EWF on CF as IDE-0 (secondary) boot problem

[alex9913]

Hi,
I have Sandisk CF (removable) card
sitting on IDE-0 Secondary slot, formated as NTFS with single
partition
with ARC path:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)...
(e.g. secondary drive, first partition)
and adressed as drive C:
and EWF protection for this single CF partition (turned off on start -
i will enable it later)

I made the CF this way:
1) fdisk and bootprep from target pc in dos
2) convert fs:NTFS from winxp
I've also tried to use HD instead with the same problem...

no additional drives present

IDE-0 primary: none
IDE-0 secondary: CF NTFS single partition (also tried with NTFSed hard
disk)
IDE-1 primary: none
IDE-1 secondary: none

I recieve the
"Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware
configuration problem"

I've tried to search everywhere for couple of days by now with no
success.
please... help...

 

[alex9913]

In addition to the problem:

I've tried to run a simple build (without EWF)
with the same ARC path [multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)...]
from HD (with ntfs) with single partition and mounted on IDE-0
secondary (eg. Master Secondary)
and still got the same "disk hardware configuration problem" messege.

1. If I run this image from primary master (with
rdisk(0)partition(1) ) it works fine
2. I've checked that I have "Secondary IDE Channel" component
installed
3. I'm changing the ARC path in the TD and not directly in boot.ini -
so no problems should appear... theoreticaly...

Any ideas?

 

[alex9913]

In addition to the problem:

I've tried to run a simple build (without EWF)
with the same ARC path [multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)...]
from HD (with ntfs) with single partition and mounted on IDE-0
secondary ( = Primary Slave)
and still got the same "disk hardware configuration problem" messege.


1. If I run this image from primary master (with
rdisk(0)partition(1) ) it works fine
2. I've checked that I have "Secondary IDE Channel" component
installed
3. I'm changing the ARC path in the TD and not directly in boot.ini -
so no problems should appear... theoreticaly...


Any ideas?

 

[Sean Liming \(MVP\)]

The ARC path should be rdisk(0)partition(1) in this instance. There is only
one drive in the system so rdisk has to be 0.

Regards,

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

 

[alex9913]

Thanks for your answer Sean,
it was exactly what I need.

Great group guys, I learn alot from you!

Best Regards,
Guy O,
Jerusalem, Israel.

 

[PA]

Please note that using a slave disk (no master) and trying to use HORM,
fails when resume from Standby.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/330100

Not yet resolved by Microsoft.