[ros-kernel] Freeldr issue

[Jeff Smith]

I'm hoping to head over to his house soon, I'll grab what I can, and post it
up here
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Palmer" <brianp at sginet.com>
To: "'ReactOS Kernel List'" <ros-kernel at reactos.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: [ros-kernel] Freeldr issue


> Can you please post the contents of your freeldr.ini file?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com
> > [mailto:ros-kernel-bounces at reactos.com] On Behalf Of Shadow Flare
> > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 3:10 PM
> > To: ros-kernel at reactos.com
> > Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] Freeldr issue
> >
> >
> > A good way to start ReactOS is to put freeldr on a floppy
> > disk and have a
> > freeldr boot disk.  This is what I use personally.  This way
> > I can boot
> > ReactOS without making a single change to my HD.  I also have
> > it setup so it
> > can boot into Windows or Linux and even swap disks and boot off of a
> > different boot disk through freeldr.
> >
> > I've been trying to have an option to boot into DOS (like a
> > DOS boot disk),
> > but I haven't been able to get it to load my boot sector file
> > properly.  I
> > am trying to get it to load a boot sector file named
> > bootsect.dos located on
> > my floppy disk.  If I press F8, use custom boot, and supply
> > the information
> > it works properly, but when I try adding an option for it to
> > the menu it
> > says it couldn't find the boot sector file.  I think I did
> > have it working
> > at first, but the menu option doesn't work anymore.
> >
> > >From: "Jeff Smith" <beta_guy at telus.net>
> > >To: "ReactOS Kernel List" <ros-kernel at reactos.com>
> > >Subject: [ros-kernel] Freeldr issue
> > >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 00:09:14 -0700
> > >
> > >this isn't a bug so much as a problemI installed ReactOS on a friends
> > >computer, he uses Windows 98, and the setup crash just as it
> > was writing
> > >freeldr.sys file to the HD, anyways he was left without a
> > working computer
> > >because it had rewritten the master boot record, and since
> > it could find
> > >freeldr.sys my friend was screwed. I was hoping that perhaps
> > some one could
> > >find a more Windows 98 friendly way of installing ReactOS,
> > on NT/2000/XP it
> > >adds itself to the boot.ini not problems, maybe we can do
> > something like
> > >that with Windows 98.
> > >
> > >He's really interested in trying out ReactOS, I was even
> > going to show
> > >him
> > >Solitaire under ReactOS :-)
> > >
> > >(BTW I fixed the problem with a Win98 boot disk, but he
> > wasn't able to
> > >get
> > >ReactOS running.)
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