Author: hbelusca Date: Tue Jan 5 19:52:35 2016 New Revision: 70497
URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos?rev=70497&view=rev Log: [REACTOS] Update the README files for 0.4.x releases.
Modified: trunk/reactos/INSTALL trunk/reactos/README trunk/reactos/boot/bootdata/readme.txt
Modified: trunk/reactos/INSTALL URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/INSTALL?rev=70497&r1=70... ============================================================================== --- trunk/reactos/INSTALL [iso-8859-1] (original) +++ trunk/reactos/INSTALL [iso-8859-1] Tue Jan 5 19:52:35 2016 @@ -1,28 +1,41 @@ 1. Build environment +--------------------
-To build the system you need either mingw32 installed on Windows or a mingw32 -cross compiler running on unix. You may obtain MinGW binaries that build -ReactOS from http://www.reactos.org/. +To build the system it is strongly advised to use the ReactOS Build Environment +(RosBE). Up-to-date versions for Windows and for Unix/GNU-Linux are available +from our download page at: http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Build_Environment/ + +Alternatively one can use Microsoft Visual C++ (MSVC) version 2010+, together +with separate installations of CMake and the Ninja build utility.
2. Building ReactOS +------------------- + +A throughout guide for how to build ReactOS can be found at: + http://www.reactos.org/wiki/Building_ReactOS + +In the following we only make a quick overview. +
2.1 Building the binaries
-To build ReactOS run 'make' (without the quotes) if you are building on Linux -or 'mingw32-make' if you are building on Windows (or ReactOS) from the top -directory. If you are using RosBE, follow on-screen instructions. +To build ReactOS run 'ninja' (without the quotes), or alternatively run +'make' if you are using the Make utility, from the top directory. +NOTE: In the other examples listed in the following, similar modification +holds if you are using the Make utility instead of Ninja. +If you are using RosBE, follow on-screen instructions.
2.2 Building a bootable CD image
-To build a bootable CD image run 'make bootcd' (without 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. +To build a bootable CD image run 'ninja bootcd' (without the quotes) from the +top directory. This will create a CD image with a filename, ReactOS.iso, in +the top directory.
3. Installation +---------------
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 @@ -41,13 +54,13 @@ follow the instructions to install ReactOS.
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. +install ReactOS after building it, type 'ninja install'. This will create +the directory 'reactos' in the top directory. Copy the contents of this +directory over the existing installation.
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. +'ninja install', then you can specify the directory where the files are +to be copied to during installation.
Set the ROS_INSTALL environment variable. If you are on Windows this could be done by: @@ -58,8 +71,7 @@
export ROS_INSTALL=/mnt/windows/reactos
-Now run 'make install' or 'mingw32-make install' to install the files to the -new location. +Now run 'ninja install' to install the files to the new location.
3.2 Installation from bootable CD distribution @@ -68,12 +80,13 @@ contents. Then burn the CD image, boot from it, and follow instructions.
-5. Help +4. Help +-------
If you run into problems or have suggestions for making ReactOS better, please visit the address below. Mailing lists are available for a variety of topics, bugs should be submitted to JIRA and general chat takes place in the forums, -or #reactos on freenode +or #reactos on freenode.
Modified: trunk/reactos/README URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/README?rev=70497&r1=704... ============================================================================== --- trunk/reactos/README [iso-8859-1] (original) +++ trunk/reactos/README [iso-8859-1] Tue Jan 5 19:52:35 2016 @@ -1,29 +1,32 @@ ======================== -ReactOS Version 0.3.x -Updated Dec 16, 2006 +ReactOS Version 0.4.x +Updated January 5, 2016 ========================
1. What is ReactOS? +-------------------
- ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system -that is compatible with Windows NT applications and drivers. +ReactOS is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is +compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows NT +family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).
- The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows XP/2003 -drivers compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with -older version of Windows NT family ( NT 4.0, 2000 (NT 5.0)) and new -Windows NT releases (Vista, etc). Applications (Win32 API) compatibility -focus is Windows XP. +The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003 +compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with +Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.
-More information is available at http://www.reactos.org/. +More information is available at: http://www.reactos.org
2. Building ReactOS +-------------------
See the INSTALL file for more details.
3. More information +-------------------
See the media\doc subdirectory for some sparse notes.
4. Who is responsible +---------------------
See the CREDITS file.
Modified: trunk/reactos/boot/bootdata/readme.txt URL: http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/trunk/reactos/boot/bootdata/readme.txt?re... ============================================================================== --- trunk/reactos/boot/bootdata/readme.txt [iso-8859-1] (original) +++ trunk/reactos/boot/bootdata/readme.txt [iso-8859-1] Tue Jan 5 19:52:35 2016 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ ======================== -ReactOS Version 0.3.x -Updated March 3, 2013 +ReactOS Version 0.4.x +Updated January 5, 2016 ========================
1. What is ReactOS? @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows NT family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).
-Website: http://www.reactos.org +More information is available at: http://www.reactos.org
2. Relationship with the WINE project
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