I run though the first stage installer (formatting the disk) and after it asks where I want to install freeldr (I choose MBR) ReactOS then bugchecks:
(cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmx_svga\Device0"!) (cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\vmx_svga"!) (cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet\Services"!) (cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\Hardware Profiles\Current\System\CurrentControlSet"!) (cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\Hardware Profiles\Current\System"!) (cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\Hardware Profiles\Current"!) (cm/ntfunc.c:383) NtCreateKey() doesn't create trees! (found '' in remaining path: "\VEN_15AD&DEV_0405&SUBSYS_040515AD&REV_00\0000"!) (bootsup.c:1760) System path: '\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1' (bootsup.c:1966) No or unknown boot loader found (bootsup.c:1974) Copy: \Device\CdRom0\loader\freeldr.sys ==> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\freeldr.sys (bootsup.c:1989) Copy: \Device\CdRom0\loader\freeldr.sys ==> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\freeldr.ini (inicache.c:1037) BufferSize: 694 (bootsup.c:2003) Save bootsector: \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1 ==> \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\bootsect.old Entered debugger on last-chance exception number 14 (Page Fault) Memory at 0x138 could not be read: Page not present. kdb:> bt Eip: <vfatfs.sys:b592 (rw.c:572 (VfatRead))> Frames: <vfatfs.sys:d1f4 (misc.c:110 (VfatDispatchRequest))> <vfatfs.sys:d3ee (misc.c:168 (VfatBuildRequest))> ntoskrnl.exe:4c898 ntoskrnl.exe:4c810 ntoskrnl.exe:487bf ntoskrnl.exe:36d2 smss.exe:19c3 smss.exe:426f smss.exe:16f18 smss.exe:17623 <deadbeef> kdb:>
Thanks to Alex for showing me how to enable serial output for the bootcd!
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