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Pentiumforever · Post by **Pentiumforever** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 7:00 pm

Hi,
have anyone here experience with the windows (XP) bootmanager and reactos?

What for an bootmanger use you for real hardware?

Gasmann · Post by **Gasmann** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:46 pm

pentiumforever wrote:Hi,
have anyone here experience with the windows (XP) bootmanager and reactos?

windows xp bootloader (ntldr) can be used to load ReactOS. ReactOS adds an entry to boot.ini (ntldr's config) for freeldr if ntldr is detected during setup.
So, it's possible to dual boot reactos with win2k/xp without problems.

What for an bootmanger use you for real hardware?

I use Acronis OS Selector to load freeldr which then loads reactos.

Pentiumforever · Post by **Pentiumforever** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:51 pm

can i install ReactOS in a logical volume or is that impossibel?

Gasmann · Post by **Gasmann** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 5:07 pm

pentiumforever wrote:can i install ReactOS in a logical volume or is that impossibel?

That's no problem, however the partition where freeldr.sys gets installed on must be primary and fat16/32.

cmoibenlepro · Post by **cmoibenlepro** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:58 pm

There is a bootloader with winXP? I didn't even know it... Where is it?
How could you use it with Reactos??

SirTalon · Post by **SirTalon** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 11:06 pm

There is a bootloader with winXP? I didn't even know it... Where is it?

Try pressing F8 while booting (start pressing it when control goes from the BIOS to Windows). XP's boot menu (not really a boot loader) is really limited in what it can do.

Post by **Dr. Fred** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:01 am

There is a bootloader with winXP? I didn't even know it...

Every Os needs a boot loader.

Pentiumforever · Post by **Pentiumforever** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:20 pm

gasmann wrote:
pentiumforever wrote:can i install ReactOS in a logical volume or is that impossibel?
That's no problem, however the partition where freeldr.sys gets installed on must be primary and fat16/32.

at he momet i have a 200MB Primary partition with the Windows CP bootloader, a logical volume for Windows XP and a 3GB large unformated logical colume to use it with ReactOS, can i now install ReactOS from the istallaition CD and the freeldr include utomaticly the windows System or must I go another way?

Gasmann · Post by **Gasmann** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 9:36 pm

pentiumforever wrote:
gasmann wrote:
pentiumforever wrote:can i install ReactOS in a logical volume or is that impossibel?
That's no problem, however the partition where freeldr.sys gets installed on must be primary and fat16/32.
at he momet i have a 200MB Primary partition with the Windows CP bootloader, a logical volume for Windows XP and a 3GB large unformated logical colume to use it with ReactOS, can i now install ReactOS from the istallaition CD and the freeldr include utomaticly the windows System or must I go another way?

If the Primary partition is fat16/32, it should setup freeldr automatically

However, haven't tried this yet but it should work.

Pentiumforever · Post by **Pentiumforever** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 12:10 am

thanky you try it out at the next day!

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