System License Violation - revisited

[JustinH]

I have been running a build of XPe successfully, running FBA from HD
and hen creating a bootable DVD. Now I want to have adual bootable
system using the same build, running from an EWF protected HD which can
also be told o boot into DOS.
I installed DOS on a small active FAT16 partition, and created a large
primary FAT32 partition for XP. I then installe XP-Pro on the FAT32
partition which would dual boot with DOS. Fine so far.
Then I deleted all the XP-Pro files and replaced them with my XPe build
files, but FBA runs and then BSODS with System License Violation.
XPPro places ntldr and NTDETECT, and boot.ini on the small c: partition
so I replaced these with the XPe versions, but still get the same
problem.

1) Is his going to work a all?

2) I gather that the problem may be due to the settings for boot
partition size and directory. Do these settings relate to the small C:
drive with ntldr and boot.ini, or do they relate to the large D:
partition that has WINDOWS on it.

Any advice much appreciated.

Justin

 

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

I have been running a build of XPe successfully, running FBA from HD
and hen creating a bootable DVD. Now I want to have adual bootable
system using the same build, running from an EWF protected HD which
can also be told o boot into DOS.
I installed DOS on a small active FAT16 partition, and created a large
primary FAT32 partition for XP. I then installe XP-Pro on the FAT32
partition which would dual boot with DOS. Fine so far.
Then I deleted all the XP-Pro files and replaced them with my XPe
build files, but FBA runs and then BSODS with System License
Violation. XPPro places ntldr and NTDETECT, and boot.ini on the small
c: partition so I replaced these with the XPe versions, but still get
the same problem.

1) Is his going to work a all?

2) I gather that the problem may be due to the settings for boot
partition size and directory. Do these settings relate to the small
C: drive with ntldr and boot.ini, or do they relate to the large D:
partition that has WINDOWS on it.

Any advice much appreciated.

Justin

Yes - it can work.

The problems quite likely is your drive letter settings. I don't know which
order you have the partitions so I can't say which letter to use. Think of
it in terms of "what would a fresh install of XP Pro see". Without playing
games, that's the easiest approach.