diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c
index 74f3e22ee4c..1b985f28c4d 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machpc.c
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ PcMachInit(const char *CmdLine)
     MachVtbl.PrepareForReactOS = PcPrepareForReactOS;
     MachVtbl.GetMemoryMap = PcMemGetMemoryMap;
     MachVtbl.DiskGetBootPath = DiskGetBootPath;
-    MachVtbl.DiskNormalizeSystemPath = DiskNormalizeSystemPath;
     MachVtbl.DiskReadLogicalSectors = PcDiskReadLogicalSectors;
     MachVtbl.DiskGetDriveGeometry = PcDiskGetDriveGeometry;
     MachVtbl.DiskGetCacheableBlockCount = PcDiskGetCacheableBlockCount;
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machxbox.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machxbox.c
index 442c7be2f1d..704a7ae91cc 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machxbox.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/machxbox.c
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ XboxMachInit(const char *CmdLine)
   MachVtbl.PrepareForReactOS = XboxPrepareForReactOS;
   MachVtbl.GetMemoryMap = XboxMemGetMemoryMap;
   MachVtbl.DiskGetBootPath = DiskGetBootPath;
-  MachVtbl.DiskNormalizeSystemPath = DiskNormalizeSystemPath;
   MachVtbl.DiskReadLogicalSectors = XboxDiskReadLogicalSectors;
   MachVtbl.DiskGetDriveGeometry = XboxDiskGetDriveGeometry;
   MachVtbl.DiskGetCacheableBlockCount = XboxDiskGetCacheableBlockCount;
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/miscboot.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/miscboot.c
index e0aa98cfd50..1f30141ce7f 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/miscboot.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/i386/miscboot.c
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@ VOID LoadAndBootBootSector(PCSTR OperatingSystemName)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (!MachDiskNormalizeSystemPath(FileName, sizeof(FileName)))
-	{
-		UiMessageBox("Invalid path to boot sector file");
-		return;
-	}
-
 	FilePointer = FsOpenFile(FileName);
 	if (!FilePointer)
 	{
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/powerpc/mach.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/powerpc/mach.c
index 57cacd27675..9abd56bca53 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/powerpc/mach.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/arch/powerpc/mach.c
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@ void PpcDefaultMachVtbl()
 
     MachVtbl.GetMemoryMap = PpcGetMemoryMap;
 
-    MachVtbl.DiskNormalizeSystemPath = DiskNormalizeSystemPath;
     MachVtbl.DiskGetBootPath = PpcDiskGetBootPath;
     MachVtbl.DiskReadLogicalSectors = PpcDiskReadLogicalSectors;
     MachVtbl.DiskGetDriveGeometry = PpcDiskGetDriveGeometry;
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/disk.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/disk.c
index a5a65103aac..b7ce3295497 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/disk.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/disk.c
@@ -107,62 +107,80 @@ DiskGetBootPath(char *BootPath, unsigned Size)
 {
 	static char Path[] = "multi(0)disk(0)";
 	char Device[4];
-    
-	_itoa(BootDrive, Device, 10);
-	if (Size <= sizeof(Path) + 6 + strlen(Device))
+	char Partition[4];
+	PARTITION_TABLE_ENTRY PartitionEntry;
+	MASTER_BOOT_RECORD MasterBootRecord;
+
+	if (BootDrive < 0x80)
 	{
-		return FALSE;
+		/* This is a floppy */
+
+		if (Size <= sizeof(Path) + 7 + strlen(Device))
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
+		strcpy(BootPath, Path);
+
+		strcat(BootPath, "fdisk");
+
+		_itoa(BootDrive, Device, 10);
+		strcat(BootPath, "(");
+		strcat(BootPath, Device);
+		strcat(BootPath, ")");
 	}
-	strcpy(BootPath, Path);
-	strcat(BootPath, BootDrive < 0x80 ? "fdisk" : "cdrom");
-	strcat(strcat(strcat(BootPath, "("), Device), ")");
-    
-	if (strcmp(BootPath, "multi(0)disk(0)cdrom(128)") == 0)
-		strcpy(BootPath, "multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)");
+	/* FIXME */
+	else if (DiskReadBootRecord(BootDrive, 0, &MasterBootRecord))
+	{
+		/* This is a hard disk */
+
+		if (!DiskGetActivePartitionEntry(BootDrive, &PartitionEntry, &BootPartition))
+		{
+			DbgPrint("Invalid active partition information\n");
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
+        	if (Size <= sizeof(Path) + 18 + strlen(Device) + strlen(Partition))
+            	{
+                	return FALSE;
+            	}
+
+		strcpy(BootPath, Path);
+
+		strcat(BootPath, "rdisk");
+
+		_itoa(BootDrive - 0x80, Device, 10);
+		strcat(BootPath, "(");
+		strcat(BootPath, Device);
+		strcat(BootPath, ")");
+
+		_itoa(BootPartition, Partition, 10);
+		strcat(BootPath, "partition(");
+		strcat(BootPath, Partition);
+		strcat(BootPath, ")");
+        }
+	else
+	{
+		/* This is a CD-ROM drive */
+
+		if (Size <= sizeof(Path) + 7 + strlen(Device))
+		{
+			return FALSE;
+		}
+
+		strcpy(BootPath, Path);
+
+		strcat(BootPath, "cdrom");
+
+		_itoa(BootDrive - 0x80, Device, 10);
+		strcat(BootPath, "(");
+		strcat(BootPath, Device);
+		strcat(BootPath, ")");
+	}
+
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-BOOLEAN
-DiskNormalizeSystemPath(char *SystemPath, unsigned Size)
-{
-	CHAR BootPath[256];
-	ULONG PartitionNumber;
-	ULONG DriveNumber;
-	PARTITION_TABLE_ENTRY PartEntry;
-	char *p;
-    
-	if (!DissectArcPath(SystemPath, BootPath, &DriveNumber, &PartitionNumber))
-	{
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-    
-	if (0 != PartitionNumber || DriveNumber < 0x80)
-	{
-		return TRUE;
-	}
-    
-	if (! DiskGetActivePartitionEntry(DriveNumber,
-	                                  &PartEntry,
-	                                  &PartitionNumber) ||
-	    PartitionNumber < 1 || 9 < PartitionNumber)
-	{
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-    
-	p = SystemPath;
-	while ('\0' != *p && 0 != _strnicmp(p, "partition(", 10)) {
-		p++;
-	}
-	p = strchr(p, ')');
-	if (NULL == p || '0' != *(p - 1)) {
-		return FALSE;
-	}
-	*(p - 1) = '0' + PartitionNumber;
-    
-	return TRUE;
-}
-
-
 // This function is in arch/i386/i386disk.c
 //VOID DiskStopFloppyMotor(VOID)
 
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/partition.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/partition.c
index 8966e67187a..b93b2e17b2a 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/partition.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/disk/partition.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ BOOLEAN DiskGetFirstExtendedPartitionEntry(PMASTER_BOOT_RECORD MasterBootRecord,
 
 BOOLEAN DiskReadBootRecord(ULONG DriveNumber, ULONGLONG LogicalSectorNumber, PMASTER_BOOT_RECORD BootRecord)
 {
-	char		ErrMsg[64];
 	ULONG		Index;
 
 	// Read master boot record
@@ -231,9 +230,6 @@ BOOLEAN DiskReadBootRecord(ULONG DriveNumber, ULONGLONG LogicalSectorNumber, PMA
 	// Check the partition table magic value
 	if (BootRecord->MasterBootRecordMagic != 0xaa55)
 	{
-		sprintf(ErrMsg, "Invalid partition table magic 0x%x found on drive 0x%lx",
-		        BootRecord->MasterBootRecordMagic, DriveNumber);
-		DiskError(ErrMsg, 0);
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/disk.h b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/disk.h
index daaaa495e55..191ee1215d6 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/disk.h
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/disk.h
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ extern ULONG BootDrive;
 extern ULONG BootPartition;
 
 BOOLEAN DiskGetBootPath(char *BootPath, unsigned Size);
-BOOLEAN DiskNormalizeSystemPath(char *SystemPath, unsigned Size);
 
 
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/machine.h b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/machine.h
index 0c0076f4760..65952056faa 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/machine.h
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/include/machine.h
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ typedef struct tagMACHVTBL
   ULONG (*GetMemoryMap)(PBIOS_MEMORY_MAP BiosMemoryMap, ULONG MaxMemoryMapSize);
 
   BOOLEAN (*DiskGetBootPath)(char *BootPath, unsigned Size);
-  BOOLEAN (*DiskNormalizeSystemPath)(char *SystemPath, unsigned Size);
   BOOLEAN (*DiskReadLogicalSectors)(ULONG DriveNumber, ULONGLONG SectorNumber, ULONG SectorCount, PVOID Buffer);
   BOOLEAN (*DiskGetDriveGeometry)(ULONG DriveNumber, PGEOMETRY DriveGeometry);
   ULONG (*DiskGetCacheableBlockCount)(ULONG DriveNumber);
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/linuxboot.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/linuxboot.c
index 10c2017eb0c..5aea40c2427 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/linuxboot.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/linuxboot.c
@@ -97,13 +97,6 @@ VOID LoadAndBootLinux(PCSTR OperatingSystemName, PCSTR Description)
 		goto LinuxBootFailed;
 	}
 
-	// Open the boot volume
-	if (!MachDiskNormalizeSystemPath(LinuxBootPath, sizeof(LinuxBootPath)))
-	{
-		UiMessageBox("Invalid boot path");
-		goto LinuxBootFailed;
-	}
-
 	// Open the kernel
 	LinuxKernel = FsOpenFile(LinuxKernelName);
 	if (!LinuxKernel)
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/machine.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/machine.c
index 9021a7c57a7..c898bf49430 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/machine.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/machine.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #undef MachBeep
 #undef MachPrepareForReactOS
 #undef MachDiskGetBootPath
-#undef MachDiskNormalizeSystemPath
 #undef MachDiskReadLogicalSectors
 #undef MachDiskGetDriveGeometry
 #undef MachDiskGetCacheableBlockCount
@@ -152,12 +151,6 @@ MachDiskGetBootPath(char *BootPath, unsigned Size)
   return MachVtbl.DiskGetBootPath(BootPath, Size);
 }
 
-BOOLEAN
-MachDiskNormalizeSystemPath(char *SystemPath, unsigned Size)
-{
-  return MachVtbl.DiskNormalizeSystemPath(SystemPath, Size);
-}
-
 BOOLEAN
 MachDiskReadLogicalSectors(ULONG DriveNumber, ULONGLONG SectorNumber, ULONG SectorCount, PVOID Buffer)
 {
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/arcname.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/arcname.c
index 3fe1fc6bd26..4b7f97addb6 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/arcname.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/arcname.c
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ BOOLEAN DissectArcPath(CHAR *ArcPath, CHAR *BootPath, ULONG* BootDrive, ULONG* B
 		 *  multi(0)disk(0)cdrom(x)\path
 		 */
 		p = p + 6;
-		*BootDrive = atoi(p);
+		*BootDrive = atoi(p) + 0x80;
 		p = strchr(p, ')');
 		if (p == NULL)
 			return FALSE;
diff --git a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/reactos.c b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/reactos.c
index 12c8c6647e4..81b654b84b9 100644
--- a/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/reactos.c
+++ b/reactos/boot/freeldr/freeldr/reactos/reactos.c
@@ -718,12 +718,6 @@ LoadAndBootReactOS(PCSTR OperatingSystemName)
     }
     else
     {
-        if (! MachDiskNormalizeSystemPath(SystemPath,
-                                          sizeof(SystemPath)))
-        {
-            UiMessageBox("Invalid system path");
-            return;
-        }
         /* copy system path into kernel command line */
         strcpy(reactos_kernel_cmdline, SystemPath);
     }