Re: [ros-dev] Building and installing ReactOS on newer computer

[Thomas Mueller]

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> You can find ready-to-use builds of recent SVN revisions at:
> https://www.reactos.org/getbuilds
> If you don't see builds for the latest, use the arrows to go back until you
> find one that has files.
> You can NOT install ReactOS on a USB hard drive, though.
> If you do want to build from source regardless, you should look at RosBE,
> although I'm not sure if it works well in FreeBSD, since I build from
> Windows.

Thanks for response.

Linux and the BSDs are not so fussy about where they are installed on,
USB stick is OK.

But I remember DOS, Windows and OS/2 were fussy.

Do you use MinGW in Windows?

MinGW, subversion, ninja and GCC are all available in FreeBSD ports collection.
> From what I read, I think ReactOS might not get along with USB 3.0 and GPT,

hence the desire to use a USB stick.

FreeDOS also is difficult to install, many failed attempts on my computer
perhaps related to modern hardware.

FAT32 file system is not really good for making use of today's big hard drives.

But keeping up with NTFS is difficult because NTFS is a moving target (I believe).

I really feel more at home now with Linux and FreeBSD than with DOS, Windows or OS/2.

Tom

[Sven Barth]

Am 24.10.2013 12:39, schrieb Thomas Mueller:
> From what I read, I think ReactOS might not get along with USB 3.0 and GPT,
> hence the desire to use a USB stick.

Did you read this already? https://www.reactos.org/wiki/LiveUSB
If ReactOS already correctly recognizes your USB controllers this might 
work as well (maybe you should try the LiveCD to check whether USB 
storage devices are correctly recognized).

Regards,
Sven

[Thomas Mueller]

> Am 24.10.2013 12:39, schrieb Thomas Mueller:
> > From what I read, I think ReactOS might not get along with USB 3.0 and GPT,
> > hence the desire to use a USB stick.
> Did you read this already? https://www.reactos.org/wiki/LiveUSB
> If ReactOS already correctly recognizes your USB controllers this
> might work as well (maybe you should try the LiveCD to check whether
> USB storage devices are correctly recognized).
> Regards,
> Sven

I didn't know about this wiki page.  Thanks for telling me!

My USB hard drive is 3.0 and 3 TB, so accessing requires USB 3.0 and GPT support.

I have an old 1.2 GB IDE hard drive that can be accessed from SATA system using
USB 2.0 IDE/SATA hard-drive enclosure, as well as USB sticks.

I wouldn't want to do heavy compiling on a USB stick, but could use MinGW directly
on either FreeBSD or Linux, or with Wine.

I downloaded and burned the installation CD image for 0.3.15, but it failed to boot.

Tom

[Hermès BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO]

Hi !

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> I downloaded and burned the installation CD image for 0.3.15, but it

failed to boot.
Can you also have a look at the nightly builds
(http://www.reactos.org/getbuilds ) to see whether they can boot or not ?

Hermès.

[Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo]

AFAIK USB 3.0 and 2.0 are compatible, so your HDD may work :)

On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Hermès BÉLUSCA - MAÏTO <
[e-mail]> wrote:
> Hi !
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : [e-mail] [mailto:[e-mail]] De
> la
> part de Thomas Mueller
> Envoyé : dimanche 27 octobre 2013 03:03
> À : [e-mail]
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> [...]
> > I downloaded and burned the installation CD image for 0.3.15, but it
>
> failed to boot.
> Can you also have a look at the nightly builds
> (http://www.reactos.org/getbuilds ) to see whether they can boot or not ?
>
> Hermès.
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