XPE Boot problem

Dear all,

I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.

But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
ran out of idea.

Can someone point me out?

Thank you.

The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
prepared using MS-DOS

One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
1. Fdisk
2. Format
3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)

Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit

"Godzilla" <godzillaismad@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
> Dear all,
>
> I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
> booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
> into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
> formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
> partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>
> But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
> configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
> does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
> activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
> ran out of idea.
>
> Can someone point me out?
>
> Thank you.
>

Hi Sean,

Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?

One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?

Thanks.


On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
wrote:
> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
> prepared using MS-DOS
>
> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
> 1. Fdisk
> 2. Format
> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>
> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> Toolkit
>
> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> > Dear all,
>
> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>
> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
> > ran out of idea.
>
> > Can someone point me out?
>
> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Windows XP can create a bootable floppy. The FDISK and FORMAT utilities
needed can be found in the CD Contents of the XPEA book:
http://www.sjjmicro.com/XPEA.html. Or you can get them from www.bootdisk.com

I don't use Diskpart so I do not know what it sees or what it doesn't see.
The steps below are the recommended best known method to creating a bootable
CF.

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit


"Godzilla" <godzillaismad@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Sean,
>
> Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>
> One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
> and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
> build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
> wrote:
>> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE
>> and
>> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to
>> be
>> prepared using MS-DOS
>>
>> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
>> 1. Fdisk
>> 2. Format
>> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>>
>> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
>> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
>> Toolkit
>>
>> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Dear all,
>>
>> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
>> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
>> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
>> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
>> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>>
>> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
>> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
>> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
>> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
>> > ran out of idea.
>>
>> > Can someone point me out?
>>
>> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
>

Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
(and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart on XP)

Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target* machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
geometry.

Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you should
do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR (use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).

Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.

--
=========
Regards,
KM


"Godzilla" <godzillaismad@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> Hi Sean,
>
> Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>
> One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
> and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
> build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
> wrote:
>> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
>> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
>> prepared using MS-DOS
>>
>> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
>> 1. Fdisk
>> 2. Format
>> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>>
>> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
>> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
>> Toolkit
>>
>> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Dear all,
>>
>> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
>> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
>> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
>> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
>> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>>
>> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
>> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
>> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
>> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
>> > ran out of idea.
>>
>> > Can someone point me out?
>>
>> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
>

Hello,

I am trying to make a boot CD and chuck fdisk, format and bootprep
into the CD content as I do not have win98 CD with me.

I did format and partition the CF on the *target* machine under winPE.
But something isn't lining up is that someone says bootprep only
required if the file system is FAT. I formatted the CF using NTFS file
system but still no boot.

I will tell you guys how I go...


Thanks guys.



On Jan 30, 9:58 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
> (and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart on XP)
>
> Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target* machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
> geometry.
>
> Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you should
> do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR (use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).
>
> Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.
>
> --
> =========
> Regards,
> KM
>
>
>
> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> > Hi Sean,
>
> > Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>
> > One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
> > and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
> > build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>
> > Thanks.
>
> > On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
> > wrote:
> >> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
> >> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
> >> prepared using MS-DOS
>
> >> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
> >> 1. Fdisk
> >> 2. Format
> >> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>
> >> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>
> >> Regards,
>
> >> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
> >> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> >> Toolkit
>
> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> > Dear all,
>
> >> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
> >> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
> >> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
> >> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
> >> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>
> >> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
> >> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
> >> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
> >> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
> >> > ran out of idea.
>
> >> > Can someone point me out?
>
> >> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

> I did format and partition the CF on the *target* machine under winPE.
> But something isn't lining up is that someone says bootprep only
> required if the file system is FAT.

Bootprep is a DOS utility hence you deal with FAT there.

> I formatted the CF using NTFS file
> system but still no boot.


NTFS means you already got the right boot sector.
I'd recommand you to try the MbrFix tool (google for it). It worked nicely for me on many other targets including even VPC.


--
=========
Regards,
KM


>
> On Jan 30, 9:58 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
>> (and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart on XP)
>>
>> Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target* machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
>> geometry.
>>
>> Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you
>> should
>> do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR (use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).
>>
>> Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.
>>
>> --
>> =========
>> Regards,
>> KM
>>
>>
>>
>> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
>> > Hi Sean,
>>
>> > Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>>
>> > One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
>> > and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
>> > build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>>
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> > On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
>> >> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
>> >> prepared using MS-DOS
>>
>> >> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
>> >> 1. Fdisk
>> >> 2. Format
>> >> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>>
>> >> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>>
>> >> Regards,
>>
>> >> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
>> >> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
>> >> Toolkit
>>
>> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> >> > Dear all,
>>
>> >> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
>> >> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
>> >> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
>> >> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
>> >> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>>
>> >> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
>> >> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
>> >> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
>> >> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
>> >> > ran out of idea.
>>
>> >> > Can someone point me out?
>>
>> >> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -
>

Can I boot into DOS and run fdisk /mbr?

On Jan 30, 10:23 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I did format and partition the CF on the *target* machine under winPE.
> > But something isn't lining up is that someone says bootprep only
> > required if the file system is FAT.Bootprep is a DOS utility hence you deal with FAT there.
>
> > I formatted the CF using NTFS file
> > system but still no boot.NTFS means you already got the right boot sector.
> I'd recommand you to try the MbrFix tool (google for it). It worked nicely for me on many other targets including even VPC.
>
> --
> =========
> Regards,
> KM
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 30, 9:58 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
> >> (and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart on XP)
>
> >> Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target* machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
> >> geometry.
>
> >> Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you
> >> should
> >> do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR (use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).
>
> >> Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.
>
> >> --
> >> =========
> >> Regards,
> >> KM
>
> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hi Sean,
>
> >> > Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>
> >> > One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
> >> > and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
> >> > build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>
> >> > Thanks.
>
> >> > On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
> >> >> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
> >> >> prepared using MS-DOS
>
> >> >> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
> >> >> 1. Fdisk
> >> >> 2. Format
> >> >> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>
> >> >> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>
> >> >> Regards,
>
> >> >> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
> >> >> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> >> >> Toolkit
>
> >> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> >> > Dear all,
>
> >> >> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
> >> >> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
> >> >> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
> >> >> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
> >> >> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>
> >> >> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
> >> >> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
> >> >> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
> >> >> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
> >> >> > ran out of idea.
>
> >> >> > Can someone point me out?
>
> >> >> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Hi KM,

Just downloaded MbrFix tool and can you give me a bit of instruction
on how to use it?

I assumed that I have to boot into winPE and run mbrfix /fixmbr
command? Do I have to reformat the CF or repartition it?

Thanks again.



On Jan 30, 10:23 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I did format and partition the CF on the *target* machine under winPE.
> > But something isn't lining up is that someone says bootprep only
> > required if the file system is FAT.Bootprep is a DOS utility hence you deal with FAT there.
>
> > I formatted the CF using NTFS file
> > system but still no boot.NTFS means you already got the right boot sector.
> I'd recommand you to try the MbrFix tool (google for it). It worked nicely for me on many other targets including even VPC.
>
> --
> =========
> Regards,
> KM
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jan 30, 9:58 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
> >> Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
> >> (and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart on XP)
>
> >> Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target* machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
> >> geometry.
>
> >> Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you
> >> should
> >> do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR (use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).
>
> >> Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.
>
> >> --
> >> =========
> >> Regards,
> >> KM
>
> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> >> > Hi Sean,
>
> >> > Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>
> >> > One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
> >> > and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
> >> > build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>
> >> > Thanks.
>
> >> > On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
> >> >> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
> >> >> prepared using MS-DOS
>
> >> >> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
> >> >> 1. Fdisk
> >> >> 2. Format
> >> >> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>
> >> >> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>
> >> >> Regards,
>
> >> >> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
> >> >> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> >> >> Toolkit
>
> >> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> >> > Dear all,
>
> >> >> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
> >> >> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
> >> >> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
> >> >> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
> >> >> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>
> >> >> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
> >> >> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
> >> >> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
> >> >> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
> >> >> > ran out of idea.
>
> >> >> > Can someone point me out?
>
> >> >> > Thank you.- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

Just to confirm that everything works when I ran the command mbrfix /
fixmbr under winPE.

But I've got another question, why is EWF switched mode from RAM to
RAM (REG) mode?

On Jan 30, 10:32 am, "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi KM,
>
> Just downloaded MbrFix tool and can you give me a bit of instruction
> on how to use it?
>
> I assumed that I have to boot into winPE and run mbrfix /fixmbr
> command? Do I have to reformat the CF or repartition it?
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On Jan 30, 10:23 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > I did format and partition the CF on the *target* machine under winPE.
> > > But something isn't lining up is that someone says bootprep only
> > > required if the file system is FAT.Bootprep is a DOS utility hence you deal with FAT there.
>
> > > I formatted the CF using NTFS file
> > > system but still no boot.NTFS means you already got the right boot sector.
> > I'd recommand you to try the MbrFix tool (google for it). It worked nicely for me on many other targets including even VPC.
>
> > --
> > =========
> > Regards,
> > KM
>
> > > On Jan 30, 9:58 am, "KM" <konstmor@nospam_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >> Your CF is likely marked as fixed. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to create 2 partitions on it under XP/PE OS.
> > >> (and you wouldn't see removable media as fixed volume using diskpart on XP)
>
> > >> Did you use WinPE to partition and format the CF on the *target* machine? This would be important step to preserve right disk
> > >> geometry.
>
> > >> Yes, you can use Win98 or MS-DOS disk to use fdisk and this approach is probably less erroneous than using WinPE. Again, you
> > >> should
> > >> do this on the target.If the CF is still not bootable, try fixing MBR (use fdisk /MBR switch or tools like MbrFix).
>
> > >> Also, make sure to put a non-zero timeout in the boot.ini. This way you can see if you are getting to the ntldr's menu at least.
>
> > >> --
> > >> =========
> > >> Regards,
> > >> KM
>
> > >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170109448.397129.123460@s48g2000cws.googlegroups.com...
> > >> > Hi Sean,
>
> > >> > Should I be using a win98 disk for fdisk?
>
> > >> > One thing that you pointed out is that CF could be seen under Diskpart
> > >> > and I thought that constitute a fixed disk CF. Is there any other
> > >> > build-in tools which I could use for format and bootprep the CF?
>
> > >> > Thanks.
>
> > >> > On Jan 30, 4:28 am, "Sean Liming \(eMVP\)" <sean_lim...@sjjmicro.com>
> > >> > wrote:
> > >> >> The CF is probably ID as removable. When you format the CF under WinPE and
> > >> >> Win XP Pro it will NOT lay down a boot sector to boot XP. The CF needs to be
> > >> >> prepared using MS-DOS
>
> > >> >> One the target system boot to DOS and perform the following:
> > >> >> 1. Fdisk
> > >> >> 2. Format
> > >> >> 3. Bootprep (comes with XPe to change the boot sector from MS-DOS to NT)
>
> > >> >> Copy the image to the CF using a USB to CF adapter.
>
> > >> >> Regards,
>
> > >> >> Sean Limingwww.sjjmicro.com/www.seanliming.com
> > >> >> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> > >> >> Toolkit
>
> > >> >> "Godzilla" <godzillais...@gmail.com> wrote in messagenews:1170077062.947618.166860@p10g2000cwp.googlegroups.com...
>
> > >> >> > Dear all,
>
> > >> >> > I have cloned the XPE image and deployed it to a new CompactFlash,
> > >> >> > booted in WinPE and by using diskpart, I partitioned the CompactFlash
> > >> >> > into 2 parts, made partition 1 as the active partition. After
> > >> >> > formatting it to NTFS format and copy all the image files from USB to
> > >> >> > partition 1, C:\, I restarted the device.
>
> > >> >> > But when it boots up and gone past Post, the device just sits on the
> > >> >> > configure (blue) box with a semi-colon ( printed after the box. It
> > >> >> > does not even boot into the XPE image as I cannot see any FBA
> > >> >> > activity. I believe there is something else I have to do to the CF but
> > >> >> > ran out of idea.
>
> > >> >> > Can someone point me out?
>
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