Trying to boot via grub without cd.

[Elliot S]

Hi,

I'm trying to run ReactOS (3.11) from Grub and without a cd.
I have win98 on a SCSI C drive and Puppy Linux frugal install boot
files on IDE D drive.
I tried copying an "unzip'd" iso to the D drive and added the
appropriate menu item to the grub menu, similar to my Puppy entry
(Title, rootnoverify, kernel).
When i tried booting ReactOS, it started the sys file and then said it
couldnt find freeldr.ini.
I tried both Live and Install iso's....same result.
How do i get it to find the ini file?

Thanx

[Steven Edwards]

Hi,

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Elliot S <elliot(a)pcdialup.com> wrote:
>   I'm trying to run ReactOS (3.11) from Grub and
> without a cd.
>  I have win98 on a SCSI C drive and Puppy Linux frugal install boot
>  files on IDE D drive.
>  I tried copying an "unzip'd" iso to the D drive and added the
>  appropriate menu item to the grub menu, similar to my Puppy entry
>  (Title, rootnoverify, kernel).
>  When i tried booting ReactOS, it started the sys file and then said it
>  couldnt find freeldr.ini.
>  I tried both Live and Install iso's....same result.
>  How do i get it to find the ini file? 
Did you configure your grub and freeldr based on the documentation here:

http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Boot_FreeLoader_from_GRUB

Thanks
-- 
Steven Edwards

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[Steven Edwards]

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Steven Edwards <winehacker(a)gmail.com> wrote:

>   Did you configure your grub and freeldr based on the
> documentation here:
>
>  http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Boot_FreeLoader_from_GRUB 
Sorry I guess if it loaded the sys it seems like it is clearly a
freeldr issue. Perhaps there is some confusion coming in from the
mixture of scsi and ide devices.


-- 
Steven Edwards

"There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and
that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

[Elliot S]

Well i got further before hitting the ndis.sys freeze.

Instead of grub booting from the unzip'd iso, i grub booted directly
from the iso via mem:

map  --mem  (hd0,0)/ReactOS-LiveCD.iso  (hd32)
map  --hook
chainloader  (hd32)
boot

It starts to load the drivers, but stops after ndis.sys.
I dont have a network card, just a hardware modem.
Disconnecting usb didnt help.