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| 2788 | clevermous | 1 | Installation: |
| 2 | Step 1. Copy files mtldr and kolibri.img to C:\ |
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| 3 | (You do not want to use C:\? Read remarks below.) |
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| 5 | Step 2a) For users of NT-family (NT/2k/XP/2003 Server (?)): |
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| 6 | add to boot.ini to the section [operating systems] line |
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| 7 | c:\mtldr="KolibriOS" |
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| 8 | (either open c:\boot.ini with any text editor, or through |
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| 9 | Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery |
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| 10 | -> Edit). You can change the title in quotes to anything you like, |
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| 11 | under this title the system will appear to bootload list. |
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| 12 | Now at booting the screen of operating system choice will appear. |
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| 14 | Step 2b) For users of 9x-family (95/98) |
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| 15 | (probably it works also for some DOS): |
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| 16 | add to config.sys line |
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| 17 | install=c:\mtldr |
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| 18 | as first line, if you have simple linear config.sys, |
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| 19 | as first line in the corresponding section, if config.sys |
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| 20 | is divided to sections (and begins with [menu]) |
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| 21 | Now at booting mtldr will ask: "Load KolibriOS? [y/n]: " and wait for press |
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| 22 | one of 'y','Y','n','N'. |
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| 24 | It does not work for Windows Millenium, because loader of WinME does not |
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| 25 | load external code referenced by config.sys. (Thanks to camper for pointing |
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| 26 | to this sad fact.) Use 9x2klbr. |
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| 28 | Step 2c) For Vista users: |
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| 29 | open command line with administrator rights |
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| 30 | (the variant "Run as administrator" in context menu); |
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| 31 | if you do not plan install many Kolibri variants as described |
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| 32 | in remarks, simply run vista_install.bat |
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| 33 | otherwise execute the following commands: |
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| 34 | bcdedit /create /d "KolibriOS" /application BOOTSECTOR |
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| 35 | (You can replace the string in quotes with anything you like, |
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| 36 | this is the title for system in boot list.) |
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| 37 | The following message must appear: |
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| 38 | "The record {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} was successfully created." |
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| 39 | In the next commands place obtained value (it is different on |
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| 40 | different machines and different runs). |
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| 41 | bcdedit /set {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} DEVICE PARTITION=C: |
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| 42 | bcdedit /set {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} PATH \mtldr |
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| 43 | bcdedit /displayorder {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} /addlast |
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| 45 | To remove mtldr, in cases 2a) and 2b) delete entered data from boot.ini or |
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| 46 | config.sys accordingly. To remove in case 2c), do the following: |
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| 48 | vista_remove.bat, if you install through vista_install.bat; |
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| 49 | bcdedit /delete {xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} in general case |
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| 51 | If you do not remember assigned to mtldr GUID (this is normal), you can |
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| 52 | find it out by running bcdedit without arguments and finding in displayed list |
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| 53 | corresponding item. |
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| 55 | In all cases in KolibriOS screen of parameter choice you can |
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| 56 | on the question about image (item d, "floppy image"), answer "3" |
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| 57 | (use already loaded image). |
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| 59 | Remarks: |
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| 61 | 1. Now all this works only for file systems NTFS and FAT32, support for FAT16 |
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| 62 | is not implemented because I think that now FAT16 is only historical object. |
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| 63 | If you use FAT16 and Windows and you do not want to go to FAT32 - mail me - |
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| 64 | possibly you will succeed in make me change my mind. |
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| 66 | 2. You do not need to place the loader mtldr itself to C:\. Under 9x and Vista |
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| 67 | it can be placed anywhere, in NT-family - on drive C:, but not necessary in |
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| 68 | root folder. (Of course, when installing, you must use instead of c:\mtldr |
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| 69 | the real path and the real name of the file.) |
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| 71 | 3. You do not need to place the image kolibri.img to C:\. You can without |
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| 72 | any changes in install use root folder of any logical drive, located on |
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| 73 | first physical. |
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| 75 | 4. Do you want to use logical drive on other physical drive? You can use |
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| 76 | any from following variants: |
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| 77 | a) (If you can work with FASM) In the sources (which can be downloaded from |
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| 78 | http://diamondz.land.ru, in the same place with loader itself) change |
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| 79 | the constant boot_drive (located at the end of mtldr.asm) from 80h to |
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| 80 | identifier of disk, 80h for first, 81h for second and so on. Recompile. |
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| 81 | b) (If you can use hex-editor) Change the byte at offset 0xD98 from 80h to |
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| 82 | identifier of disk (as in a)). |
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| 83 | c) Use mtldr_install (you can download it in the same place). It will |
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| 84 | config and install loader. |
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| 86 | 5. Do you dislike root folder? There is two variants: |
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| 87 | a) In the sources change the constant kolibri_img_name (end of mtldr.asm) |
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| 88 | to path to root. For example, for C:\Program Files\kolibri\kolibri.img |
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| 89 | write 'progra~1\kolibri\kolibri.img' (use 8.3 names). Recompile. |
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| 90 | b) Use mtldr_install. |
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| 92 | 6. Your wishes, remarks, suggestions are welcome on mail, stated below. |
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| 94 | diamond |
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| 95 | mailto: diamondz@land.ru |