How to get Windows PE for running Tap.exe

[mm7376]

Hello.

I'm just starting to evaluate WinXP Embedded and I've installed the
development environment onto an existing XP machine in our lab. I'd now like
to run TAP.exe on our embedded platform (which is a different machine) and
I've read that this can be done by booting the device from a CDROM using
Windows PE as supplied on DISK1 of the WinXP Embedded Studio. However, I've
looked in the folder C:\Program Files\Windows Embedded\Installer\DISK1\ and I
can't find any sign of the PE image. I've also had a look in the knowledge
base and I can't find any reference on how to burn a bootable CDROM with PE
and TAP installed from the Web Installer images. Am I missing something
obvious? Surely, this should be easy... is a bootable ISO image I can
download to much to ask for!

Mike

 

[Hans Bus]

Hi mike,

My DISK1 (DVD) is bootable, and will boot up the PE system.

Regards,
Hans

mm7376 schreef:

 

[mm7376]

Hi Hans,

Thanks for taking the time to reply... Did you order the DVD/CD set from
microsoft directly? I performed the web install and thus don't have any
physical media. However, I do have the directory C:\Program Files\Windows
Embedded\Installer\DISK1\ which I assume should be the same as the media
release. If someone knows the magic command e.g. hd2iso that I can use to
remake a bootable CD then I'd be greatful. However, i can't see anything in
the DISK1 directory that looks like a boot loader so maybe they are different
(but other news group posts seem to suggest that there is no difference
between the evaluation install and the full version apart from a time limit
on the built XPe images).

Can anyone help...

Mike

 

[flamey]

the most complete information will be gathered by tap.exe from full install
of WinXP. the PE version may miss some drivers/devices. if you have winxp cd,
just install that, then run tap.exe. also, it's probably better not to
install any drivers missing after standard WinXP install, and then either
get/make embedded version of them to add to your configuration, or install
them after getting an image onto the system.

 

[mm7376]

Hi flamey,

I could install the full WinXP OS but the board is resource constrained
therefore I'd rather not (plus I don't have a spare hdd to hand at the
moment). Ideally, I want to make an image on my dev machine and then use PXE
to pull the image down to the board. I'm currently building a BartPE iso so
maybe that will work in place of the offical PE cdrom.

Mike

 

[KM]

What you are looking for is called Windows Automated Installation Kit (AIK). You can download it here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...6d-15f3-4284-9123-679830d629f2&displaylang=en

You can also order XPe Eval Disks from Microsoft (IIRC, only shipping fees apply). The first disk will be bootable in PE.