Windows Embedded in Ram

[Dietmar]

Hi all,
is it possible with 4GB of Ram and an SDI image smaller than 512MB to boot
to ram and install than other Software to ram for example the game
Battlefield Vietnam? (More than 2GB ram is needed therefor to run complete
in ram.)
If not, is it possible to boot to ram from DVD with El Torito, where I
first installed all the software I want
to run in ram?

Thank You for answers,
XPE is great but very complicate...

 

[Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)]

Hi Dietmar,

1. Keep XPe image (SDI file) as small as possible (<128MB) although you can go up to 512MB. Try using compresed NTFS for reducing
image size. The less file size is the faster your device will boot.
Instead of NTFS you can use method that I use. Create SDI file with FAT and compacted data on beginning of file, cut end of file
with zeroed. Then create custom bootloader that will load beggining of your file to memory. This will result in you having empty
space on your OS ramdisk.

2. Install additional ramdisk driver from W2K DDK samples if you will need it.

3. Regarding the particular games you will need to figure out your self the best way to install them. But if you have more that one
game try leaving as much files as possible on DVD without loading them to ram.

If not, is it possible to boot to ram from DVD with El Torito, where I
first installed all the software I want
to run in ram?

You can mix RAM and DVD access as you want. In general this can be done.
If you choose to go with custom bootloader please read article from Saad Syed and find my bootloaded code in this NG.
If not then you can use ntldr to load SDI file to memory and execute if from DVD.

Let us know when you decide what you want/can do so we can help you.

Regards,
Slobodan