[ros-dev] Setup on an extended partition

[stack exchange]

OK. So I will put en error message, that it can not be installed on an 
extended partition. Which is, at least in theory, the same as in Windows 
7, then. I guess with a hack you can still do it, but apparently it's 
not the usuall way.

Am 02.04.2015 um 01:39 schrieb João Jerónimo:
> On 01-04-2015 08:12, stack exchange wrote:
>> If this should be possible though, I would look into it, why it fails 
>> and try to fix it. Not sure if XP or others allow installations on 
>> extended partitions, I have to check this (been a long time since I 
>> last installed an XP 
> Window$ generally needs to be launched by means of loading the 
> partition boot sector at 0x0000:0x7C00, the old fashioned and DOSy 
> way. As far as a know, there is no hard limitation preventing one from 
> doing so with a logical (i.e. inside an extended) partition, but for 
> some reason, most (if not all) windows versions don't allow that. When 
> you select a logical partition in windows xp setup, what in reallity 
> happens is that NTLDR, the boot sector, and stuff are put in a primiry 
> partition (that must exist and be the active partition), while all the 
> rest of the OS is put in the partition you select.
>
> IMHO, ReactOS should not try to clone this "feature"... :-)
>
> JJ
>
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