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 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