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They mention their own bootloader called freeldr. Interestingly, this is the same name as ReactOS’s bootloader. I assume it’s just a coincidence, but since I kn
by jchw 7y ago
They mention their own bootloader called freeldr. Interestingly, this is the same name as ReactOS’s bootloader. I assume it’s just a coincidence, but since I know OS/2 and NT share some common lineage, I do wonder if there’s any relation. A bit of searching didn’t seem to clear it up. Anyone have a clue?
- JPLeRouzic 7y agoIt's a long time since I do not follow this topic, but I think Freeldr is (was?) an independent project. I think also it was introduced in Reactos at the end of the 0.2.x branch. For example it was not used in Captive Reactos and pre-2005 versions. http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=reactos.git;a=blob_plain;f=loaders/dos/loadros.asm;hb=HEAD http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=reactos.git;a=blob_plain;f=l... Though I may be entirely wrong.