Hi Bernd. First of all, a very Happy 2014 to you too, and everyone on this list!
On 2014.01.03 11:07, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
FreeLDR as multiboot-kernel only looks at freeldr.ini at C:\ , no idea if your created USB stick counts as C: or A:.
Should count as C:. Rufus has no provisions to fake an A: drive for USB at the moment.
Also ReactOS might write freeldr.ini in some special way on FAT drives, I've never been able to open/modify it using a DOS text editor.
My testing showed that freeldr.ini was read when referencing the freeldr.sys on the bootcd, as I got the "Setup" selection menu. But then pressing Enter on Setup didn't do much, though the F8 options did seem to work. As I said, I haven't really pressed it further with freeldr.sys yet, especially as the current implementation only allows one boot entry.
Smallest I've gotten FreeLDR is through using SYSLINUX -> MEMDISK -> FLOPPY.GZ where floppy.gz is a compressed ReactOS startup diskette image. SYSLINUX -> MBOOT.C32 -> FREELDR.GZ might also work instead.
memdisk is very small, so I'll probably add support for it in Rufus eventually. The part about using compressed images past memdisk or mboot.c32 doesn't really concern me, as these files don't need to be provided by Rufus, so they can be as large as they want. It's really only the parts needed for SYSLINUX -> MEMDISK or SYSLINUX -> MBOOT.C32 that I'm trying to keep small in terms of space.
I've always hoped for Syslinux -> Memdisk/GRUB -> ReactOS.ISO/IMG simply to overcome lack of mass storage controllers drivers by running from RAM.
But then it means less RAM for the system, and losing the ability to edit startup scripts, which can come really handy when testing...
But as I said, I'll probably add memdisk support to Rufus at one stage, for all the "reluctant" ISOs that are still out there.
There might also be some way to use the sta
So right now the installer ISO works but not the LiveCD/USB? [ https://www.reactos.org/getbuilds ] with rev 61493
No, all the ISOs will boot (through setupldr.sys), including the LiveCD ones. They just seem to run into an USB issue later on, at least on the system I tested, during the ReactOS system init. For what is worth, the LiveCD ISOs only have setupldr.sys and no freeldr.sys, which was one more reason I didn't bother too much with freeldr.sys for now.
Have fun with HaikuOS :)
There's always one more OS to support, isn't there... ;) Regards, /Pete _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
