11 Oct
2010
11 Oct
'10
6:28 p.m.
Op 11-10-2010 9:06, Olaf Siejka schreef:
Vmware 7 guest addons do not install currently, due to
bug in MSI. ROS
vminstall is no longer working with newer Vmware versions, due to
changes in guest addons iso file structure.
The MSI installer has never been working anyway due to ReactOS's
development state, thus the vmwinst.exe program developed by a coder in
the ReactOS project. I'd have to study its sourcecode to get to know
which layout it actually expects of a CD/ISOfile (and since using
Windows 7 and VMware 7, I've got no clue anymore how older guest
installation tool ISO files are looking internally)
I'd favor quite much if your vmwinst.exe program also allowed to point
to a directory where you have the extracted (VMware SVGA) driver files.
After all that's easy enough using 7ZIP to extract files from the MSI
(which results in .cab files as well), then extract the cab files to
gain the actual driver files (which require renaming).
The difficult part is actually getting the extracted + renamed files
into the virtual machine (since floppy is broken in ReactOS since 0.2.5
or so, USB in development, FileZilla doesn't startup for FTP purposes, I
was unable to browse network shares using the explorer shell, etc), and
on top of that finding the correct location to copy all the files
(C:\REACTOS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS ?), edit an .inf file to get it working in
ReactOS, and finding correct/documented registry settings for
registering the driver to ReactOS.
As for bugs, every single one should be reported in
bugzilla, but you
surely can ask questions and consult bugs on IRC.
OK, hopefully some wishfull stuff regarding the download tool will count
as bug as well (FireFox 4 beta , Chrome, FileZilla).
with best regards,
Bernd Blaauw