13 May
2005
13 May
'05
7:47 p.m.
Update installation instructions
Modified: branches/xmlbuildsystem/reactos/INSTALL
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Modified: branches/xmlbuildsystem/reactos/INSTALL
--- branches/xmlbuildsystem/reactos/INSTALL 2005-05-13 19:17:44 UTC
(rev 15267)
+++ branches/xmlbuildsystem/reactos/INSTALL 2005-05-13 19:47:30 UTC
(rev 15268)
@@ -7,67 +7,72 @@
2. Building ReactOS
-To build from Windows run 'make' (wihout the quotes) from the top
directory.
-To build from unix, edit rules.mak and change the PREFIX variable to
the
-correct value for your cross-compiler. Run 'export HOST=mingw32-linux'
to
-tell the ReactOS build system that it is building ReactOS on a linux
machine.
-Now run 'make'.
+2.1 Building the binaries
+To build ReactOS run 'make' (wihout the quotes) if you are building on
Linux
+or 'mingw32-make' if you are building on Windows (or ReactOS) from the
top
+directory.
+
+2.2 Building a bootable CD image
+
+To build a bootable CD image run 'make bootcd' (wihout the quotes) if
you are
+building on Linux or 'mingw32-make bootcd' if you are building on
Windows (or
+ReactOS) from the top directory. This will create a CD image with a
filename,
+ReactOS.iso, in the top directory.
+
+
3. Installation
-The system can only be installed on the first partition on the first
harddisk.
-The partition must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. The system can only
be
-started from DOS and not from a Windows DOS-prompt.
+ReactOS can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32
partition
+as the active (bootable) partition. The partition on which ReactOS is
to be
+installed (which may or may not be the bootable partition) must also be
+formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. ReactOS Setup can format the partitions if
+needed.
-ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the
binary
+ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the
bootable CD
distribution. The two ways to install ReactOS are explained below.
3.1 Installation from sources
-To install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install'. This will
create
-the directory 'reactos' in the top directory. Copy this directory to
the root
-of your first partition on your first harddisk. This is usually c:\ on
a
-Windows machine.
+If you don't have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade,
then
+build a bootable CD as described above. Burn the CD image, boot from
it, and
+follow the instructions to install ReactOS.
-If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a 'make
install',
-you can specify the directory where the files are to be copied to
during
-installation.
+If you have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then
to
+install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install' or
+'mingw32-make install'. This will create the directory 'reactos' in the
top
+directory. Copy the contents of this directory over the existing
installation.
-In rules.mak find the variable INSTALL_DIR and change the assigned
value to the
-name of the directory where the files are to be copied to. If you are
using
-Windows this could be:
+If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a
+'make install' or 'mingw32-make install', then you can specify the
directory
+where the files are to be copied to during installation.
- INSTALL_DIR = c:\reactos
+Set the ROS_INSTALL environment variable. If you are on Windows this
could be
+done by:
-If you are on linux this could be:
+ set ROS_INSTALL=c:\reactos
- INSTALL_DIR = /mnt/windows/reactos
+If you are on Linux this could be done by:
-Save the changes to rules.mak and run 'make install' to install the
files to
-the new location. If you don't want to change rules.mak, you can
specify the
-installtion directory when invoking make. Run
-'make INSTALL_DIR=c:\reactos install' to install to c:\reactos.
+ export ROS_INSTALL=/mnt/windows/reactos
+Now run 'make install' or 'mingw32-make install' to install the files
to the
+new location.
-3.2 Installation from binany distribution
-To install ReactOS from the binary distribution, extract the archive
contents
-to c:\reactos. Remember to extract the files with full paths.
+3.2 Installation from bootable CD distribution
+To install ReactOS from the bootable CD distribution, extract the
archive
+contents. Then burn the CD image, boot from it, and follow
instructions.
-4. Booting ReactOS
-Startup in DOS mode. 'cd' to c:\reactos and type 'boot' and press
<enter>.
-A simple shell is started where you can use simple commands like 'cd'
and 'dir'.
-
-
5. Help
If you run into problems or have suggestions for making ReactOS better,
please
-surf to the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing
lists.
+visit the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing
lists.
-http://www.reactos.com/index.php?tab=discussion§ion=lists
+http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/66
ReactOS Development Team