mount ReactOS raw-image

[Heiko L.]

Hallo,

I would running react-os on xen-hvm.

- on [1] written
  must be mount image and change freeldr.ini
- on [2] written
  a sample to mount image

- result:
# qemu-img convert ReactOS-0.3.7-QEMU/files/ReactOS.vmdk -f raw ros.raw

$ qemu -hda ros.raw
## running succeful

# losetup -o 32256 /dev/loop0 /mnt/backup/test/ros.raw
# mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/tmp
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
# losetup -d /dev/loop0

# fdisk -l ros.raw
Disk ros.raw: 0 MB, 0 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disk ros.raw doesn't contain a valid partition table

  -> image has no partition-table

Whats going wrong?
Why to mount existing ROS-image?

regards heiko

[1] http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Xen_port
[2]http://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1968&p=15984&…

[David Hinz]

Hi,

the pages you are referring to are quite outdated.
Xen is currently not supported.
If you just want to test ReactOS, you are better off with VMware or Qemu.

I am not familiar with Xen, but I could imagine it might be possible to 
get ReactOS running in Xen if your processor supports AMD-V or Intel VT.
I would suggest you start with an empty harddisk image and install 
ReactOS from an iso.

Get a guide on how to install Windows in a Xen VM, the steps required 
for ReactOS should be similiar.


Regards,

David


Heiko L. schrieb:
>   Hallo,
>  
>  I would running react-os on xen-hvm.
>  
>  - on [1] written
>    must be mount image and change freeldr.ini
>  - on [2] written
>    a sample to mount image
>  
>  - result:
>  # qemu-img convert ReactOS-0.3.7-QEMU/files/ReactOS.vmdk -f raw ros.raw
>  
>  $ qemu -hda ros.raw
>  ## running succeful
>  
>  # losetup -o 32256 /dev/loop0 /mnt/backup/test/ros.raw
>  # mount /dev/loop0 /mnt/tmp
>  mount: you must specify the filesystem type
>  # losetup -d /dev/loop0
>  
>  # fdisk -l ros.raw
>  Disk ros.raw: 0 MB, 0 bytes
>  255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 0 cylinders
>  Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
>  
>  Disk ros.raw doesn't contain a valid partition table
>  
>    -> image has no partition-table
>  
>  Whats going wrong?
>  Why to mount existing ROS-image?
>  
>  regards heiko
>  
>  [1] http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Xen_port
>
> [2]http://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1968&p=15984&…
>  
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