Building and installing ReactOS on newer computer

[Thomas Mueller]

How can I build and install ReactOS on a new computer?

Can I install to a USB stick or to a 1.2 GB IDE hard drive in a USB 2.0 hard-drive
enclosure?

Main hard drive is Western Digital Green 3 TB, GPT-partitioned.

I would have to build from FreeBSD or less likely NetBSD or Linux.

I downloaded the installation ISO for ReactOS 0.3.15, but it failed to boot, also failed
to boot on an old computer.

I already have subversion (svn),  built from FreeBSD ports.


Tom

[David Quintana (gigaherz)]

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.


On 19 October 2013 10:09, Thomas Mueller <mueller6723(a)twc.com> wrote:

>   How can I build and install ReactOS on a new
> computer?
>
>  Can I install to a USB stick or to a 1.2 GB IDE hard drive in a USB 2.0
>  hard-drive enclosure?
>
>  Main hard drive is Western Digital Green 3 TB, GPT-partitioned.
>
>  I would have to build from FreeBSD or less likely NetBSD or Linux.
>
>  I downloaded the installation ISO for ReactOS 0.3.15, but it failed to
>  boot, also failed to boot on an old computer.
>
>  I already have subversion (svn),  built from FreeBSD ports.
>
>
>  Tom
>
>
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>

[James Tabor]

Hi,
RosBE 2.1 for linux.... First you need to know what version of gcc is used.
If it is 4.8.x it might not build.


On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:25 AM, David Quintana (gigaherz) <
gigaherz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>   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.
>
>
>  On 19 October 2013 10:09, Thomas Mueller &lt;mueller6723(a)twc.com&gt; wrote:
>
> > How can I build and install ReactOS on a new computer?
> >
> > Can I install to a USB stick or to a 1.2 GB IDE hard drive in a USB 2.0
> > hard-drive enclosure?
> >
> > Main hard drive is Western Digital Green 3 TB, GPT-partitioned.
> >
> > I would have to build from FreeBSD or less likely NetBSD or Linux.
> >
> > I downloaded the installation ISO for ReactOS 0.3.15, but it failed to
> > boot, also failed to boot on an old computer.
> >
> > I already have subversion (svn),  built from FreeBSD ports.
> >
> >
> > Tom
> >
> >

[Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo]

latest Ubuntu at least (13.10) comes with gcc 4.8.1


On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 1:23 AM, James Tabor <jimtabor.rosdev(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:

>   Hi,
>  RosBE 2.1 for linux.... First you need to know what version of gcc is
>  used. If it is 4.8.x it might not build.
>
>
>  On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 3:25 AM, David Quintana (gigaherz) <
>  gigaherz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> >   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.
> >
> >
> >  On 19 October 2013 10:09, Thomas Mueller &lt;mueller6723(a)twc.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> > > How can I build and install ReactOS on a new computer?
> > >
> > > Can I install to a USB stick or to a 1.2 GB IDE hard drive in a USB 2.0
> > > hard-drive enclosure?
> > >
> > > Main hard drive is Western Digital Green 3 TB, GPT-partitioned.
> > >
> > > I would have to build from FreeBSD or less likely NetBSD or Linux.
> > >
> > > I downloaded the installation ISO for ReactOS 0.3.15, but it failed to
> > > boot, also failed to boot on an old computer.
> > >
> > > I already have subversion (svn),  built from FreeBSD ports.
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > > 
>  _______________________________________________
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>  Ros-dev(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev
>

[James Tabor]

Hi!
Look at http://jira.reactos.org/browse/ROSBE-37 try to follow my not too
informative directions of how to update RosBE to a newer system
distribution.


On Sun, Oct 20, 2013 at 3:45 AM, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo <
elhoir(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>   latest Ubuntu at least (13.10) comes with gcc 4.8.1
>
>
>

[Thomas Mueller]

> >   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. 
I tried and got:
	
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>   AFAIK USB 3.0 and 2.0 are compatible, so your HDD may
> work :) 
USB 3.0 hard drive is not accessible from USB 2.0 ports on motherboard but is accessible
from USB 2.0 ports on a bracket that connects to USB 2.0 headers on motherboard.

But this hard drive is 3 TB with GPT.

>   Look at http://jira.reactos.org/browse/ROSBE-37 try to
> follow my not too
>  informative directions of how to update RosBE to a newer system
>  distribution. 
FreeBSD ports include subversion, GCC, mingw with GCC 4.7.2, cmake 2.8.11.2, ninja 1.4.0,
but I might still want to see how these tools are integrated in the RosBE.

I don't really want to burn CDs that would quickly become outdated.

I'd rather use USB stick and be able to rewrite/update..

Tom