Using a Boot.ini File in a Remote Boot Environment (Windows Embedded Standard 2009)

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09/26/2012

4/23/2012

The Boot.ini file can be used instead of using the settings within the Remote Boot manager to boot the appropriate image on a client device. You can create a custom Boot.ini file that is used to present the client device operator with a choice of images to load. If the default Boot Image and Boot Parameters fields are left empty and the Boot Image and Boot Parameters fields for the individual device are left empty as well in the Remote Boot manager, the Remote Boot client will download a Boot.ini file from the \Windows Embedded\Remote Boot Server\Downloads directory to determine the run-time image to be used. You can force each Remote Boot device on your local network to boot using your custom Boot.ini file by verifying that the Use default settings to boot unspecified clients option has been selected in the Remote Boot manager.

The following sample shows a Boot.ini file that allows the Remote Boot client operator to choose from two different images.

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=ramdisk(0)\windows
[operating systems]
ramdisk(0)\windows="Maint Tools" /fastdetect 
/rdpath=net(0)\maint.sdi /rdimageoffset=4096
ramdisk(0)\windows2="Image being debugged" /fastdetect /rdpath=net(0)\myimage.sdi /rdimageoffset=4096 /debug 
/debugport=com1 /baudrate=57600

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Using a Boot.ini File in a Remote Boot Environment (Windows Embedded Standard 2009)

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