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Installation problem
by itsupport＠adelphia.net 19 Jan '06

19 Jan '06

I recently discovered ReactOS and I like it very, very much. However, I am having installation problems from the "Install CD". I thought it was a bad burn to CDR, so I made a second copy, but the same problem occurred. I thought that ReactOS might have a problem with the hardware, so I tried a different computer but the same problem occurred. The problem is that the installation halts around 36% when copying files. When the installation stops, the screen looks like this: http://www.reactos.org/media/screenshots/2005/tour/install_03.jpg Then, I tried the LIVE CD and it worked very well. I was very impressed and pleased with the LIVE CD so I'm very interested in getting the INSTALL CD to work. Did anyone report a "halting/freezing" problem with the installation? What are your thoughts? Thank you, Steve

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Hardware Screen Shot
by James Tabor 16 Jan '06

16 Jan '06

Hi all, Filips patch still works! Just add the lib/user32/windows/defwnd.c part. Thanks, James

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Re: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT
by Magnus Olsen 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

The patnet of vfat have been rejected 2004 http://www.pubpat.org/Protecting.htm#FAT%20PATENT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Murphy, Ged (Bolton)" <MurphyG(a)cmpbatteries.co.uk> To: "'ReactOS Development List'" <ros-dev(a)reactos.org> Sent: den 11 January 2006 13:48 Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT > Ge van Geldorp wrote: > > > AFAIK, it is about storing both a long and a short filename > > for the same > > file in the same directory. > > > > GvG > > Do we really need the ability to store short file names? > Can we not just remove that feature entirely? > > Ged. > > ************************************************************************ > The information contained in this message or any of its > attachments is confidential and is intended for the exclusive > use of the addressee. The information may also be legally > privileged. The views expressed may not be company policy, > but the personal views of the originator. If you are not the > addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other > dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. > If you have received this message in error, please contact > postmaster(a)exideuk.co.uk > <mailto:postmaster@exideuk.co.uk> and then delete this message. > > Exide Technologies is an industrial and transportation battery > producer and recycler with operations in 89 countries. > Further information can be found at www.exide.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev(a)reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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Re: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT
by Magnus Olsen 11 Jan '06

11 Jan '06

Patent on FATit is not affcetc us, if i rember right the paten is invaild. and ms did say from beginer any one have right to use VFAT as I recall ----- Original Message ----- From: Murphy, Ged (Bolton) To: 'ros-dev(a)reactos.org' Sent: den 11 January 2006 12:18 Subject: [ros-dev] Patent on FAT I'm reading reports of a US patent on FAT. What's going on and how will this effect us? The US patent rules are seriously out of control :( Ged ************************************************************************ The information contained in this message or any of its attachments is confidential and is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. The views expressed may not be company policy, but the personal views of the originator. If you are not the addressee, any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other dissemination or use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact postmaster(a)exideuk.co.uk <mailto:postmaster@exideuk.co.uk> and then delete this message. Exide Technologies is an industrial and transportation battery producer and recycler with operations in 89 countries. Further information can be found at www.exide.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Ros-dev mailing list Ros-dev(a)reactos.org http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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Re: [ros-general] ROS on the $100 Laptop?
by Uwe.Borchert＠gmx.de 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

** Reply to note from David Hinz <post.center(a)gmail.com> Sat, 07 Jan 2006 20:36:55 +0100 Hi, ..[...]... > They need a slim and reliable OS, not something fat that does > everything Windows XP does. That's right. But that's a fact for 99% office users. > And which OS could be used for this laptop? Windows is to big, Unstable, expensive ... > linux is big, but could be made smaller (a lot of work). See Damn Small Linux, delilinux, puppy-linux and so on. > I don't know how these people think about us, but I think we could at > least ask them, it's worth a try. > I use OS/2 Warp 3 and 4 for aged PCs. It works fine, is reliable, stable and fast. Typesetting with VTeX (Micropress) and lout (3.29), easy drawings with PMDraw (EWS from 1992) and I am able to create semi-professionel printwork. More about this typewriter deluxe (only in german): http://www.uwe-borchert.de/ CPU : Intel P166, IBM/Cyrix 686 PR166+ or higher ... clocked less then 200 MHz (from 133 to 166 MHz) and reduced core voltage to keep thermal stability with passiv cooling, to lower the energy consumtion and the noise ... RAM : from 64 to 128 MB others : mainly GA586** Mainboards, CD-Burner, cheap RTL8130 ethernet, old graphic adaptors with S3 or Matrox chips ... I hope that reactos will become the next alternativ OS, Linux is still not realy useable for my kind of work. I use and test linux since 10 years, but at the begining there was a lack of apps, and now there is a lack of cheap(est) Hardware. OS/2 is not free. Reactos can solve all problems!(?) Btw: DSL and Knoppix do not boot on any(?) AMD-K5 and IBM/Cyrix 686 systems. You need a 100% Intel compatible CPU. Intel Pentium classic, Celeron, AMD-K6-II should work. But a big number of the faster CPUs need to much power. So you need fans, get more noise, another part to collapse ... :-( MfG (Mit freundlichen Gruessen/with friendly greetings) -- Uwe Borchert EMail: Uwe.Borchert(a)gmx.de Welfenstr. 30 76137 Karlsruhe Tel: (+721) 82 00 188

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ROS on the $100 Laptop?
by Tom Lee Mullins 08 Jan '06

08 Jan '06

http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ I sent them an e-mail about using ReactOS on their $100 laptop. It could run Win programs (probably more needed by students). laptop @ media . mit . edu Could ROS be a viable alternative to using Linux? -- TomLeeM / BigWarpGuy * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Director of Communications - * - Linkmaster * * * * OS/2 Warp - eComStation Org * * OS/2 World * * * * http://www.os2ecs.org * * http://www.os2world.com * * * * Supporting Past OS/2 Uers and Future eCS Users * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

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Project Status Report
by Steven Edwards 05 Jan '06

05 Jan '06

Hi, So here is the first in what I hope to be quarterly reports. In future reports I will provide more detail such as charts and graphs if I feel so inclined. Depending on how much goes on in a period we may make it every 6 months instead of every 3 months. Basically this report just covers what has gone on during the 0.2.x development and where we plan on going. Developers that I spoke with in private or that I have worked with are listed here as to the project I know you have or are working on. If your not listed please add yourself to http://www.reactos.org/wiki/index.php/People_of_ReactOS Also could someone convert this from Microsoft Word to OpenOffice and or PDF and check the formatting of the doc? I lack good artistic skill so feel free to make corrections before spamming it anywhere. I think I spelled all the names right. Sorry if I left off any accent. Also as a final note if I left of your project or did not give it the coverage you feel it deserves do not take it personal. We are working on a massive project and I have not even talked to all of the people with commit access let alone know all of the things people are working on. I have tried to keep the information here as general as possible except where I feel that the public may have interest. Thanks -- Steven Edwards - ReactOS and Wine developer "There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come." - Victor Hugo

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Re: [ros-dev] Optimization Proposal
by Magnus Olsen 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

-Oz does not optimze loop like remove calc from loop that can done outside and other nice stuff.. it feal -Oz is slower that -O3. I use -O3 in DBG=1 and standard setting for DBG=0 it feal that release build being slower that DBG=1 with -O3. The O3 slight produst lite biger exe files. but alot better optimze for speed that -Oz. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Weidenmueller" <w3seek(a)reactos.com> To: "ReactOS Development List" <ros-dev(a)reactos.org> Sent: den 4 January 2006 14:43 Subject: Re: [ros-dev] Optimization Proposal > Royce Mitchell III wrote: > > I read somewhere that sometimes "optimized for size" is actually faster > > than "optimized for speed" in modern processors. > > Generally that's true. But I don't know if there's a noticeable > difference in ReactOS ;) > > - Thomas > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev(a)reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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Re: [ros-dev] Optimization Proposal
by Magnus Olsen 04 Jan '06

04 Jan '06

Why not have threelevel of DBG 0 = DBG off 1 = as now 2 = -O2 with debug on. and release build should change from -Oz to -O3 to gain more speed. the size is not a issue make it faster. if the exe file are large or smaller- the large one can be faster that the small one. That is what I think ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ge van Geldorp" <gvg(a)reactos.org> To: "'ReactOS Development List'" <ros-dev(a)reactos.org> Sent: den 4 January 2006 09:35 Subject: RE: [ros-dev] Optimization Proposal > > - -O2 means easier debugging. This point is really important > > because until I realized how true it was, I didn't want to > > bring this up. Here is a pseudo(but real) disassembly of > > something I've seen in my dbg = 1 kernel binary while debugging: > > ... Lots of code > > > This is how it looks with -O2 > > ... Far less code > > > I hope we can all agree on which one of these is readable. > > For me the most readable is the source form, not the disassembly. Compiling > with optimization turned on means the correspondence between source and > object forms is often broken, making tracing hard. Local variables are often > kept in registers instead of on the stack and are much harder to inspect. > > Since I seem to be just about the only one using a source-level debugger (I > really cannot understand how the rest of you can live without it, but that's > just my opinion <g>) I don't want to block the switch to -O2, but please > create an easy way to switch it off. > > GvG > > _______________________________________________ > Ros-dev mailing list > Ros-dev(a)reactos.org > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-dev

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RE: [ros-dev] Happy New Year!
by Sylvain Petreolle 02 Jan '06

02 Jan '06

Happy New Year Casper & Happy New Year People ! --- Casper Hornstrup <ch(a)csh-consult.dk> a écrit : > Happy New Year to you all! > Kind regards, Sylvain Petreolle (aka Usurp) --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- Tired of a proprietary Windows on your computer ? Use free ReactOS instead ( http://www.reactos.org )

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