As my computer recently got wiped, I re-installed Windows 7 on it, and decided to try out ReactOS on some real hardware. I tried setting up NeoGrub (which currently implements GRUB4DOS 0.4.5c) through EasyBCD to get ReactOS to boot. Unfortunately, it's not working, so here's what is happening.
I installed ReactOS, and added it to the GRUB menu. First of all, I want to affirm that the "makeactive" is necessary, just as the wiki page states:
Here is my GRUB entry without "makeactive":makeactive command here is necessary since without it, FreeLDR can't find file freeldr.ini and requests reinstallation of freeloader.
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root (hd0,4)
chainloader +1
kernel /freeldr.sys
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Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0x0C
[Multiboot-kludge, loadaddr=0x200000, text-and-data=0x54899, bss=0x0, entry=0x201820]
Error opening freeldr.ini or file not found.
You need to re-install FreeLoader
Press any key
Error initializing .ini file.
Press any key
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root (hd0,4)
chainloader +1
makeactive
kernel /freeldr.sys
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Filesystem type is fat, partition type 0x0C
makeactive
Error 12: Invalid device requested
Could someone with some GRUB expertise help me out?
Do I need to edit one of the FreeLoader files in some way?
Or perhaps help me find an easier way to dual-boot Windows 7 & ReactOS (without using Linux)?