XPe boot from bootable PCMCIA slot?

[Huang Sheng-Chi]

So far, our target machine can do this with a special BIOS
fix from our maker. However they warned us that since
Windows normally do not boot from PCMCIA, there is high
chance that Windows will cause the PCMCIA PNP device to
reset/initialize, thus cause Windows to reset itself. But
again, this didn't happen to us.

Question:
1. Anyone else also booting WXPe from PCMCIA device (pnp)?
2. Is there a way to find out what devices are
started/disabled when WXPe boots? Is it in the system
log/event files?
3. Probably the best way is to use Kernel Debugger, but
is there another way to see if PCMCIA PNP device is
reset/initialize or not by Windows?

Thanks.

 

[Andy Allred [MS]]

I haven't heard of that issue you talk about before.

I have seen IBM microdrives boot from PCMCIA where the BIOS supported it and
it didn't have any problems. I'm not sure how prevalent this boot method is
though, and I'm not sure how widely tested it's been since it's pretty
obscure as you've seen <grin>

Try searching the Google Group archives of this newsgroup to see what others
have reported on PCMCIA boot methods.

Good luck!
Andy