2 Jan
2015
2 Jan
'15
5:38 p.m.
On 02-01-2015 01:01, Minas Abrahamyan wrote:
Hi,
Just by copying files with folders wouldn't make it normal ReactOS
installation,
you also need create boot sector(s) OK by filling it, the problem is
we do not have proper tools for it. I.e. tool just like
sys.exe/sys.com <http://sys.com> utility was in DOS/Windows 9x or
fixmbr.exe utility is for Windows 2000+ or "bootrec /fixmbr" for
WinVista+.
I had already installed ReactOS this way, when the "make install"
command existed. That command wasn't able to store the boot sectors
and/or MBR in the disk, and by the way, the install directory didn't
have to be in the root of a partition either, it could be inside my home
folder or anywhere you could imagine. The "make install" command just
copied the relevant files to that folder (the ones that in a normal
instalation should be inside the ReactOS folder), in apropriate
subdirectories.
At the time, FreeLDR could be loaded as a multiboot kernel, and I just
configured Grub to boot the .sys file.
It is even less fragile than the "normal" instalation.
JJ