[ros-kernel] bootcd woes

[Bernd Blaauw]

Royce Mitchell III schreef:

> I've started getting this when booting off the bootcd, and I can't 
> figure out why/how.... :(

this CVS livecd works for me in VMware. (but this info unfortunately 
won't help you..)
I could even recreate the cd using MKISOFS on Windows, provided that I 
obtained the ISOBOOT.BIN from FreeLDR sources.
people, please add this file to the ReactOS livecd. (at same location as 
setupldr.sys)
It's already present, but hidden probably.
And while at it, also INSTALL.EXE, so from the LiveCD people can create 
a bootdisk

Autorun.inf with only an ICON-reference would also be nice.
(icon also placed in subdirectory).

And for the rest, no further comments from me
(except that I can't have the ReactOS LiveCD and the SetupCD on the same 
rewritable DVD - how to solve?)

boot procedure something like:

ISOBOOT.BIN -> harddisk or next boot device
|
----> SETUPLDR.SYS + FreeLDR.INI/SYS
             |
            -----1- Boot LiveCD from optical medium (16MB RAM Required 
for running ReactOS)
            -----2- Install ReactOS from optical medium (20MB required 
for booting installed ReactOS)
            -----3- Create FreeLDR bootdisk and return to this menu 
afterwards

CD contents:
autorun.inf --> [autorun] and icon=LOADER\REACTOS.ICO,0  (and perhaps 
add option to create bootdisk from win32 environment?)
freeldr.ini
REACTOS\*.*
PROFILES\*.*
LOADER -> setupldr.sys ; reactos.ico ; isoboot.bin ; install.exe , 
probably also freeldr.sys ???

and now back to Royce's woes :)

Bernd