More newbie questions (continious reboot)

[Dave August]

I've built what I though would be a bootable image, (and yes it does boot
after I got the dreaded Stop 7B and manually added both IDE channels)... I
didn't specify my app just the command shell. I naively assumed that it
would boot and run and even give me a task bar, but not have any apps except
the shell... And yes I resolved all dependencies, and yes I got the basic
system info from TA not TAP...

Well... it boots, showsthe splash screen, shows the blue background with a
working mouse, then a quick flash of a status dialog that I *think* says
"Initializing components" and then.... reboots... <sigh> .... So OK what
Newbie thing have I missed? Do I really need to specify some app? An how
the heck do you guys debug this stuff.. in DDK land we'd hook up the Kernel
Debugger and have SOME clue... which brings up an interesting question, if
I stick the debug stuff in boot.ini will this thing spew any valid info to
KD or WinDebug (and do I have to build for Debug to get it) ? ....

Dave (the newbie in the dark)

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Hi Dave,

Debugger yes XPe is superset of XP Professional so same boot.ini values apply. (And even more).
Do not build for debug in XPe, (It is not implemented and your image will not boot.)

If your computer continuously reboot. Do three things.
1. Make sure that you are not using EWF or that it is disabled during the FBA. (Not just in TD but in remnant of small config
partition)
2. Check fba.log to make sure that you are using valid boot volume letter like C:
3. Check setupapi.log for more information.

Regards,
Slobodan

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Dave,

Read this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/usewinemb/xp/techrsrcxp/howtos/stepgde/default.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/reboots/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/rtpartin/default.aspx

Bookmart this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/

Regards,
Slobodan

 

[Dave August]

Hey Slobodan,

It's working! Was bad boot drive letter, rather than change the Drive
leter I just removed the smaller non boot unit on IDE0 so my CF on IDE1 is
C:.

If you ever get to California I'll buy ya dinner and all the beer you can
drink

I'm sure I'll have more questions

Dave (whos getting the hang of this thing now)

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Hi Dave,

I'm glad that I was able to help you

Regards,
Slobodan