debugging installation of windows?

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Does anyone know:

  • if KD is enabled in the installation kernel on the CD? (Server 2003)

  • If enabled, then what the serial port parameters are?

  • if not enabled, then how to enable it?

Thanks!

-Zach

2

I am assuming you are refering to debugging an install.
The kernel is not enabled, you have to make your own
cd to do this, see the WinDBG documentation on how
to set the debug parameters, then burn your own bootable
CD for the system.

Don Burn
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gray, Zachary C”
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Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: [ntdev] debugging installation of windows?

Does anyone know:

- if KD is enabled in the installation kernel on the CD? (Server 2003)

- If enabled, then what the serial port parameters are?

- if not enabled, then how to enable it?

Thanks!

-Zach

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Don,
Thanks for the info. Have you done this yourself? It looks like the Win2k3 install CD uses the El-Torito “No Emulation” mode to execute the setup software, so I am not sure how or where to set the boot.ini options since there is no boot partition on the CD… Maybe I am missing something…

-Zach

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Burn [mailto:xxxxx@acm.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:51 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: debugging installation of windows?

I am assuming you are refering to debugging an install.
The kernel is not enabled, you have to make your own
cd to do this, see the WinDBG documentation on how
to set the debug parameters, then burn your own bootable
CD for the system.

Don Burn
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gray, Zachary C”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: [ntdev] debugging installation of windows?

Does anyone know:

- if KD is enabled in the installation kernel on the CD? (Server 2003)

- If enabled, then what the serial port parameters are?

- if not enabled, then how to enable it?

Thanks!

-Zach

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Yes, I’ve done it, here are the steps I’ve used:

  1. XCOPY the CD to a directory

  2. In the I386 Directory edit txtsetup.sif, look for /fastdetect
    and you find a set of command line switches you need to modify,
    see “Debugging Windows Setup and the OS Loader” in the WinDGB
    documentation for information.

  3. You then need to burn a new cd, I use Easy CD creator, and burn
    with “No Emulation”, Load Segement=0x7c0, Sector Count=4 and
    the image file of boot.bin downloadable at
    http://www.thetechguide.com/win2kbootcd/ . This site has
    instructions
    on how to make bootable cd.

Don Burn
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gray, Zachary C”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 2:15 PM
Subject: [ntdev] Re: debugging installation of windows?

Don,
Thanks for the info. Have you done this yourself? It looks like the Win2k3
install CD uses the El-Torito “No Emulation” mode to execute the setup
software, so I am not sure how or where to set the boot.ini options since
there is no boot partition on the CD… Maybe I am missing something…

-Zach

-----Original Message-----
From: Don Burn [mailto:xxxxx@acm.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 11:51 AM
To: NT Developers Interest List
Subject: [ntdev] Re: debugging installation of windows?

I am assuming you are refering to debugging an install.
The kernel is not enabled, you have to make your own
cd to do this, see the WinDBG documentation on how
to set the debug parameters, then burn your own bootable
CD for the system.

Don Burn
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting

----- Original Message -----
From: “Gray, Zachary C”
To: “NT Developers Interest List”
Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 12:54 PM
Subject: [ntdev] debugging installation of windows?

Does anyone know:

- if KD is enabled in the installation kernel on the CD? (Server 2003)

- If enabled, then what the serial port parameters are?

- if not enabled, then how to enable it?

Thanks!

-Zach

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