0.33rc2?

[Bernd Blaauw]

Is there going to be a new release candidate of ReactOS version 0.3.3? I 
tested it very shortly and was very impressed with how it looked in 
comparison to version 0.3.0. Is there a list of known bugs as feedback 
from 0.3.3rc1 testers? Searching through Bugzilla might be a bit too 
much :).
Anyway, the issues I experience in VMware 6.00 on WinXP Pro x64 host so 
far are:
* diskette drive not visible (and/or working). Ever since 0.2.8 or so?
* shutdown does not close the virtual machine (might be improper 
shutdown). Screen goes all black and need to enter VMware menu to 
shutdown the ReactOS virtual machine.

Is the AUTORUN.INF by now the only file on the root of the CD? icons and 
readme files can go in subdirectories I guess, which makes adding 
ReactOS to multi-installation CDs a lot easier (a CD/DVD containing 
setup or LiveCD of various operating systems, mostly using the Isolinux 
bootloader for a frontend menu and chainloading bootsectors).

I've not extensively tested the RC1 on for example if it still can 
complete installation and bootup with 32MB or less RAM installed (VMware 
allows anywhere from 4MB to 8GB in increments of 4MB, Bochs/Qemu allow 
1MB increases).

A resolved item I noticed in this new release was the ability to enter 
digits for the computername, wasnt possible previously in 0.3.0 or 0.3.1.


ReactOS is getting interesting by now..a Win32 operating system with a 
size of about 50MB and capable of playing huge games sooner or later. 
Looks like a blessing to my limited size (16GB) DRAM based solid state disk.

[Jerry]

I would like to see win64 be implimented too and windows XP and Vista
API's to work too... maybe a pipe dream, but I think we might have to
implement Vista DRM to make some people happy... but My suggestion is
that only the "root" or "Head Admin would have the ability to turn it
off or on or control how it works.

On 8/29/07, Bernd Blaauw <bblaauw(a)home.nl> wrote:
>   Is there going to be a new release candidate of
> ReactOS version 0.3.3? I
>  tested it very shortly and was very impressed with how it looked in
>  comparison to version 0.3.0. Is there a list of known bugs as feedback
>  from 0.3.3rc1 testers? Searching through Bugzilla might be a bit too
>  much :).
>  Anyway, the issues I experience in VMware 6.00 on WinXP Pro x64 host so
>  far are:
>  * diskette drive not visible (and/or working). Ever since 0.2.8 or so?
>  * shutdown does not close the virtual machine (might be improper
>  shutdown). Screen goes all black and need to enter VMware menu to
>  shutdown the ReactOS virtual machine.
>
>  Is the AUTORUN.INF by now the only file on the root of the CD? icons and
>  readme files can go in subdirectories I guess, which makes adding
>  ReactOS to multi-installation CDs a lot easier (a CD/DVD containing
>  setup or LiveCD of various operating systems, mostly using the Isolinux
>  bootloader for a frontend menu and chainloading bootsectors).
>
>  I've not extensively tested the RC1 on for example if it still can
>  complete installation and bootup with 32MB or less RAM installed (VMware
>  allows anywhere from 4MB to 8GB in increments of 4MB, Bochs/Qemu allow
>  1MB increases).
>
>  A resolved item I noticed in this new release was the ability to enter
>  digits for the computername, wasnt possible previously in 0.3.0 or 0.3.1.
>
>
>  ReactOS is getting interesting by now..a Win32 operating system with a
>  size of about 50MB and capable of playing huge games sooner or later.
>  Looks like a blessing to my limited size (16GB) DRAM based solid state disk.
>
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[Colin Finck]

Hi, 

>   Bernd Blaauw wrote:
>  Is there going to be a new release candidate of ReactOS 
>  version 0.3.3? 
Yes, there will definitely be an RC2 and you can expect it within the next
few days.


>   Anyway, the issues I experience in VMware 6.00 on
> WinXP Pro 
>  x64 host so 
>  far are:
>  * diskette drive not visible (and/or working). Ever since 0.2.8 or so? 
Our current floppy driver last worked in 0.3.0. Due to the kernel rewrite
after 0.3.0, it does not work anymore.
In 0.3.3-RC2, we will disable it completely as it's useless at the moment
and some people had problems with it. This does not mean that there will be
no floppy support in the future, we just need to decide what to do with the
floppy driver.


>   * shutdown does not close the virtual machine (might
> be improper 
>  shutdown). Screen goes all black and need to enter VMware menu to 
>  shutdown the ReactOS virtual machine. 
This problem is also caused by the kernel rewrite. The main reason is that
we currently disabled ACPI support, so the machine cannot turn off
automatically.
But when you see the black screen, the shutdown process completed and you
can safely turn off the computer (or the virtual machine).

Regards,

Colin

[Les Cooper]

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

[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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