No install of ReactOS 0.4 on real hardware

[Bob Puff]

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.

-- 
Walter Dnes <waltdnes(a)waltdnes.org>