How to install ReactOS from RAM disk (useful for modern hardware testing)

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How to install ReactOS from RAM disk (useful for modern hardware testing)

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This method allows ReactOS installation through entirely unsupported interfaces (eg. USB ports wired to xHCI controllers), which means you can (in theory) install ReactOS even on most recent notebook, as long as you have a SATA drive in it. I hope some of you will find it helpful.

Offcial RAM disk installation guide: https://reactos.org/wiki/Installing_Rea ... -RAM)_boot
The original RAM disk installation guide (now an alternative way to the former): https://reactos.org/wiki/User:Illen/RAM_Boot

Videos:
Installing ReactOS from USB drive (RAM boot)
Installing ReactOS from USB DVD-ROM (RAM boot)
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Re: How to install ReactOS from RAM disk (useful for modern hardware testing)

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How to do it on linux without Windows?
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Re: How to install ReactOS from RAM disk (useful for modern hardware testing)

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Looks nice. Pinned
ReactOS is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not feature-complete and is recommended only for evaluation and testing purposes.

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Re: How to install ReactOS from RAM disk (useful for modern hardware testing)

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EmuandCo wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 3:18 pm Looks nice. Pinned
Thanks :)
Jedi-to-be wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 12:06 pm How to do it on linux without Windows?
I have updated the Wiki with the guide for Linux users.
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