Channel 9 - Discussions by samer http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png Channel 9 - Discussions by samer http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with. From LINQ to SilverLight – Watch videos and hear about all the cool technologies coming and the people behind them. http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions en Sat, 25 May 2013 17:08:07 GMT Sat, 25 May 2013 17:08:07 GMT Rev9 0 0 0 Tech Off - custom windows ce image on ebox II - HELPPPPPPPPPP !!!!! ...........I don't know what to say.........


I tried man, forgive my ignorance and outdatedness

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/48508-custom-windows-ce-image-on-ebox-II-HELPPPPPPPPPP-/0d419e1c83aa431190679dea011b1f18#0d419e1c83aa431190679dea011b1f18 Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:00:50 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/48508-custom-windows-ce-image-on-ebox-II-HELPPPPPPPPPP-/0d419e1c83aa431190679dea011b1f18#0d419e1c83aa431190679dea011b1f18 samer 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - custom windows ce image on ebox II - HELPPPPPPPPPP !!!!! In PB 5.0 go to Platform -> Settings
Make sure that under "Configuration" the right BSP and type is selected (debug or release).
Next go to the "Build Options" tab and check the "Write Run-time image to flash memory (IMGFLASH=1)"

Alternatively you good go to the "Environment" tab and specify a new variable called "IMGFLASH" and set its value to 1.

Good luck,
Samer

UPDATE:
You probably know this but no matter which of the two options you choose above, you'll have to perform a SYSGEN before these changes will take effect.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/48508-custom-windows-ce-image-on-ebox-II-HELPPPPPPPPPP-/12b4209f4ac44c509af09dea011b1eca#12b4209f4ac44c509af09dea011b1eca Mon, 21 Mar 2005 19:59:25 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/48508-custom-windows-ce-image-on-ebox-II-HELPPPPPPPPPP-/12b4209f4ac44c509af09dea011b1eca#12b4209f4ac44c509af09dea011b1eca samer 5 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Windows CE Networking it seems I've hit a brick wall with this question....so I'll take it slow.....

What is the VMINI1 connection? is there anything special about it?

Thanks

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/d037b7f139f94153a1089dea011abfcc#d037b7f139f94153a1089dea011abfcc Thu, 17 Mar 2005 20:53:57 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/d037b7f139f94153a1089dea011abfcc#d037b7f139f94153a1089dea011abfcc samer 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Windows CE Networking I don't think so, because I connect to the internet via LAN and I connect to my eBox via another LAN card......(and plus I don't even have Internet Connection Sharing Turned on!!)

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/90c50f273bef412c854f9dea011abfa4#90c50f273bef412c854f9dea011abfa4 Tue, 15 Mar 2005 06:18:48 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/90c50f273bef412c854f9dea011abfa4#90c50f273bef412c854f9dea011abfa4 samer 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Coffeehouse - C9 International Avatar Creator Great idea guys!!!

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/46665-C9-International-Avatar-Creator/7cad7d4ca2a643f4a0e39dec003434de#7cad7d4ca2a643f4a0e39dec003434de Mon, 14 Mar 2005 20:15:18 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/Coffeehouse/46665-C9-International-Avatar-Creator/7cad7d4ca2a643f4a0e39dec003434de#7cad7d4ca2a643f4a0e39dec003434de samer 46 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Windows CE Networking Thanks for the tip!!! That was exactly it!! (Thanks Mike)

but........... (there's always a but isn't there?!)

Since I got that working, I thought of adding and removing some components and recompiling the image. For some reason the only network connection I get is VMINI1 which gets an IP address and it says the address type is DHCP.

1 - There is no DHCP server how did it get that IP?
2 - Where did the regular network connection go?

Thanks

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/2a3c24c04ac24c92922d9dea011abf56#2a3c24c04ac24c92922d9dea011abf56 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:36:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/2a3c24c04ac24c92922d9dea011abf56#2a3c24c04ac24c92922d9dea011abf56 samer 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Windows CE Networking Based on littleguru's suggestion, here goes...

I have just been able to use eBoot on an ICOP eBox to download a WinCE image from platform builer. (eBoot = ethernet boot) so naturally the network is working.

The strange thing is that while I can ping from my desktop machine to the eBox I cannot ping from my eBox to my desktop machine. The ping failed and I get "error code 11010". Another wierd thing is that if I do a tracert from my eBox to the desktop it says it is tarce route to "SAMER" (so it detects the machine name!!!) but like the ping the tracert fails and doesn't show any hops.

I can't get my head around it.


PS: In case you were wondering:
I'm not using DHCP and I do not have access to a DHCP server. The "network" is just a cross cable between my desktop machine and the eBox.


Thanks for your help.
Samer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/46615#46615 Mon, 14 Mar 2005 07:45:51 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46615-Windows-CE-Networking/46615#46615 samer 9 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Windows CE and Platform Builder Forums? Hey guys,

I just recently got on to the WinCE bandwagon, and being a n00b, I have loooooooooooots of questions....

Can anybody recommend good WinCE/Platform Builder forums where I can ask my questions? Or should I ask here?

Thanks

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46101-Windows-CE-and-Platform-Builder-Forums/46101#46101 Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:26:49 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/46101-Windows-CE-and-Platform-Builder-Forums/46101#46101 samer 2 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Making a Hard Drive Bootable (for an ICOP eBoxII) Hey guys,

Thanks for all your help. But as it turns out it was a case of a faulty boot sector. I bought a new drive (that bit me back a bit) but at least it's running.

Thanks again
Samer

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/ae96a0ebca7c4f2c8f1b9dea0119cf6d#ae96a0ebca7c4f2c8f1b9dea0119cf6d Thu, 10 Mar 2005 05:57:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/ae96a0ebca7c4f2c8f1b9dea0119cf6d#ae96a0ebca7c4f2c8f1b9dea0119cf6d samer 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Making a Hard Drive Bootable (for an ICOP eBoxII) That is exactly what I just did......Same Result 

!!!!It's driving me nuts!!!!!

Is there anyway to find out if the boot sector of the drive is damaged? Because the drive itself works fine: I connected it to my PC using a USD/IDE cable and I was able to read and write to it.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/7d1c7b07c4ae4f6392719dea0119cef1#7d1c7b07c4ae4f6392719dea0119cef1 Wed, 02 Mar 2005 21:53:30 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/7d1c7b07c4ae4f6392719dea0119cef1#7d1c7b07c4ae4f6392719dea0119cef1 samer 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Making a Hard Drive Bootable (for an ICOP eBoxII) The setupdisk.144 is a regular Ms-dos boot image. It comes with platform builder that is used to install windows CE. How else can I create a boot floppy?

Could the drive have a bad boot sector? How can If ind out?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/60905b4ffaf34e70896e9dea0119ce9b#60905b4ffaf34e70896e9dea0119ce9b Wed, 02 Mar 2005 05:46:35 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/60905b4ffaf34e70896e9dea0119ce9b#60905b4ffaf34e70896e9dea0119ce9b samer 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Making a Hard Drive Bootable (for an ICOP eBoxII) 1) HDD is detected by BIOS and set as primary boot device

2) I'm using a USB floppy. setupdisk.144 that I talked about is a boot floppy disk image that comes with platform builder and contains fdisk and format.

3) I used fdisk and format (with a /s) but I don't see the dos prompt nor do I see an error all I get is a blank screen with a blinking cursor

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/284b4b7300c34ef0aeea9dea0119ce46#284b4b7300c34ef0aeea9dea0119ce46 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:16:04 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/284b4b7300c34ef0aeea9dea0119ce46#284b4b7300c34ef0aeea9dea0119ce46 samer 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Making a Hard Drive Bootable (for an ICOP eBoxII) Ok, so it seems I'm not making any progress with this question.

Let me start from scratch:

Suppose you buy a new machine with a new empty hard drive and you don't want to install any operating system you just want to make it bootable, what do you do?

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/3a251a2dda33492ea8b49dea0119cdc6#3a251a2dda33492ea8b49dea0119cdc6 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:11:17 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/3a251a2dda33492ea8b49dea0119cdc6#3a251a2dda33492ea8b49dea0119cdc6 samer 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS Tech Off - Making a Hard Drive Bootable (for an ICOP eBoxII) I'm trying to produce something similar to what chris gray describes in this video blog post:

http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=2&PostID=15298

(I have posted this question there too, but nobody has replied so I assumed here would be a better place to ask)


...anyway....

The only thing from that whole tutorial that I can't do is make the hard drive bootable.


Can anybody help?


btw:

I have used the boot floppy image (setupdisk.144) that comes with platform builder and used the format utility on it with a /s and it didn;t work.

The drive seems to be fine because when I connect it using a USB/IDE cable it works.

]]> http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/43637#43637 Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:28:47 GMT http://channel9.msdn.com/Forums/TechOff/43637-Making-a-Hard-Drive-Bootable-for-an-ICOP-eBoxII/43637#43637 samer 12 http://channel9.msdn.com/Niners/samer/Discussions/RSS