Ros-dev January 2007

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by David Ianno 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hello, You need to change the bootup device options in the BIOS from the harddisk to the cdrom and run the bootcd again. Regards, David Ianno (Quip) Muguntharaj Subramanian <mugunth(a)gmail.com> wrote: On 1/5/07, Felipe Villarroel <fvillarroels(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi, > Can you please explain this. Where exactly I have to make changes? Different timings and different memory locations could hide (or show) problems. You need to build bootcd. (mingw32-make bootcd) you can set DBG to 1 in config.rbuild to compile with debug messages. (based on config.template.rbuild). Boot your virtual machine with the created bootcd (ReactOS.iso, created after sucessful compilation), and install ReactOS on a virtual disk (> 200MiB should be good). (I'm assuming that you have the free VMware Server) Hi Felipe Villarroel, I have set the following in rbuild.conf <property name="DBG" value="1" /> And have successfully built bootcd (ReactOS.iso). When I tried it using vmware, I get the following error: partition signature != 55AA what could be the reason? How to get more information, where can i get the logs? Regards, Mugunth good luck, Logan_V8 -- http://mugunth.blogspot.com http://thamizha.com _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev(a)reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by David Hinz 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

IIRC, partitioning is broken in ROS, so you have to create the partition with something different than the ReactOS installer. I'd guess FreeDOS should work. Greets, David Hinz Felipe Villarroel schrieb: > On 1/5/07, Muguntharaj Subramanian <mugunth(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> When I tried it using vmware, I get the following error: >> >> partition signature != 55AA >> >> what could be the reason? How to get more information, where can i get the >> logs? >> > You have a corrupted MBR or partition table. Reinstall ReactOS and do > proper partitioning. For logs you have to redirect your virtual serial > port, look at the wiki for information. > > Best regards, > Logan_V8 > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev(a)reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev >

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by Felipe Villarroel 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

On 1/5/07, Muguntharaj Subramanian <mugunth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > When I tried it using vmware, I get the following error: > > partition signature != 55AA > > what could be the reason? How to get more information, where can i get the > logs? > You have a corrupted MBR or partition table. Reinstall ReactOS and do proper partitioning. For logs you have to redirect your virtual serial port, look at the wiki for information. Best regards, Logan_V8

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by Muguntharaj Subramanian 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

On 1/5/07, Felipe Villarroel <fvillarroels(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Can you please explain this. Where exactly I have to make changes? > Different timings and different memory locations could hide (or show) > problems. > You need to build bootcd. (mingw32-make bootcd) > you can set DBG to 1 in config.rbuild to compile with debug messages. > (based on config.template.rbuild). > Boot your virtual machine with the created bootcd (ReactOS.iso, > created after sucessful compilation), and install ReactOS on a virtual > disk (> 200MiB should be good). (I'm assuming that you have the free > VMware Server) Hi Felipe Villarroel, I have set the following in rbuild.conf <property name="DBG" value="1" /> And have successfully built bootcd (ReactOS.iso). When I tried it using vmware, I get the following error: partition signature != 55AA what could be the reason? How to get more information, where can i get the logs? Regards, Mugunth good luck, > Logan_V8 > -- http://mugunth.blogspot.com http://thamizha.com

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Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [mbosma] 25290: Make Downloader perform better un der ReactOS: - Use other font. - Redraw buttons at resize.
by Murphy, Ged (Bolton) 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

mbosma(a)svn.reactos.org wrote: > ResizeControl(hApps, Split_Vertical+5, 60, > LOWORD(lParam)-10, Split_Hozizontal); > + RECT Rect = {Split_Vertical+5, Split_Hozizontal+5, > LOWORD(lParam)-10, HIWORD(lParam)-50}; > DescriptionRect = Rect; C++ hiccup

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by Felipe Villarroel 05 Jan '07

05 Jan '07

Hi, > Can you please explain this. Where exactly I have to make changes? Different timings and different memory locations could hide (or show) problems. You need to build bootcd. (mingw32-make bootcd) you can set DBG to 1 in config.rbuild to compile with debug messages. (based on config.template.rbuild). Boot your virtual machine with the created bootcd (ReactOS.iso, created after sucessful compilation), and install ReactOS on a virtual disk (> 200MiB should be good). (I'm assuming that you have the free VMware Server) good luck, Logan_V8 On 1/4/07, Muguntharaj Subramanian <mugunth(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > On 1/4/07, Felipe Villarroel <fvillarroels(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > sometimes trunk is unstable, but have you tried to install bootcd in a > > disk image instead?. > > Try to select ReactOS (debug) in Freeloader, instead of the ReactOS > > entry. Sometimes the debug messages make it works. > > Hi Felipe Villarroel, > Thanks for your reply. > > Can you please explain this. Where exactly I have to make changes? > > Regards, > Mugunth > > > If the current bootcd/livecd doesn't work, try again in a few days. > > > > Best regards, > > Logan_V8 > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev(a)reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev > >

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by Murphy, Ged (Bolton) 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Muguntharaj Subramanian wrote: > Then I tried using this ReactOS-LiveCD.iso > using VMware installed in another Linux Machine. > It progresses upto ReactOS splash screen, then stops responding. > What could be the issue? Am I missing something? Livecd in trunk is broken, use the bootcd instead. There is no need to use a livecd in vmware anyway.

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Re: [ros-dev] ROS Livecd issue
by Muguntharaj Subramanian 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

On 1/4/07, Felipe Villarroel <fvillarroels(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > sometimes trunk is unstable, but have you tried to install bootcd in a > disk image instead?. > Try to select ReactOS (debug) in Freeloader, instead of the ReactOS > entry. Sometimes the debug messages make it works. Hi Felipe Villarroel, Thanks for your reply. Can you please explain this. Where exactly I have to make changes? Regards, Mugunth If the current bootcd/livecd doesn't work, try again in a few days. > > Best regards, > Logan_V8

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ROS Livecd issue
by Muguntharaj Subramanian 04 Jan '07

04 Jan '07

Dear All, I am newbie to this list.This is my first post. I came to know about reactos recently. And tried reactos vmware image and was very much impressed. I would like to thank all of you who have been involved in this project. I tried my hand in building ReacOS Livecd today. I used WindowsXP machine to build this. Followed the steps given in these URLs: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/HOWTO/setup_a_build_environment_for_W… http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Building_ReactOS I used GCC 3.4.5 ReactOS build Environment and successfuly built ReactOS-LiveCD.iso in about 45 Minutes time. Then I tried using this ReactOS-LiveCD.iso using VMware installed in another Linux Machine. It progresses upto ReactOS splash screen, then stops responding. What could be the issue? Am I missing something? Regards, Mugunth -- http://mugunth.blogspot.com http://thamizha.com

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Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [mbosma] 25283: Do not show "Press any key to boot from CD"-Message if there is no MBR on the hard drive.
by Klemens Friedl 03 Jan '07

03 Jan '07

(forwarded for maarten bosma) > [03 Jan 07 16:03] * Morpheouss * i am here just to say, that change made in 25283 revision is not accurate > [03 Jan 07 16:04] * Morpheouss * it was introduced in windows 2000, and it fails when user have installed OS, MBR is not written, and OS is bootable... > [03 Jan 07 16:05] * Morpheouss * eg. i use Linux and grub to boot it up > [03 Jan 07 16:05] * Morpheouss * and windows 2000 doesn't show this message and boots up > [03 Jan 07 16:05] * Morpheouss * even if i wanted to boot linux > [03 Jan 07 16:06] * Morpheouss * so i don't think it was a good idea > [03 Jan 07 16:06] * Morpheouss * sometimes when i install windows i forget to eject CD :P > [03 Jan 07 16:06] * Morpheouss * it was better done in my opinion > [03 Jan 07 16:07] * Morpheouss * when user could control it even MBR is not written > [03 Jan 07 16:09] * Morpheouss * in my opinion it should be reverted Please comment. > Author: mbosma > Date: Wed Jan 3 17:33:41 2007 > New Revision: 25283 > > URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=25283&view=rev > Log: > Do not show "Press any key to boot from CD"-Message if there is no MBR on the hard drive. > > Modified: > trunk/reactos/boot/freeldr/bootsect/isoboot.asm > > Modified: trunk/reactos/boot/freeldr/bootsect/isoboot.asm > URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/boot/freeldr/bootsect/isob… > ============================================================================== > --- trunk/reactos/boot/freeldr/bootsect/isoboot.asm (original) > +++ trunk/reactos/boot/freeldr/bootsect/isoboot.asm Wed Jan 3 17:33:41 2007 > @@ -139,13 +139,21 @@ > jmp .kbd_buffer_test > .kbd_buffer_empty: > > - ; Check if there is harddisk > + ; Check for MBR on harddisk > pusha > - mov ax, 0800h > + mov ax, 0201h > mov dx, 0080h > + mov cx, 0001h > + mov bx, trackbuf > int 13h > popa > - jc .boot_cdrom > + jc .boot_cdrom ; could not read hdd > + > + push ax > + mov ax, word [trackbuf] > + cmp ax, 0 > + je .boot_cdrom ; no boot sector found (hopefully there are no weird bootsectors which begin with 0) > + pop ax > > ; Display the 'Press key' message and wait for a maximum of 5 seconds > call crlf

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