[ros-dev] bootcd logfiles

[Bernd Blaauw]

Is there any documentation available for where ReactOS stores its 
logfiles? For a phase 2/3 installation to harddisk, obviously it gets 
stores on drive C: somewhere. For phase 1, screen and debugport 
(com/rs232) seem to be the only options. Same goes for the BootCD and 
LiveCD.

As I'm experiencing massive issues with getting ReactOS to boot on 
USB-enabled real-hardware systems, I'd like to boot from the CD and have 
ReactOS automatically write logfile to whichever first FAT filesystem it 
can find. Irrelevant if it's USB stick or ATA hdd-partition. Is this 
possible or even already done?

If above is not possible, which exact configuration settings would I 
need for Bochs or QEMU (so I get debug log file) to add:
* USB optical device (ISO file on host)
* USB harddisk (hdd-imagefile on host)
* USB mouse
* USB keyboard

Lacking a 2nd system and photocamera device, all that remains for 
obtaining logfiles is using an emulator, which usually configure their 
hdd/cd as ATAPI devices and input as PS/2 devices

I'm hoping an emulator will show same issues as on real hardware, and 
that the logfiles can add to bugreports already present.

Bernd

PS: tested 58013 and searched 
http://jira.reactos.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa for USB
PPS: Haiku happily boots up on this machine from my isostick device.