I have a system that will run a Real-Time OS, normally installed on a FAT32 partition at the beginning of the hard drive. When the system was created, it made a 1GB Fat32 primary partition (for the RTOS) and a 104GB NTFS primary partition on which it installed Windows 7 (making this the System and Boot partition, as well).
I'd like to configure EasyBCD to have two entries -- Windows 7, which boots Windows 7, and RTOS, which makes Partition 0 (the RTOS partition) "active" and lets it do whatever. Note that when I turn this system on, now, it boots to Windows 7 -- I'm a little afraid to try to install the RTOS (which installs over TCP/IP, "finding" the remote machine through some magic process, then taking control, again by some means).
I figure if I can set up EasyBCD as described above, when I initially boot the RTOS, it will (of course) "do nothing" because its partition is empty, but after the RTOS is installed, I'm hoping it will "do the right thing" and start it executing.
Hmm -- let me look at a "pure" RTOS system and see if there are "significant" files placed on C:\. Well, there is an executive, ph_exec.exe, on C:, and a .ini file or two. Can't tell with this system if there are hidden files.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? I think if the RTOS choice basically "hid" Partition 1 (Windows 7) and let Partition 0 "do its thing" (which initially would be "do nothing"), this might work, but I'm uncertain how to set this up.
I'd like to configure EasyBCD to have two entries -- Windows 7, which boots Windows 7, and RTOS, which makes Partition 0 (the RTOS partition) "active" and lets it do whatever. Note that when I turn this system on, now, it boots to Windows 7 -- I'm a little afraid to try to install the RTOS (which installs over TCP/IP, "finding" the remote machine through some magic process, then taking control, again by some means).
I figure if I can set up EasyBCD as described above, when I initially boot the RTOS, it will (of course) "do nothing" because its partition is empty, but after the RTOS is installed, I'm hoping it will "do the right thing" and start it executing.
Hmm -- let me look at a "pure" RTOS system and see if there are "significant" files placed on C:\. Well, there is an executive, ph_exec.exe, on C:, and a .ini file or two. Can't tell with this system if there are hidden files.
Any suggestions on how to proceed? I think if the RTOS choice basically "hid" Partition 1 (Windows 7) and let Partition 0 "do its thing" (which initially would be "do nothing"), this might work, but I'm uncertain how to set this up.