[MinnowBoard] Installing Windows 8.1 on the MinnowBoard Max?

[Lasse Kaila]

Hawley, John <john.hawley at ...> writes:

> 
> My understanding is that doing a normal install should just work, the only
caveat is that we don't have the
> drivers available in a single place for download (I'm told the gig-e
however does have a driver in stock
> Windows 8.1).  Beyond that I know that an install document is getting
created, and I think is just awaiting
> review before getting put up, so it's in the works.  Working on it, I
don't know exact ETAs but I would guess
> that install document will be out late this week, early next week,
Microsoft should hopefully have the
> MinnowBoard MAX page they had back up very shortly, and the Board Support
Package (I.E. drivers) will be
> out before the end of September.
> 
Hi,

Microsoft has a comprehensive installation guide for installing Win8.1
embedded on Minnowboard online at

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/hardware/dn781278%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

It seems that you need a .wim installation image, a whole lot of software
(debuggers, powershell, visual studio, driver kits etc..) to create an EFI
bootable USB installation stick. I tried to do an installation with these
installations but it fails at the end when I try to run the
Create-DevboardKey.ps1 powershell script (which is supposed to write data to
the USB stick). It seems that Powershell in Windows 7 doesn't come with the
required disk tools module :-( I've notified the author of this, hopefully a
correction or workaround can be found soon.

-Lasse