[ros-dev] Loading ReactOS from Floopy

[Devin Smith]

Hi Lucio,

You actually don't need RAWRITE at all. Inside the freeldr directory is an
install directory. The program in here will install freeloader onto a
floppy. This is how I did it and how I boot ReactOS on my machine. I think
all you need to do is something like: "install a:fat" and it will be
installed.

Thanks,

Devin Smith

On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Lucio Diaz wrote:

> I am working in a Howto for installing ReactOS, so i
> tried the diferent ways for instalating it, but in
> recent builds there was no option to install the
> Freeloader in a diskete (XP machine here) in the Real
> Hardware instalation.
>
> I tried downloading the binaries and copying them to
> C:\ReactOS  , download the Freeloader image and
> RAWwrite it in a diskete, but i could not get the
> configuration screen (it worked for me, but maybe not
> for others without configuration options)
>
> Is there any way i could install the Freeloader image
> and still have a "normal" configuration phase of
> ReactOS.? This will help convince people to install
> reactOS, not having to touch the Boot sector for a
> ReactOS insatllation regardless the OS you have
> installed would be great. I imagine something like
> this:
> --------------------------------------
> 1) Download the ReactOS binaries (8 Megs) from
> sourceforge
>
> 2) Use Winzip to extract them to C:\ that way a Folder
> called C:\ReactOS will be created with all the reactos
> files(It must be a FAT32 partition).
>
> 3) Download the Program Rawwrite for windows and
> extract it to any folder you wish.
>
> 4) Download the Freeloader Floopy Disk image and
> extract it to any folder you wish.
>
> 5) Insert a new formated Floopy Disk and Execute
> Rawwrite:
>
> 6) Select the image file from the folder you extracted
> the Freeloader:
>
> 7) Press write, and wait till the program ends writing
> the image to the Floopy.
>
> 8) Restart the computer booting from the Floopy Disk:
> ----------------------------------------
>
> This is the option i would like as user. Copy the
> program to a folder, and the use a Diskete to load it.
> Usefull both in 95/98/NT/XP and Linux, with minimal
> risks for people who fears burning their HD.
>
>
> But the question, Can this be done?. I have downloaded
> the source code but i am lost. Can someone help me
> with this?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Lucio Diaz.
>
>
>
>
>
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