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 [e-mail] 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
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

[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) <
[e-mail]> 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 [e-mail] 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 [e-mail]:
> 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) <
> [e-mail]> 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 [e-mail] 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
>
> Ros-dev mailing list
> [e-mail]
> 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 <
[e-mail]> 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.

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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