Pete Batard schreef op 3-1-2014 3:59:
If you want to test, you can pick the latest ALPHA from: http://rufus.akeo.ie/downloads/
Awesome, will test using USB2 ports.
Currently, the way this works is through installing Syslinux (v4.07) and mboot.c32 so that setupldr.sys can then be invoked (see the /syslinux.cfg created by Rufus on the drive).
Also, for the time being, only setupldr.sys will be referenced (no freeldr.sys) on account that:
FreeLDR as multiboot-kernel only looks at freeldr.ini at C:\ , no idea if your created USB stick counts as C: or A:. Also ReactOS might write freeldr.ini in some special way on FAT drives, I've never been able to open/modify it using a DOS text editor.
- The Syslinux's menu.c32 file is rather large, and I want to keep
Rufus small, so I don't want to embed it in the application (which is also the mais reason why Rufus doesn't include native GRUB support). But this means that user selection from a menu is not available.
- When testing, I couldn't get freeldr.sys to do much when booted from
USB... though that was most likely because I hadn't actually installed ReactOS anywhere.
Smallest I've gotten FreeLDR is through using SYSLINUX -> MEMDISK -> FLOPPY.GZ where floppy.gz is a compressed ReactOS startup diskette image. SYSLINUX -> MBOOT.C32 -> FREELDR.GZ might also work instead.
Still, I'm hoping that making the creation of a bootable UFD easier for ReactOS will help encourage more people to test it and help the project.
I've always hoped for Syslinux -> Memdisk/GRUB -> ReactOS.ISO/IMG simply to overcome lack of mass storage controllers drivers by running from RAM.
Of course, I'm also open to suggestions to try to improve support for ReactOS in Rufus, if you want something specific. For instance, I should point out that the syslinux.cfg created by Rufus is written before any of the ISO files are copied over. Thus, if the ReactOS ISOs were to include their own syslinux.cfg & menu.c32/vesamenu.c32, it would be very easy to provide menu selection for the user when booting from USB, even as the ISOs are not Syslinux/Isolinux based.
So right now the installer ISO works but not the LiveCD/USB? [ https://www.reactos.org/getbuilds ] with rev 61493
Thanks for having implemented the support Pete! :) Have fun with HaikuOS :)
best wishes for 2014,
Bernd