Windows NT Embedded question

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GregG

I know what you're saying, there's a different group for embedded
Windows NT. But that group is even deader than the product it's named
after. Many of you cut your teeth on NT/e so maybe someone can help
me.

I'm struggling to work my first significant XP/e project. As a test,
I want to demonstrate a simple NT/e boot on the same hardware.

I'm using an ASUS PSP800 motherboard with the Intel 82865 chipset and
want to create a bootable El Torito CD. I've disabled Hyperthreading
and set the motherboard for no Plug & Play. I'm using a removable IDE
drive so use a 2nd PC for building & burning and my target for
post-build additions & testing.

My experience is the hard disk has no problems booting and running on
the motherboard but the bootable CD created from it always fails with
"Inaccessable Boot Device."

With XP/e, I originally had analogous problems until a very helpful
person in this group clued me in on an updated NTdetect.com for XP/e
from Microsoft. This works beautifully for XP/e and this chipset.

My question is does anyone know of a similar update for NT/e before it
went defunct? Or any other ideas on what might work?

Thanks,
GregG
 
Greg,

I think I'm following you....

Did you create a kdf for the Intel 865 chipset, or are you using the
Standard PCI IDE controller component? If you are repeatedly getting a 7B I
would try the generic drivers if your not using them already.

HTH,
Brad
 
I'm using the generic EIDE component. No plans to create a chipset
kdf. For HAL, I've tried Standard PC and MPC (in case hyperthreading
counted as multiprocessor even if disabled.)

I forgot to mention the created NT/e CD boots successfully on other
older motherboards. Also, CD's created for those motherboards give
the same "Inaccessable Boot Device" error on this new PC.

Thanks,
GregG
 
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