Re: [ros-dev] 0.33rc2?

[Colin Finck]

Please don't forget that ReactOS is still in the alpha stage. Although we
have releases, this does not mean that they are stable or support every
hardware.

Real hardware is not just real hardware. Every computer is different in many
kinds, so if ReactOS works on one computer, this does not mean that it has
to work on another one.
For example, ReactOS runs flawlessly (read: as stable as in a virtual
machine) on one of my test computers, since I first tested it on real
hardware. (for the specifications of this computer, look here:
http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/Colin_Finck/Test_Computers#PCR-I1)

Anyway, you should try 0.3.3-RC2 again, when it's out.
The current 0.3.3 branch got an important patch, which should fix many boot
problems on real hardware. I already tested the current branch with that
patch and I could run ReactOS also on a completely different computer with
it.

Regards,

Colin


>   -----Original Message-----
>  From: ros-dev-bounces(a)reactos.org 
>  [mailto:[e-mail]] On Behalf Of Les Cooper
>  Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 12:29 AM
>  To: ReactOS Development List
>  Subject: Re: [ros-dev] 0.33rc2?
>  
>  Hi there, I am having real problems getting 3.3 rc1 to run on real 
>  hardware. On four different computers, the live cd shows 
>  "press any key 
>  to boot from cd" then all I get is black screen and a eventually a 
>  flashing cursor. I installed on two machines from the install 
>  cd . Both 
>  installed fine, (nice installation routine), but on reboot 
>  they got as 
>  far as afd.sys before going to a black screen, and on 
>  subsequent boots 
>  to serial.sys before the black screen. I am not criticising here, I 
>  fully appreciate why devs would want to use a virtual machine for 
>  developing and testing, but a release should surely work on 
>  real hardware.
>  cheers
>  Les
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