virtualPC problem in booting Win XPEmbedded

Posted: 08-30-2006, 12:40 PM
Hi All,

I am trying to boot Windows XPe using virtual PC2004. I have installed
virtual PC2004 created 8GB partition for Windows XP Professional and XP
Embedded each.
I have build an image for windows XPe using Target Designer by following
these steps
1) Identifying Target Hardware by running TAP.EXE from XP Pro virtual machine
2) Copied the .PMQ file from VPC to development PC
3) Created a platform macro component using component designer.
4) Imported the component to my database using component database manager.
5) created basic configuration using Target Designer using these components
i) My basic component ii)Information Appliance component iii)Runtime
Quick start helper macro, using these build the Win XPe image.
6) Edited the XPe image's boot.ini file and added /bootlogo /noguiboot
switches.
as below:
[boot loader]
timeout=0
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Embedded"
/fastdetect
/bootlogo /noguiboot

7) started XP Pro virtual machine on development m/c,
8) Formatted the partition space (E: drive 8GB) on VPC (NTFS format)
9) From desktop of development m/c dragged and dropped the WinXPe image
folder to VPC drive E:
10) Restarted the XPe Pro VPC, at boot time (boot from) option selected
"Microsoft Windows XP Embedded"
11) I can see splash screen appeared and FBA begins installing the components.
12) After some time during FBA run error occurs as below
"The instruction at "0x0362fea4" referenced memory at "0x0000000c". The
memory could not be "written", Click on OK to terminate the program."
After clicking OK Virtual PC restarts and this continues over.
Can anybody please guide me where i am going wrong.

Some more information:

1) My development PC is having dual boot OS Windows 2k and Windows XP pro
SP2. I am using Windows XP Pro for build the image for Win XPe and running
virtual PC.
2) My virtual PC is having 8 GB partition each for windows XP Pro and Win
XPe (Drives showing as c: and E: in virtual PC respectively
3) RAM size of development PC is 1 GB, RAM size set in VPC is 512 MB


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Brad Combs
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Re: virtualPC problem in booting Win XPEmbedded
Posted: 08-30-2006, 01:09 PM
Hello,

Take a look at the FBA log in \Windows\FBA\fbalog.txt. The last line should
point to what was happening during FBA at the time of the blue screen. This
may help to track it down. Post it back here if necessary.

HTH,
Brad

"Roshan R.D" <RoshanRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A7AAAFD-A03F-4860-B5E9-8DCD06C36CCC@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to boot Windows XPe using virtual PC2004. I have installed
> virtual PC2004 created 8GB partition for Windows XP Professional and XP
> Embedded each.
> I have build an image for windows XPe using Target Designer by following
> these steps
> 1) Identifying Target Hardware by running TAP.EXE from XP Pro virtual
> machine
> 2) Copied the .PMQ file from VPC to development PC
> 3) Created a platform macro component using component designer.
> 4) Imported the component to my database using component database manager.
> 5) created basic configuration using Target Designer using these
> components
> i) My basic component ii)Information Appliance component iii)Runtime
> Quick start helper macro, using these build the Win XPe image.
> 6) Edited the XPe image's boot.ini file and added /bootlogo /noguiboot
> switches.
> as below:
> [boot loader]
> timeout=0
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
> Embedded"
> /fastdetect
> /bootlogo /noguiboot
>
> 7) started XP Pro virtual machine on development m/c,
> 8) Formatted the partition space (E: drive 8GB) on VPC (NTFS format)
> 9) From desktop of development m/c dragged and dropped the WinXPe image
> folder to VPC drive E:
> 10) Restarted the XPe Pro VPC, at boot time (boot from) option selected
> "Microsoft Windows XP Embedded"
> 11) I can see splash screen appeared and FBA begins installing the
> components.
> 12) After some time during FBA run error occurs as below
> "The instruction at "0x0362fea4" referenced memory at "0x0000000c". The
> memory could not be "written", Click on OK to terminate the program."
> After clicking OK Virtual PC restarts and this continues over.
> Can anybody please guide me where i am going wrong.
>
> Some more information:
>
> 1) My development PC is having dual boot OS Windows 2k and Windows XP pro
> SP2. I am using Windows XP Pro for build the image for Win XPe and running
> virtual PC.
> 2) My virtual PC is having 8 GB partition each for windows XP Pro and Win
> XPe (Drives showing as c: and E: in virtual PC respectively
> 3) RAM size of development PC is 1 GB, RAM size set in VPC is 512 MB
>
>

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Sean Liming \(eMVP\)
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Re: virtualPC problem in booting Win XPEmbedded
Posted: 08-30-2006, 03:11 PM
If you aere going to dual boot the VPC, you need to modify the boot.ini file
of XP Pro, not the boot.ini file for XPe.

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Pro"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP Embedded"

You also need to change the Configuration settings to reflect the partition
and ARC path for the image. Here is an article that discuses further:
http://www.seanliming.com/Docs/XPE%2...oot%20Tips.pdf

There is another VPC solution in the book Windows XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit

Regards,

Sean Liming
www.sjjmicro.com / www.seanliming.com
XP Embedded Book Author - XP Embedded Advanced, XP Embedded Supplemental
Toolkit


"Roshan R.D" <RoshanRD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7A7AAAFD-A03F-4860-B5E9-8DCD06C36CCC@microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to boot Windows XPe using virtual PC2004. I have installed
> virtual PC2004 created 8GB partition for Windows XP Professional and XP
> Embedded each.
> I have build an image for windows XPe using Target Designer by following
> these steps
> 1) Identifying Target Hardware by running TAP.EXE from XP Pro virtual
> machine
> 2) Copied the .PMQ file from VPC to development PC
> 3) Created a platform macro component using component designer.
> 4) Imported the component to my database using component database manager.
> 5) created basic configuration using Target Designer using these
> components
> i) My basic component ii)Information Appliance component iii)Runtime
> Quick start helper macro, using these build the Win XPe image.
> 6) Edited the XPe image's boot.ini file and added /bootlogo /noguiboot
> switches.
> as below:
> [boot loader]
> timeout=0
> default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOW S
> [operating systems]
> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Micro soft Windows XP
> Embedded"
> /fastdetect
> /bootlogo /noguiboot
>
> 7) started XP Pro virtual machine on development m/c,
> 8) Formatted the partition space (E: drive 8GB) on VPC (NTFS format)
> 9) From desktop of development m/c dragged and dropped the WinXPe image
> folder to VPC drive E:
> 10) Restarted the XPe Pro VPC, at boot time (boot from) option selected
> "Microsoft Windows XP Embedded"
> 11) I can see splash screen appeared and FBA begins installing the
> components.
> 12) After some time during FBA run error occurs as below
> "The instruction at "0x0362fea4" referenced memory at "0x0000000c". The
> memory could not be "written", Click on OK to terminate the program."
> After clicking OK Virtual PC restarts and this continues over.
> Can anybody please guide me where i am going wrong.
>
> Some more information:
>
> 1) My development PC is having dual boot OS Windows 2k and Windows XP pro
> SP2. I am using Windows XP Pro for build the image for Win XPe and running
> virtual PC.
> 2) My virtual PC is having 8 GB partition each for windows XP Pro and Win
> XPe (Drives showing as c: and E: in virtual PC respectively
> 3) RAM size of development PC is 1 GB, RAM size set in VPC is 512 MB
>
>

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