how make a remote boot using ramdisk, i have a lot of problems

[Javier Gómez]

Hi.

I have seen a lot of docs about tis topic.
In one of MSDN
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxpesp1/html/ram_sdi.asp

say that i have got put boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect into image sdi.

In the help of remote boot (sp2) it is not the same form. and my rmeote boot
doesn't boot, or reboot after loafing ramdisk or give a error about
HALL.dll.

i don't know as make this boot. please help me.

the post-fba image, before to copy into sdi boot correctly.

regards.

 

[KM]

Javier,

The article you are referring to is not for Remote Boot particularly but for RAM boot in general.

To begin with the RB feature you won't need that article (although it sheds some lights on internals of the SDI boot).

You should follow SP1/SP2 docs on how to create SDI file (with PART blob only) and download it on your device. E.g.,
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/remboot/html/xpconRemoteBootOverview.asp.
You won't need to include boot.ini, ntldr and ntdetect.com in the SDI file but just have to set up some parameters in the RBM GUI
(Remote Boot Manager).

Make sure you capture a postFBA image in to the SDI file.
Make also sure the image configuration includes Windows Ram Disk driver component.
Also, you may want to show us the output of "sdimgr <yourSDIfile>" command.

 

[Javier Gómez]

ok, i'll try beetween and tomorrow again and i'll show the output of sdimgr
<image_sdi>

thanks.

 

[Javier Gómez]

the last friday i did a test and the ramdisk ran correctly.
my problem was that the xpe image had a size of 400mb and my pc only had
512mb ram, when a tried in another pc with 1024mb the xpe ran properly

thanks.

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Hi Javier,

You might consider compressed NTFS on RAM disk to reduce required partition size.

Regards,
Slobodan

 

[Javier Gómez]

yes, it's a good idea. i'll try it.

thanks.

regards

 

[KM]

And remove unnecessary components.. 400mb is pretty image

http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/reducing/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/embedded/community/community/tips/xp/remove/default.aspx