Don
Mon May 30 07:48:59 CDT 2005
You are not useing the checked build. First you do not need the checked
build to debug. You have enabled debugging on the retail (or free) build of
the OS.
What the checked build does is provide a large number of runtine time checks
and debug prints that help you diagnose problems. The checked build of the
OS, like the checked build of your driver is built without optimization and
will take longet to load. OSR has an article with the locations of the
checked build, see
http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=259
I recomend if you have access to the checked build use it. If you do not
have access look at the DDK documentation on loading a partial checked
build. Since the checked builds of the service packs can be downloaded by
anyone you can get the kernel and HAl you need to test. Also, use driver
verifier and Call Usage Verifier. A good description of the various compile
and runtime checking tooks is in:
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/driver/foundation/DrvDev_Intro.mspx
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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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"Senthil" <Senthil@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> In MSDN, it is said that we require checked build version of
> operating system to test and debug the driver. By making changes in
> boot.ini(/debug) i was able to boot the system in checked buid(windows
> XP).
> But i found no difference between checked and release build as both of
> them takes same time to load. But in MSDN it is said that checked build
> will
> take long time to boot as compared to release build. does it mean that
> checked build can not be made just by chaning the boot.ini and i need to
> install the checked build operating system?If so,how do i install the
> checed
> build? As i did not find the checked build OS(XP) in the opeating system
> installation CDs.
>
> Would of great help if anyone could guide me how to proceed.
>
> Thanks,
> Senthil
>
>