Hi Gang,
I was really hopeful when I saw the announcement, and downloaded the latest
ISO, and tried it on both a Dell Optiplex GX270 (basic P4 machine), as well as
a Dell Optiplex 755 (Core 2 duo).
The install went fine on both machines, but neither one will boot up. Locks
up at the first page of loading. If I did a debug boot, the 755 would try to
start, and I could get into the desktop, but then it flaked out.
I would think these boxes are fairly mature technology, and should be no
issue, but apparently not. Is there a way I can help to debug and get this
working?
Thanks,
Bob
I hope this doesn't come across as a rant, but at times ReactOS seems
to be the perfect cure for low blood pressure...
1) Does it have a working partition/format program once installed? I'm
running it as a QEMU VM. *THE INSTALL PROCESS* can take a raw virtual
drive, and create a primary partition and format it. I can't seem to
find that functionality inside the installed ReactOS. The only way I
could figure out to partition and format virtual "drive D:" was to
attach it to a linux VM boot, and run fdisk and mkfs.fat from linux
to prepare it, and exit. Then boot under ReactOS, which now sees a
partitioned and FAT-formatted drive.
2) *WHERE* is the Wine IE executable located? This is as a last resort,
but it's nice to know.
3) *WHERE* does Wine IE stash files that it downloads? There is no
indication anywhere on its menus. I can't find anything resembling
"Edit->Preferences". And while we're at it, could the people who do
ReactOS docs *PLEASE* specify that "debug.log" default directory is
C:\ReactOS. It took me a while to find it. Merely saying that there's
a "debug.log" file somewhere, in some directory on the system, is *NOT*
good enough.
4) I finally managed to turn off nagging at bootup for, "New Hardware
Wizard" has found a Bus Controller. It can't find the driver locally,
and, no I don't have a driver for it. I had to click "Cancel" on the
dialogue 3 times, because it came back after the first 2 cancels...
*EVERY TIME I BOOTED UP***.
Out of sheer desparation...
* I told it to install
* It failed and came back with the same dialogue, but with a "Don't ask
me again" checkbox, which I eagerly checked off.
* I had to repeat this 3 times. Now no more nagging from the "New
Hardware Wizard about the Bus Controller driver.
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes(a)waltdnes.org>
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Hi all;
I've ordered a machine from Dell, scheduled to arrive Feb 22, which
will be my "playground" machine, that I can fool around on, without
worrying about losing data. I don't expect the built-in network
interface to work with ReactOS, but the machine will have 3 expansion
slots. I may also be playing around with Minix 3.3 on the machine.
With that in mind, here are a few questions...
1) The Intel Pro/100 and Realtek-8139-chipset cards appear to be the
only cards supported by *BOTH* ReactOS and Minix 3.3. They're older
chipsets. Anyone know where I can order one of those cards (presumably
PCI)? Or even better, a physical store in Toronto that has them?
2) What's the best setup for multi-boot, involving ReactOS? Can ReactOS
boot another OS?
3) For a few extra dollars, I went and got the machine with 8 gigs of
RAM and a 1 terabyte drive. What's the recommended hard drive install
layout? I haven't used Windows at home for a dozen years. Back then,
I'd put the OS on C:\ and data+programs on D:\ and the swapfile on E:\
I retired in early 2011, and the workplace was using Windows XP back
then, so my Windows skills are rather rusty.
4) Does ReactOS work better with DVI or VGA video input? My LCD monitor
has both inputs, and the Dell will have both outputs.
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes(a)waltdnes.org>
