do
"a debug build to see what is going on".

Looking forward for your answer.

"Luc Cool" wrote:

Hi,

you are probably talking about the progress bar loadcepc.exe puts on the
screen when it loads a image. After loading, it should jump to the entry
point of the image (either eboot.bin, sboot.bin or nk.bin) Maybe the
progress indicator doesn't reach the 100% due to some rounding error's. You
didn't mention which platform you are using, and what kind of image you are
trying to load..

regards,

Luc

"GT" <GT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Sorry, I mean progress bar.

"Dean Ramsier" wrote:

Performance bar??? There is no such thing in the standard CE release.
Have
you tried doing a debug build to see what is going on?
--
Dean Ramsier - eMVP
BSQUARE Corporation


"GT" <GT@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello

I've made an image (or several to be perfectly honest) wiht PB 5.0
that
only
boots 99% and then stops completely. At bootup (on target) the Windows
logo
and "Windows CE" is displayed with a performance bar below. The
performace
bar fills up 99% and then everything freezes.

I have not been able to find from the documentation what is actually
happening as the performance bar is filling up. Does anyone know where
to
find this information and a probable cause to my problem?

I've tried altering Platform->Settings-> Build Options a number of
times.
And when I remove KITL, the image does not boot at all (Windows logo
and
performance bar are not displayed).







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