Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement
by jchw on Monday April 20, 2020 @12:59PM
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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 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?
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Re:OsFree project: OS/2 Replacement
by JPLeRouzic on Monday April 20, 2020 @01:24PM
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It'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=l...
Though I may be entirely wrong.