USB drive boot - is it possible or not?

[Oleg Solovyev]

Hi,
So, checked archive of newsgroup - but still there are a lot of questions -
so: is possible to bootup XPE by USB drive or not?
I use Transcend USB drive TS1GJF2A for 1GB. Transcend sends utility with
it - to make it bootable as USB-HDD - so for DOS no problems at all - boots
well. But after rewriting boot sector by bootprep and deploying a working
image on it - never boot at all - always got as: NTLDR is missing.
Also, found several interesting things - if format USB by ordinary DOS
format - boots well - but never understood USB as a drive - asking to put
path for command.com - looks like same coming with NTLDR - never see it - so
missing...(may be have to change offsets in bootsector)
Hence, really interesting - if there is anybody who suceed to boot XPE from
USB drive - really need your advice.
Best regards,
Oleg

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Hi Oleg,

You can do RAM boot from SDI file located on USB.

You can use complete USB boot solution package for XPe from M-Systems that is replacement for HDD. (You can run FBA on USB disk
without any problems)
http://www.m-systems.com/content/Products/Product.asp?pid=29

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...a=group=microsoft.public.windowsxp.embedded.*

Regards,
Slobodan