Hi Lucio,
You actually don't need RAWRITE at all. Inside the freeldr directory is an install directory. The program in here will install freeloader onto a floppy. This is how I did it and how I boot ReactOS on my machine. I think all you need to do is something like: "install a:fat" and it will be installed.
Thanks,
Devin Smith
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Lucio Diaz wrote:
I am working in a Howto for installing ReactOS, so i tried the diferent ways for instalating it, but in recent builds there was no option to install the Freeloader in a diskete (XP machine here) in the Real Hardware instalation.
I tried downloading the binaries and copying them to C:\ReactOS , download the Freeloader image and RAWwrite it in a diskete, but i could not get the configuration screen (it worked for me, but maybe not for others without configuration options)
Is there any way i could install the Freeloader image and still have a "normal" configuration phase of ReactOS.? This will help convince people to install reactOS, not having to touch the Boot sector for a ReactOS insatllation regardless the OS you have installed would be great. I imagine something like this:
- Download the ReactOS binaries (8 Megs) from
sourceforge
- Use Winzip to extract them to C:\ that way a Folder
called C:\ReactOS will be created with all the reactos files(It must be a FAT32 partition).
- Download the Program Rawwrite for windows and
extract it to any folder you wish.
- Download the Freeloader Floopy Disk image and
extract it to any folder you wish.
- Insert a new formated Floopy Disk and Execute
Rawwrite:
- Select the image file from the folder you extracted
the Freeloader:
- Press write, and wait till the program ends writing
the image to the Floopy.
- Restart the computer booting from the Floopy Disk:
This is the option i would like as user. Copy the program to a folder, and the use a Diskete to load it. Usefull both in 95/98/NT/XP and Linux, with minimal risks for people who fears burning their HD.
But the question, Can this be done?. I have downloaded the source code but i am lost. Can someone help me with this?
Thanks in advance, Lucio Diaz.
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