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
On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 03:04:23PM -0500, Bob Puff wrote
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?
Me too! A 2008 Dell Inspiron 530, 2.4 mhz E4600 Core Duoconroe with 3 gigabytes of ram is not exactly bleeding edge tech. A QEMU VM with these specs works just fine. I tried both the 0.4.0 release and the latest trunk build. Both install CDs generally freeze at the first step, the language selection screen. If I pound away at the {ENTER} key before the language screen comes up, it does get to the "Press ENTER to install ReactOS" screen. But then it freezes there.
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