> Ros Arm wrote: > > Hello, > > > > After the switch in 48124 to PE FreeLDR, I am unable to boot FreeLDR any > > longer. > > > > I have tried official, as well as various unofficial freeldr.sys, none > > worked. > > > > 47892 version works fine, 48124 does not. > > > > On a 512MB IDE disk, I got the "_" VGA cursor scrolling endlessly/randomly > > on the screen, before even seeing "Loading FreeLDR..." > > > > With a 1GB SCSI disk, tested also with a 6GB IDE disk, it remains stuck at > > "Loading FreeLDR...". > > > Did you do a "make install" or did you install from bootcd?
I used to use an older bootcd, and then copy freeldr, which has always worked for me. > Did you reformat / repartition the disk? I did, using the older bootcd. > Did you install the VBR? This was not an option. Based on this, I thought, maybe a new bootcd is needed. I was unable to build one previously due to the fact my build system seemed unsupported, but I have fixed the issues. I built a bootcd with the old FreeLDR, got the new option for MBR+VBR, etc, everything works fine. I then did an svn up to get the new FreeLDR and SetupLDR, did a full "clean" + "make clean", and build a new bootcd. Now the VM freezes after "Press any key to boot from CD..." when I press a key. So it looks like something is really broken in the new "PE" FreeLDR/SetupLDR. -r > > > This seems strange: "Now booting from fat partitions (looks like that's > > what sysreg does) works again. It's safe under the condition that the > > cluster size is at least 4352 bytes, which is true for harddisks of sizes > > bigger than 272MB. Booting from smaller fat disks, like floppy breaks when > > freeldr.sys gets fragmented, which should rarely happen." > > > The FAT16 bootsector is only 512 byes. Too small, so it needs to load > additional code, which is the fathelper code in freeldr.sys. The 1st > bootsector doesn't handle fragmented files, so the fathelper code must > be in the first cluster of freeldr.sys. This is true for disks > 272MB. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev@reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev@reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
