EWF RAM overlay on CF failed

[Maverick]

Hi, all

I've managed to deploy an EWF RAM overlay on a hard disk. But when I tried
to deploy the same image to a CF, it failed. Here is what I did:

1.Create a partition as large as CF on HDD, and make it bootable.
2.Copy run time image into HDD and FBA.
3.Run ewfmgr c: -enable to make EWF enabled.
4 Copy image to CF.

My HDD is EWF enabled, but after I copy the image to CF, my CF is not EWF
enabled. I heard that CF should be set to an unremovable disk, is that true?

maverick

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Maverick,

Like I said you before you should look at Registry configured RAM EWF in
product documentation.
EWF will be configured entirely from registry instead trough small hidden
partition that you forgot can't copy.

Reg RAM EWF work on removable disk perfectly. But draw back is that windows
support only first partition on removable disks, so config partition can be
created.
So you should use either reg ram EWF to avoid usage of second partition and
to simplify copy procedure.
Or you must use fixed CF and some copy tool that will copy disk as it is.

Regards,
Slobodan

 

[Guest]

Instead of running "ewfmgr c: -enable", run "etprep -delete" (from the El
Torito CD component) and reboot. This will delete the ewf config partition
created on the harddrive and ewf will then get it's settings from the
registry. This automatically enables ewf as well.
Then you should be able to copy the partition onto your CF, the first boot
will likely not have ewf enabled as it is booting on a different disk, and
will require a reboot. Subsequent boots should enable it however. If not,
run ewfmgr c: -enable.
It will not matter if the disk is fixed, or removeable, as it will treat
it as if it is booting from a CD.