CF duplication

>
> XP/XPe can only see one partition on a removable device. Under XP/XPe, the
> USB to CF is treated as a removable device and will not format with the
> boot sector. Duplicating with the USBtoCF card is not possible, unless
> there is 3rd party utility that allows for this. The IDE/CF is needed to
> prepare the CF card for XPe boot. Your DOS procedure is the standard way
> to setup the CF card to boot.
>
> Regards,
>
> Sean Liming
> www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
> XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
> Toolkit.
>
>
> "Carl Johan Jensen" <mobil@iftt.dk> wrote in message
> news:eAj7dmwZGHA.3328@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

>> Hello group,
>>
>> Maybe some one out here knows how to slove the following probem..
>>
>> Setuo, -an embedded system running Win XP embedded from a 256 MB Compact
>> Flash card. The triggy part here is that the CF unit must be
>>
>>
>>
>> set to fixed as the setup needs two drives, one fixed (write protected)
>> and one containing application and data. The CF unit must be
>>
>> bootable where XP is located on the fixed drive.The system has no
>> keyboard / mouse or vdu, e.i. it is a stand alone system for process
>>
>> control that must maintain a high level of uptime.
>>
>> Problem: Fabrication of the flash units. So far they have been made by
>> using a desktop computer running Win2K and an CF/IDE adapter that is
>> located DIRECTLY in the 2.nd IDE interface on the motherboard.
>>
>>
>> First the CF unit must be set to 'non fixed' by using a DOS utillity
>> program and having the CF/IDE adapter located in the main IDE interface
>> and no HDD connected. System is booted from a floppy disc conatining DOS
>> 6.22. and a batch job calling the utillity program. Okay so the disc is
>> now ready for
>>
>> win XP.
>>
>> When installed in the 2.nd interface (as master) it is possible to make a
>> NTFS partition (primary) of 225MB and another primary NTFS partition of
>>
>> 19 MB. The XP immage can e coppied to the 225 MB partition and will
>> boote. However making 120 pcs in this way is werry time consuming as the
>>
>> computer needs to be closed for each disc.
>>
>>
>> I then got the idea to mount the CF/IDE adapter in an USB disc container
>> (Sandberg). However, when formatting my CF unit I can not select the
>> partition size with the interval of 1MB but in chunks of approx 8MB. When
>> formatted en ready target will not boot on this CF unit. Taking the disc
>> made using the USB interface and place it in the CF/IDE adapter and
>> locate it in the otherboard IDE interface (2.nd) accessing the CF using
>> Partition Magic 8, I now
>>
>> is infomed that the CF has disc symmetry error and is marked as bad.
>>
>> Same thing happens if I use a card reader or place the CF/IDE adapter in
>> an PCI disc controller. It will only work when located on the
>> motherboard.
>>
>> I have tried to use an Addonics CF/IDE adapter useed for mounting on the
>> IDE ribbon cable and get the same problem.
>>
>> What is the problem here, why can I not use the USB IDE to handle my CF
>> units....??
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Lars
>>
>>

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>

> hi, this is how we are currently doing:
>
> 1) Create the image with system cloning
> 2) past all FBA process an make every necessary customization
> 3) reseal the image
> 4) create a winpe CD with the master image we just created
> 5) prepare all CF (set as fixed drive)
> 6) run the winpe cd once on a target system
> 7) now we get a 'master' CF
> 8) Use a system with 2 CF slot (we use IDE to CF adapter) and duplicate
> it.(using norton ghost)
>