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Hi guys, I havent posted in a while been away learning some more progarmming. I was wondering how would I make the live CD bootable off a USB
Would it be as symple as making the USB bootible with SYSLINUX and then extracting the ISO on my memory stick?
Would it be as symple as making the USB bootible with SYSLINUX and then extracting the ISO on my memory stick?
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I don't know. I think, ROS has no USB support yet.. But like said, I don't know....
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Yeah, I tried booting from a CF card that I don't use anymore (used it with DS homebrew until I got a microSD card solution that didn't stick out of the DS). Needless to say it didn't work. Though I haven't tried it recently... it may work now. Heck maybe it didn't boot because the actual OS couldn't on my PC at time (I don't remember if it did or not)
And btw, awesome username.
And btw, awesome username.
rotfl yep, although fzerox also means something else for me replace the zero with the number 0 and you get F0X. he he he.Nintendo Maniac 64 wrote:Yeah, I tried booting from a CF card that I don't use anymore (used it with DS homebrew until I got a microSD card solution that didn't stick out of the DS). Needless to say it didn't work. Though I haven't tried it recently... it may work now. Heck maybe it didn't boot because the actual OS couldn't on my PC at time (I don't remember if it did or not)
And btw, awesome username.
Kk so I tried to boot /loader/setupldr.sys ... my computer screen flickered and restarted itself. Although I am unsure on wether my computer can actually run ROS lol
No, ROS has absolutely no USB, and (by extension?) memory card support at the moment. And even if it did, it wouldn't be that simple.fzerox wrote: Would it be as symple as making the USB bootible with SYSLINUX and then extracting the ISO on my memory stick?
You can pass it pickle and cheese sandwiches for all it matters. The kernel won't be able to find the OS if it's on USB, what with no USB support yet. hehefzerox wrote:where is the kernal that I need to boot.
don't worry though, I think they're working on a USB implementation at the moment, so watch this space.
Also check out the roadmap page and you'll see that the next major release (0.4) should have USB support
PS: Syslinux is
a) for linux (Windows and by extension ReactOS use a v.different boot process, do some reading on it)
b) for floppy's, things are different for USB. With linux at least no special bootloader is needed
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How to boot from a Compact Flash module
This method uses a program called WinImage.
1. Download and unzip the ReactOS VMWARE zip file.
2. Start WinImage.
3. Select: Disk, Restore Virtual Hard Disk image.....
4. Then select your Compact Flash card.
5. Then select the ReactOS.vmdk file
That's it. WinImage will then do the rest. When it's finished, put the CF card in your target system and it should boot.
I write 'should' because I haven't tested it yet because I only have a 2GB CF card and the ReactOS virtual disk is over 2G in size. But I have tested it with other (smaller) vmdk files and it works perfectly.
Perhaps one could make a smaller virtual disk in VMware? Reactos itself only needs less than 100 MB.
1. Download and unzip the ReactOS VMWARE zip file.
2. Start WinImage.
3. Select: Disk, Restore Virtual Hard Disk image.....
4. Then select your Compact Flash card.
5. Then select the ReactOS.vmdk file
That's it. WinImage will then do the rest. When it's finished, put the CF card in your target system and it should boot.
I write 'should' because I haven't tested it yet because I only have a 2GB CF card and the ReactOS virtual disk is over 2G in size. But I have tested it with other (smaller) vmdk files and it works perfectly.
Perhaps one could make a smaller virtual disk in VMware? Reactos itself only needs less than 100 MB.
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BIOS can be queued to get USB Support if you can queue it. My BIOS detects that the A:\ I have is USB, and figures that "Hey, we have a USB Floppy; let's call it a floppy." Vista Install CD queues your BIOS before it starts installing, because not all BIOS have Advanced ACPI Support (like my BIOS; and I can't use WinPhlash to upgrade my BIOS due to obvious reasons.)cppm wrote:PS: Syslinux is
a) for linux (Windows and by extension ReactOS use a v.different boot process, do some reading on it)
b) for floppy's, things are different for USB. With linux at least no special bootloader is needed
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