just one note... which image would be the "eligible" to be the "loader"? HEAD (which is constantly changing) or maybe latest public published release (which, as of now, is 0.3.14, too old for testing)?
On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Hermès BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO < hermes.belu...@sfr.fr> wrote: > Great! Now our own bootloader (FreeLoader) must be adapted to boot-up PXE > images (instead of using PXELINUX). > > Hermès > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org [mailto:ros-dev-boun...@reactos.org] De > la > part de Bernd Blaauw > Envoyé : jeudi 3 janvier 2013 19:01 > À : ReactOS Development List > Objet : Re: [ros-dev] Monthly meeting December 2012 rescheduled > > Op 3-1-2013 9:01, Pierre Schweitzer schreef: > > > AFAIK, PXE has been already worked by Hervé Poussineau, at least, in > FreeLDR to try to provide such feature. But ReactOS was then unable to work > on PXE, producing a BSOD. The code path needed wasn't implemented in the > kernel. > > > > And unless I'm totally wrong, I improved some code close to the PXE > support in the kernel, but never check its implementation nor implemented > it > if required. > > Was a long time ago. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm9VIawx__Y shows ReactOS installed > inside > a ramdisk-loaded (by Syslinux) harddisk image. > The tricky bit is lack of documentation of how to do this (QEMU likely) and > it's unknown if it's native code or some memory-driver like WinVBlock was > added. > > Relying on an optical drive connected to IDE controller as the sole method > for installing your OS is becoming a liability. > > Bernd > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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