Is it possible to create a ReactOS Install Floppy?

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Is it possible to create a ReactOS Install Floppy?

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I have a friend who loves all things floppy disk, who I wanted to make it for.
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Re: Is it possible to create a ReactOS Install Floppy?

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Hmmm... Floppy = 1.44 MB, ROS about 100 MB... nope
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Even if you could...

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Konata wrote:Even if you could...

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Is that real?
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I think Zip drive will be possible to create ReactOS Installer.
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Not necessarily install floppys, but a boot floppy would be useful. You would just need 1 floppy with bootsector suitable for booting freeldr.sys; a suitable freeldr.ini, maybe one-two drivers (for CD drive) and that's all (it's basically what the windows boot floppys have).
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hbelusca wrote:Not necessarily install floppys, but a boot floppy would be useful. You would just need 1 floppy with bootsector suitable for booting freeldr.sys; a suitable freeldr.ini, maybe one-two drivers (for CD drive) and that's all (it's basically what the windows boot floppys have).
Is it possible to do that now?
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EmuandCo wrote:Hmmm... Floppy = 1.44 MB, ROS about 100 MB... nope
Maybe then start / repair reactos using a floppy (similar to windows 9.x)
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hbelusca wrote:Not necessarily install floppys, but a boot floppy would be useful. You would just need 1 floppy with bootsector suitable for booting freeldr.sys; a suitable freeldr.ini, maybe one-two drivers (for CD drive) and that's all (it's basically what the windows boot floppys have).
How would you configure the freeldr.ini?
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Konata wrote:Even if you could...

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I see 1, 2 and 3 on the floppy still in the rap. How many floppies does it take to install window 8.1?
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The visible floppies in the picture are marked Disk 1 of 3711, Disk 2 of 3711, and Disk 3 of 3711.

3711 * 1.44 MB = 5.34 GB

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middings wrote:The visible floppies in the picture are marked Disk 1 of 3711, Disk 2 of 3711, and Disk 3 of 3711.

3711 * 1.44 MB = 5.34 GB

Now I'm laughing too hard again.
I'm I missing something; a backup disk would be 4 gb, but all of these have to be bootable which means each and every one of them needs those files which makes them bootable. So I could see that working.
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middings wrote:3711 * 1.44 MB = 5.34 GB
MugenFighter wrote:I'm I missing something; a backup disk would be 4 gb, but all of these have to be bootable which means each and every one of them needs those files which makes them bootable. So I could see that working.
Why must they all be bootable? You only actually boot to the first one, then the rest just have what data can fit on them, and the setup system looks for the files it needs, and if it can't find them, asks you to insert the next disk. However, with an approximately 1.44 MB maximum filesize, a lot of the OS's internal files would have to be broken up over multiple disks, so you'd need some extra information on some of them to ensure that you're getting the right info at the right time, and each floppy probably wouldn't hold a full 1.44 MB (though some would), because including the next file would mean having to break up some file(s) an extra time, and might end up being less efficient, so having a bit of 'wasted' space isn't necessarily unexpected.
Also... what makes you say "a backup disk would be 4 gb"?
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Re: Is it possible to create a ReactOS Install Floppy?

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justincase wrote:
middings wrote:3711 * 1.44 MB = 5.34 GB
MugenFighter wrote:I'm I missing something; a backup disk would be 4 gb, but all of these have to be bootable which means each and every one of them needs those files which makes them bootable. So I could see that working.
Why must they all be bootable? You only actually boot to the first one, then the rest just have what data can fit on them, and the setup system looks for the files it needs, and if it can't find them, asks you to insert the next disk. However, with an approximately 1.44 MB maximum filesize, a lot of the OS's internal files would have to be broken up over multiple disks, so you'd need some extra information on some of them to ensure that you're getting the right info at the right time, and each floppy probably wouldn't hold a full 1.44 MB (though some would), because including the next file would mean having to break up some file(s) an extra time, and might end up being less efficient, so having a bit of 'wasted' space isn't necessarily unexpected.
Also... what makes you say "a backup disk would be 4 gb"?
I meant a cd to compare. Why did a bring that up? I don't know I'm tired.
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