RE: [ros-general] List of compatable programs

[Murphy, Ged (Bolton)]

Curtis Spivey wrote
 
>   I'm new to the list.  But have great interest in
> this OS.  Has someone
>  started a list of compatible software that can run under ReactOS?  
It's difficult to keep a list as working software comes and goes as new
features are added and bugs are introduced, identified and fixed. Most basic
software runs though, and even more complex software like OpenOffice.Org.

Your best bet is to try it out.

>   I've been trying to get PCStudy Bible to run under
> Wine and with
>  Codeweaver and it's a no-go.  And Tax time is right around the corner,
>  so I'm thinking about TurboTax.  I'm currently running SuSE 9.3 
As a general rule, if something doesn't run under Wine, it most likely won't
run under ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
works.



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[Curtis Spivey]

>  
>  As a general rule, if something doesn't run under Wine, it most likely won't
>  run under ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
>  working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
>  works.
>  
That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for several months now.  I
hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just
not the quality application that I'm looking for.
I have windows ME installed on a partition but I have been unable to
get it to boot.

--
Curtis
Nampa, Idaho
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[Nate DeSimone]

If you still have the Windows ME install CD, or if it came with your 
computer the recovory CD, then you can install Windows ME in something 
like VMware ($200) or QEMU (free) and use your windows desktop directly 
from linux.

Curtis Spivey wrote:

> >  As a general
> > rule, if something doesn't run under Wine, it most likely won't
> > run under ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
> > working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
> > works.
> >
> >     
> >  
> That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for several months now.  I
> hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
> hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just
> not the quality application that I'm looking for.
> I have windows ME installed on a partition but I have been unable to
> get it to boot.
>
> --
> Curtis
> Nampa, Idaho
> http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191
>
> _______________________________________________
> ros-general mailing list
> ros-general(a)reactos.org
> http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>
>
>   
>

[Devin Smith]

Or VMWare Player :) (free)

On 12/6/05, Nate DeSimone <desimn(a)rpi.edu> wrote:
>  
>  If you still have the Windows ME install CD, or if it came with your
>  computer the recovory CD, then you can install Windows ME in something
>  like VMware ($200) or QEMU (free) and use your windows desktop directly
>  from linux.
>
>  Curtis Spivey wrote:
>
> >  >As a general rule, if something doesn't
> > run under Wine, it most likely 
>  won't
> > >  run under
> > > ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
> > > working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
> > > works.
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for several months now.  I
> > hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
> > hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just
> > not the quality application that I'm looking for.
> > I have windows ME installed on a partition but I have been unable to
> > get it to boot.
> >
> > --
> > Curtis
> > Nampa, Idaho
> > http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ros-general mailing list
> > ros-general(a)reactos.org
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> >
> >
> >
> >  
>
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>  ros-general(a)reactos.org
>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>

[Curtis Spivey]

I tried that, but I just can't get it to boot.  Even with Vmware. 
Actually all I have is the Windows ME upgrade CD.  And it doesn't boot
from the CD.  And for some odd reason I can't get my floppy drive to
boot or I'd reinstall it.

On 12/6/05, Nate DeSimone <desimn(a)rpi.edu> wrote:
>   If you still have the Windows ME install CD, or if it
> came with your
>  computer the recovory CD, then you can install Windows ME in something
>  like VMware ($200) or QEMU (free) and use your windows desktop directly
>  from linux.
>
>  Curtis Spivey wrote:
>
> > >  As a
> > > general rule, if something doesn't run under Wine, it most likely won't
> > > run under ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
> > > working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
> > > works.
> > >
> > >
> > >  
> > That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for several months now.  I
> > hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
> > hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just
> > not the quality application that I'm looking for.
> > I have windows ME installed on a partition but I have been unable to
> > get it to boot.
> >
> > --
> > Curtis
> > Nampa, Idaho
> > http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > ros-general mailing list
> > ros-general(a)reactos.org
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> >
> >
> >
> >  
>
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[Nate DeSimone]

Take a DOS boot floppy image and copy your Windows ME cd to a cd with 
the DOS floppy image setup as a boot cd.  Or use a DOS boot cd like 
freedos to boot and then install.



Curtis Spivey wrote:

>  I tried that, but I just can't get it to boot. 
> Even with Vmware. 
> Actually all I have is the Windows ME upgrade CD.  And it doesn't boot
> from the CD.  And for some odd reason I can't get my floppy drive to
> boot or I'd reinstall it.
>
> On 12/6/05, Nate DeSimone <desimn(a)rpi.edu> wrote:
>   
>
> >  If you still have the Windows ME install CD, or if
> > it came with your
> > computer the recovory CD, then you can install Windows ME in something
> > like VMware ($200) or QEMU (free) and use your windows desktop directly
> > from linux.
> >
> > Curtis Spivey wrote:
> >
> >     
> >
> > > >  As a
> > > > general rule, if something doesn't run under Wine, it most likely won't
> > > > run under ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
> > > > working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
> > > > works.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > >  
> > > That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for several months now.  I
> > > hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
> > > hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just
> > > not the quality application that I'm looking for.
> > > I have windows ME installed on a partition but I have been unable to
> > > get it to boot.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Curtis
> > > Nampa, Idaho
> > > http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191
> > >
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > ros-general mailing list
> > > ros-general(a)reactos.org
> > > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >       
> > >  
> > _______________________________________________
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> > ros-general(a)reactos.org
> > http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
> >
> >     
> >  
>
> --
> Curtis
> Nampa, Idaho
> http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191
>
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>
>
>   
>

[Curtis Spivey]

On 12/6/05, Nate DeSimone <desimn(a)rpi.edu> wrote:
>   Take a DOS boot floppy image and copy your Windows ME
> cd to a cd with
>  the DOS floppy image setup as a boot cd.  Or use a DOS boot cd like
>  freedos to boot and then install.
>
>
>  
I went to Freedos and downloaded the file but I have no idea how to
get the image into an iso form that I can burn to a CDR.  I've read
all the documentation.  And I'm at a loss.

--
Curtis
Nampa, Idaho
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[Bernd Blaauw]

Curtis Spivey schreef:
>   On 12/6/05, Nate DeSimone <desimn(a)rpi.edu>
> wrote:
>    
>  I went to Freedos and downloaded the file but I have no idea how to
>  get the image into an iso form that I can burn to a CDR.  I've read
>  all the documentation.  And I'm at a loss.
>     
www.bootdisk.com has bootdisks for WinME.
FreeDOS has *.img bootdisk files (use WinImage for example, or DD) and 
ISO files,
which can be written as a CD using any cd writer program (cdrecord, 
Nero, K3b etc..)

Bernd

[Curtis Spivey]

On 12/6/05, Bernd Blaauw <bblaauw(a)home.nl> wrote:
>   Curtis Spivey schreef:
> >   On 12/6/05, Nate DeSimone <desimn(a)rpi.edu>
> > wrote:
> >
> >  I went to Freedos and downloaded the file but I have no idea how to
> >  get the image into an iso form that I can burn to a CDR.  I've read
> >  all the documentation.  And I'm at a loss.
> >  
>  www.bootdisk.com has bootdisks for WinME.
>  FreeDOS has *.img bootdisk files (use WinImage for example, or DD) and
>  ISO files,
>  which can be written as a CD using any cd writer program (cdrecord,
>  Nero, K3b etc..)
>
>  Bernd
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>  http://www.reactos.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-general
>  
I would like to get an ISO image to write but I've yet to figure out
how to get it into an image file to burn.  I downloaded the FDOEMCD
file from Freedos and tried to follow the instructions.  But, I think
the intructions are written to be run under a windows operating
system.  SuSe won't create the iso image with a "bat" file.

--
Curtis
Nampa, Idaho
http://pcs.freepay.com/?r=24984191

[Ralph Shumaker]

Curtis Spivey wrote:

>  I would like to get an ISO image to write but I've
> yet to figure out
> how to get it into an image file to burn.  I downloaded the FDOEMCD
> file from Freedos and tried to follow the instructions.  But, I think
> the intructions are written to be run under a windows operating
> system.  SuSe won't create the iso image with a "bat" file.
>   
>  
If FDOEMCD is a floppy image, use:

dd if=/path/to/downloaded/file/FDOEMCD of=/dev/fd0

[Ralph Shumaker]

Curtis Spivey wrote:

>  I tried that, but I just can't get it to boot. 
> Even with Vmware. 
> Actually all I have is the Windows ME upgrade CD.  And it doesn't boot
> from the CD.  And for some odd reason I can't get my floppy drive to
> boot or I'd reinstall it.
>   
>  
If the floppy drive is working, try this in grub:

title Just boot from the damn floppy!
        hide (hd0,0)          <--- This is so that wHinders won't try to 
view what's there
        hide (hd0,1)          <--- This is so that wHinders won't try to 
view what's there
        hide (hd1,0)          <--- This is so that I can install 
wHinders on the second partion
        map (hd0) (hd1)       <--- What WAS hda becomes hde (hda & hde 
on MY system)
        map (hd1) (hd0)       <--- What WAS hde becomes hda (may be 
different on yours)
        rootnoverify (fd0)
        chainloader +1
        boot

I don't know if "hide" needs to come before or after "map".  If it
needs 
to come after "map", I may have to switch (hd0,1) to (hd1,1).  I don't 
know if the remapping affects grub's references.  My guess is that it 
does not because then how would the second "map" know which hd1 to map 
to hd0?  In other words, whether "hide" needs to come before or after 
"map", I think that the reference (hd1,0) does NOT need to change.

However, be warned that the installation of wHinders may overwrite 
grub's MBR (it did it to me when I did it).  You may want to use "dd" to 
copy the MBR to another location.  Then you can just use "dd" to copy it 
back later.  You can use grub to set it back up, but it's a bit of a PITA.

[Ulrikhe Lukoie]

<hi>

>   That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for
> several months now.  I
>  hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
>  hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just 
BibleQuote and BibleWorks have to work well!

</hi>

[Ralph Shumaker]

Curtis Spivey wrote:

> >  As a general
> > rule, if something doesn't run under Wine, it most likely won't
> > run under ReactOS at the moment. This will change though, the list of
> > working software is growing and will continue to do so until everything
> > works.
> >
> >     
> >  
> That's too bad.  I haven't used Windoze for several months now.  I
> hoped to never use it again.  I do really miss my Bible software.  I
> hate to throw $500 out the window.  I've used Bibletime, but it's just
> not the quality application that I'm looking for.
> I have windows ME installed on a partition but I have been unable to
> get it to boot.
>   
>  
Well M$ wHinders does not like to be second.  Not one bit!  If it is 
anywhere but the first primary partition, you will have to tell grub to 
hide the partitions that come before it.  Assuming this is the first 
hard drive in your system, and that wHindersME is on the second partion, 
insert into /boot/grub/grub.conf a line that goes "hide (hd0,0)" before 
the lines that hand the booting off to wHindersME.  Also, make the 
wHindersME partition the active boot partition.  But be sure to unhide 
the hidden partitions during subsequent boots.  If wHindersME is not on 
the first physical drive, it will be necessary to swap drives.  You can 
do that physically, or just tell grub to do it.  Here's an example of 
two of the entries in my grub.conf:

title M$ wHinders 95 (hde1)
#       if hde is the second physical HDD, it is hd1 in grub
        unhide (hd1,0)        <--- This gets hidden by another boot
        map (hd0) (hd1)       <--- These two lines tell grub to swap the
        map (hd1) (hd0)             first two physical HD's in BIOS' report
        rootnoverify (hd1,0)  <--- This is necessary to boot M$ wHinders
        chainloader +1        <--- This tells grub to read 1st sector 
(of hda2)
        boot                  <--- This tells grub, "OK, let her rip."
title M$ wHinders 98 (hda2)
        hide (hd0,0)          <--- This hides hda1
        unhide (hd0,1)        <--- This ensures that hda2 is UNhidden
        unhide (hd1,0)        <--- This gets hidden by another boot
        unhide (hd2,0)        <--- As does this
        rootnoverify (hd0,1)  <--- This is necessary to boot M$ wHinders
        chainloader +1        <--- This tells grub to read 1st sector 
(of hda2)
        makeactive            <--- This activates the boot flag of hda2
        boot                  <--- This tells grub, "OK, let her rip."