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Reply With Quotehave you read Microsoft's documentation on how to deploy to a CF card? Since your CF slot is on IDE2 have you configured your BIOS to boot from that channel? What's your boot.ini file point to?
Hey guys,
I did search but got mixed results that I have a hard time deciphering so I am going to post this here...
Here's what I have done so far:
Installed XP Professional on my target system (a Single Board Computer with a built in CF slot) onto a standard laptop drive, set up all the drivers, etc... then used the Target analyzer program to create a file that I imported into target designer.
I did what I needed to do there, built the image and copied it onto a CF card.
Now, the CF card comes up as IDE2 (Secondary Master) on the motherboard, but I cannot get it to boot.
I have set up the CF card as a NTFS drive, is there something else I need to do to make it bootable?
Thanks!
have you read Microsoft's documentation on how to deploy to a CF card? Since your CF slot is on IDE2 have you configured your BIOS to boot from that channel? What's your boot.ini file point to?
Yes, I read about BootPrep and how you don't need to use it on a NTFS formatted card, and I do have the BIOS set to boot from IDE 2.Originally Posted by SFiorito
However, I didn't think to edit the boot.ini file, so I will try that and see how it goes.
Thanks pal!
Did you see this? http://mason.gmu.edu/~sfiorito/eXPinstall.htm
Be very patient... first time booting off the CF card after installing XP will take awhile.
After a few starts and restarts, it gets faster. With EWF and MiniLogon (only after you 'install' your programs), it'll be even quicker.
I just wanted to get past the "no boot device found" error from the BIOS on startup
How did you format the CF card? Did you make it active?
changed my boot.ini file to look for Windows on disk 2 but no go
I just formatted it FAT32 in Windows then converted it to NTFS using the convert util in a command dialog box.
The problem is that I don't have an IDE-cf adaptor, and while the CF slot is on the IDE bus on my target system, I do not have a floppy drive for it.
And yes, the card is "Active"
What kind of board do you have, and can you verify it supports booting off CF? I read somewhere certain [VIA] boards do not support booting from CF despite having a CF slot integrated to the IDE bus.
You can probably find a CF-IDE adapter locally for about $10. I know a computer store nearby that sells one :-)
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