- Running on 16-bit systems like 286/386/486 in a "ReactOS Essentials"
(equivalent to a stripped-down XP) mode * It should be the same operating system, but in 16-bit mode only. That's an ideal scenario and I'm sure it cannot be done no matter how good the programmers are. So, what can someone do on a 286 ? Listen to mp3's ? No
Safe Mode. Just load Video, File and network drivers and allow direct access to int13 so fdisk and format can run so user can diag/fix it.
Curious if ReactOS has a an Emergency Boot Disk system that it can make ? Perhaps, keep a Freedos 1.44m disk image and allow suer to rawrite it when needed. Or even a dual bootable Freedos partition (FAT16) with the appropriate recovery tools on it.
--chris 1-916-410-7677 http://nxdos.sourceforge.net/ http://bbx.flnet.org/ http://teknopup.angelfire.com/