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Ralph Shumaker | 2 Oct 2004 07:54
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Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

Robert Köpferl wrote:

> The final version of ROS 0.2.4 has been uploaded to sourceforge
> and is now available to you.
> _______________________________________________
> ros-general mailing list
> ros-general <at> reactos.com
> http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>
>
>
A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded it:
-rw-------    1 rafael   rafael    7973432 Sep 15 01:37 
reactos-0.2.4-bin.zip

Then I extracted it to a subdirectory of my home directory.  I need to 
know how to get it running.  Is there a HOWTO somewhere?  I could not 
find anything (documentation, that is) within the archive itself.

I'm currently running Red Hat Linux v9.  I don't have M$ on my machine.

(This list seems rather dormant.  I hope I'm posting to the right place.)
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Casper Hornstrup | 2 Oct 2004 09:57
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RE: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

I'm not familiar with an OS named M$. See
http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/260 for
information on how to install ReactOS.

Casper

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ros-general-bounces <at> reactos.com 
> [mailto:ros-general-bounces <at> reactos.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Shumaker
> Sent: 2. oktober 2004 07:55
> To: ReactOS General List
> Subject: Re: [ros-general] ReactOS 0.2.4 Released
> 
> Robert Köpferl wrote:
> 
> > The final version of ROS 0.2.4 has been uploaded to 
> sourceforge and is 
> > now available to you.
> > _______________________________________________
> > ros-general mailing list
> > ros-general <at> reactos.com
> > http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> >
> >
> >
> A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded it:
> -rw-------    1 rafael   rafael    7973432 Sep 15 01:37 
> reactos-0.2.4-bin.zip
> 
> Then I extracted it to a subdirectory of my home directory.
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Tom Lee Mullins | 2 Oct 2004 15:43
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Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

Casper Hornstrup wrote:

>I'm not familiar with an OS named M$. See
>http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/260 for
>information on how to install ReactOS.
>
>Casper
>  
>
M$ is how some non-Windows users refer to Microsoft (where
the S is replaced with $).

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Robert Köpferl | 1 Oct 2004 20:35
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Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

The bin -taste will be dropped some time. But
it is still usable. It's intended to be startet from a naked DOS in realMode.
Thus you need at least a FAT16/32 partition to extract that and a DOS-Disk. It
should work with freedos.org, too.
Boot it,
cd reactos  (whrere you extracted)
run boot.bat

Ralph Shumaker schrieb:
> Robert Köpferl wrote:
> 
>> The final version of ROS 0.2.4 has been uploaded to sourceforge
>> and is now available to you.
>> _______________________________________________
>> ros-general mailing list
>> ros-general <at> reactos.com
>> http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>>
>>
>>
> A couple of weeks ago, I downloaded it:
> -rw-------    1 rafael   rafael    7973432 Sep 15 01:37 
> reactos-0.2.4-bin.zip
> 
> Then I extracted it to a subdirectory of my home directory.  I need to 
> know how to get it running.  Is there a HOWTO somewhere?  I could not 
> find anything (documentation, that is) within the archive itself.
> 
> I'm currently running Red Hat Linux v9.  I don't have M$ on my machine.
>
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Thomas Weidenmueller | 2 Oct 2004 20:53

Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

Robert Köpferl wrote:

> The bin -taste will be dropped some time. But
> it is still usable. It's intended to be startet from a naked DOS in 
> realMode.
> Thus you need at least a FAT16/32 partition to extract that and a 
> DOS-Disk. It
> should work with freedos.org, too.
> Boot it,
> cd reactos  (whrere you extracted)
> run boot.bat

That's very bad, boot.bat and friends are depreciated as they may cause 
various problems - hope someone will remove these files from the 
repository soon.

Regards
Thomas
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Ralph Shumaker | 2 Oct 2004 21:07
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Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

Thomas Weidenmueller wrote:

> Robert Köpferl wrote:
>
>> The bin -taste will be dropped some time. But
>> it is still usable. It's intended to be startet from a naked DOS in 
>> realMode.
>> Thus you need at least a FAT16/32 partition to extract that and a 
>> DOS-Disk. It
>> should work with freedos.org, too.
>> Boot it,
>> cd reactos  (whrere you extracted)
>> run boot.bat
>
>
> That's very bad, boot.bat and friends are depreciated as they may 
> cause various problems - hope someone will remove these files from the 
> repository soon.
>
> Regards
> Thomas

The only formula offered to me (for starting ReactOS) has been shot 
down, even though I did not understand it completely anyway.  It soundes 
like Robert was saying that I need to boot with a DOS disk, be it M$ 
(Micro-expensive-$oft) or freeDOS, before I can run ReactOS.

Thomas says (regarding the only way offered to me) that it is very bad 
and may cause various problems, but does not offer an alternative.  What 
kinds of problems?  What alternatives are there?  My original question
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K McI | 2 Oct 2004 23:29

Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

You can try to run it in Bochs or VMware, since the ISO is bootable.

          -uniQ
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Martijn Stegeman | 2 Oct 2004 22:35

Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

On 2-okt-04, at 21:07, Ralph Shumaker wrote:

> The only formula offered to me (for starting ReactOS) has been shot 
> down, even though I did not understand it completely anyway.  It 
> soundes like Robert was saying that I need to boot with a DOS disk, be 
> it M$ (Micro-expensive-$oft) or freeDOS, before I can run ReactOS.
>
> Thomas says (regarding the only way offered to me) that it is very bad 
> and may cause various problems, but does not offer an alternative.  
> What kinds of problems?  What alternatives are there?  My original 
> question was to request the location of a HOWTO.
>
> I would like to see this OS in action.  Further, I would like to try 
> to run some DOS and Windows programs, just to find out where ReactOS 
> is, and how far it has left to go.  Screenshots are o.k., but I would 
> like to play with it and see what I can (and cannot) do.

You very specifically asked about the -bin.zip file. The site isn't 
quite clear about this, but you'd better download the CD image or one 
of the emulators with ReactOS preloaded. Either way, you really should 
read

http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/260

because that definitely answers even your first question.

Cheers,
Martijn
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Ge van Geldorp | 2 Oct 2004 23:00

RE: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

> From: Ralph Shumaker
> 
> Thomas says (regarding the only way offered to me) that it is 
> very bad  and may cause various problems, but does not offer an 
> alternative.  What kinds of problems?

The "boot.bat" method is a left-over from ancient days when all that was
needed to get the kernel booting was to load it into memory and start
executing it. These days, the boot loader has to do more work, e.g.
determining the configuration of the PC. Boot.bat doesn't do that and never
will.

> What alternatives are there?

The best alternative is to install from a (bootable) CD and not from the bin
distribution. The second best alternative (if you must use the bin
distribution for some reason) is to use a freeldr boot diskette. You can
download that from http://reactos.csh-consult.dk/download/freeldr.zip

> I would like to see this OS in action.  Further, I would like 
> to try to run some DOS and Windows programs, just to find out
> where ReactOS is, and how far it has left to go.

No use in trying (16-bit) DOS programs, ReactOS doesn't support 16 bit
programs at all at the moment.

Gé van Geldorp.
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Ralph Shumaker | 2 Oct 2004 23:48
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Re: ReactOS 0.2.4 Released

Martijn Stegeman wrote:

> On 2-okt-04, at 21:07, Ralph Shumaker wrote:
>
>> The only formula offered to me (for starting ReactOS) has been shot 
>> down, even though I did not understand it completely anyway.  It 
>> soundes like Robert was saying that I need to boot with a DOS disk, 
>> be it M$ (Micro-expensive-$oft) or freeDOS, before I can run ReactOS.
>>
>> Thomas says (regarding the only way offered to me) that it is very 
>> bad and may cause various problems, but does not offer an 
>> alternative.  What kinds of problems?  What alternatives are there?  
>> My original question was to request the location of a HOWTO.
>>
>> I would like to see this OS in action.  Further, I would like to try 
>> to run some DOS and Windows programs, just to find out where ReactOS 
>> is, and how far it has left to go.  Screenshots are o.k., but I would 
>> like to play with it and see what I can (and cannot) do.
>
>
> You very specifically asked about the -bin.zip file. The site isn't 
> quite clear about this, but you'd better download the CD image or one 
> of the emulators with ReactOS preloaded. Either way, you really should 
> read
>
> http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/260
>
> because that definitely answers even your first question.

You made me go back and look at my original post.  The only question was
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