Kernel Configuration Question

[Tony]

I have been working with various MinLogon images for my initial
development, but I have been told that I will need to create a Kernel
image for the final product to help protect against unexpected
shutdowns.
Q1) Is it true that Kernel images are better suited for unexpected
power losses, or is that a myth?

Also, our application requires support for TCP/IP communication (=
tools like netsh, etc), sockets, access to event logs, parallel port
access, and others. I have all this working well in a MinLogon image
that is ~60MB, which an acceptable size for my application. I tried
many times to add all this support starting from a kernel
configuration each time, but I always end up with a MinLogon
cinfiguration at best. I haven't added EWF yet, but I will need it
too.
Q2) Are any of the features I listed above incompatible with a Kernel
configuration? Is that why I keep ending up with a MinLogon
configuration?

Thanks.

- Tony

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Tony,

Q1) Is it true that Kernel images are better suited for unexpected
power losses, or is that a myth?

Existence of bare kernel image without file system is myth.
But if you create image that do not support filesystems then you are ok.

Q2)
If you need netsh, sockets and other "fancy" stuff, then you are in user mode, and that mean that you need file system. Having said
that you will need RAM EWF.
And minlogon is probably required for you. Since you are not planning to make programs that use undocumented native api.

Regards,
Slobodan

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[Kesavan]

Tony,

You will land up in a showpiece with only the Kernel.The api's as
slobodan sad would require the user space.The file system's executions
will want to live in the user space and that comes over the Kernel
space .You might very well need to look into the Block diagram of xpe
architecture.Should be in the manual or please find the same in the MS
site.
Kernel images are better suited for unexpected powerloss is right but
a mtyh in terms of implementational requriements .

Regards,
Kesavan