XPE in CF has no page file???

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

Hello all,

If any one has experience on developing image for CF(1G /2G), please
help us on this!!!

We build a XPE for 1G or 2G Compact Flash card, I post same question
before, but I just want to conform that IS IT TRUE THAT XPE FOR CF
DOES NOT HAVE PAGE FILE(virtual memory)?

I try to enable and custom it, but I couldn't, somebody told me
page file can't go to "removable disk", so I guess XPE for CF can't
have page file at all?

Did anybody ever can have page file for CF? If so, please give us
some advise, thanks a lot!!!

By default, XPE builds have no pagefile. You simply change the settings in
the hal component (the component which contains hal.dll, such as "standard
PC") if you want one.

 

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Hello all,

If any one has experience on developing image for CF(1G /2G), please help us
on this!!!

We build a XPE for 1G or 2G Compact Flash card, I post same question
before, but I just want to conform that IS IT TRUE THAT XPE FOR CF DOES NOT
HAVE PAGE FILE(virtual memory)?

I try to enable and custom it, but I couldn't, somebody told me page file
can't go to "removable disk", so I guess XPE for CF can't have page file at
all?

Did anybody ever can have page file for CF? If so, please give us some
advise, thanks a lot!!!

 

[KM]

embedded,

Some issues with having pagefile suport enabled on removable madia have been reported in this NG.

So, you can mark your CF card as fixed (use manufacturer provided tool only) and you can have the pagefile enabled no problem (in TD
or directly in registry at run time).
However, it won't give you any good if you think to use it heavily on your image. Pagefile and EWF do not live together so even with
EWF you will likely wear out the flash faster.

 

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

Thanks to you all!

But we are use Kinston CF, I've contact them and they said "they
don't such tool available for their CF", so I guess our XPE for CF
then won't have page file at all???!!!

You *can*, but probably won't want to.

As I mentioned previously, modify the settings in your hal component (ACPI
or Standard PC, etc - whichever holds your hal.dll) to enable pagefile
support. As KM mentioned previously, you probably won't actually want to
given that pagefile accesses will wear out your CF quickly.

 

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Thanks to you all!

But we are use Kinston CF, I've contact them and they said "they don't such
tool available for their CF", so I guess our XPE for CF then won't have page
file at all???!!!

embedded,

Some issues with having pagefile suport enabled on removable madia have been reported in this NG.

So, you can mark your CF card as fixed (use manufacturer provided tool

only) and you can have the pagefile enabled no problem (in TD

or directly in registry at run time).
However, it won't give you any good if you think to use it heavily on your

image. Pagefile and EWF do not live together so even with

 

[KM]

embedded,

You may want to give us a bit more info about why you need the pagefile suport in your image.
Then there may be another cure to your problems.

 

[Gordon Smith \(eMVP\)]

Thanks, some software from our customer need pagefile, otherwise they
either can't install their software or can't run at all.

Some software "needs" the pagefile. Most software doesn't. Sometimes
developers don't understand whether or not they actual do "need" the
pagefile. Your customer may well be right, but it doesn't hurt to double
check.

You *can* have a pagefile with CF. The end result will be that the CF will
burn out faster due to the cells being written to more often, but if that is
truely "needed", it is possible to do. Just configure your hal component to
enable the pagefile. Your hal component is the one that contains the
HAL.DLL file (such as "Standard PC").

 

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Thanks, some software from our customer need pagefile, otherwise they either
can't install their software or can't run at all.

Our PC is 733 MHz ,128MB or 256MB.