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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%C2%A7ion=lists +http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/66
ReactOS Development Team
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