Installing ReactOS from a USB flash drive
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Etsnovo we! In the news about the release of release 0.4.11, we said that thanks to the updated RAM-disk driver, ReactOS can not only be launched, but installed over the network using the PXE protocol .
However, a project volunteer under the name Illen found out that using the same new RAM disk driver, ReactOS can be installed from a regular USB flash drive. Thus, release 0.4.11 was the first release supporting the installation of ReactOS on computers without optical drives. Illen wrote detailed instructions and recorded a demo video.
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Briefly about what is happening on the video:
Note that in the upcoming release at number 0.4.12, item “ 4. ” will not be required, since the master branch has an improved algorithm for detecting and recalculating available disks and partitions in the system, which takes into account the possible presence of removable devices .
We are glad to draw your attention to the fact that for the fourth year in a row ReactOS has been receiving slots in the Google Summer of Code summer marathon!
Google pays a scholarship, and you write code for ReactOS. Any undergraduate and graduate students can participate (since graduate students are considered to be PhD Students in US jurisdiction). Possible ideas for participation are listed on a special wiki page .
You can discuss them in our new collaborative chat .
Hurry up! The application will end on April 9th!
We are waiting for your comments and opinions! Do not forget that you can also help the project not only with donations , but simply by giving it a star on the githaba !
If you like reading my digests on how the development of the ReactOS operating system is progressing, and you want to see such publications more often - you can treat me to a cup of coffee by clicking on the button in the " Support the author " box right now under this article.
Etsnovo we! In the news about the release of release 0.4.11, we said that thanks to the updated RAM-disk driver, ReactOS can not only be launched, but installed over the network using the PXE protocol .
However, a project volunteer under the name Illen found out that using the same new RAM disk driver, ReactOS can be installed from a regular USB flash drive. Thus, release 0.4.11 was the first release supporting the installation of ReactOS on computers without optical drives. Illen wrote detailed instructions and recorded a demo video.
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Briefly about what is happening on the video:
- On the USB flash drive copy the installation and live images of ReactOS.
- A boot record is created, and the boot loader is configured to boot using the RAM method.
- Booting from a flash drive, running the installation image and the first stage of installation on the target computer.
- Booting a ReactOS live image from a flash drive and adjusting freeldr.ini (an analogue of the boot.ini file) on the target computer.
- Booting from the disk of the target computer and completing the installation of ReactOS
Note that in the upcoming release at number 0.4.12, item “ 4. ” will not be required, since the master branch has an improved algorithm for detecting and recalculating available disks and partitions in the system, which takes into account the possible presence of removable devices .
Want to help make ReactOS even better?
We are glad to draw your attention to the fact that for the fourth year in a row ReactOS has been receiving slots in the Google Summer of Code summer marathon!
Google pays a scholarship, and you write code for ReactOS. Any undergraduate and graduate students can participate (since graduate students are considered to be PhD Students in US jurisdiction). Possible ideas for participation are listed on a special wiki page .
You can discuss them in our new collaborative chat .
Hurry up! The application will end on April 9th!
What do you think?
We are waiting for your comments and opinions! Do not forget that you can also help the project not only with donations , but simply by giving it a star on the githaba !
If you like reading my digests on how the development of the ReactOS operating system is progressing, and you want to see such publications more often - you can treat me to a cup of coffee by clicking on the button in the " Support the author " box right now under this article.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/444312/
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