ReactOS 0.2 RC1

[Marc Schütz]

Hi, I have some serious problems with the installer in Bochs (v2.1).

I've created a 500M hd image, and started installation from the ISO-Image with 
32M ram. The installer created a partition and formatted it without any 
problems. However, the installation hangs then, usually during "Building the 
file copy list...", sometimes also later, after having copied about half of 
the files.

With 64M ram, the installation finishes successfully, but after rebooting, 
freeldr complains about missing "ntoskrnl.exe". Investigation with mtools 
shows, that during the installation the files are copied onto the harddrive 
correctly, but after the importing of the registry, they are somehow removed, 
and explorer.exe and regedit.exe appear directly in c:\reactos instead of bin 
or system32.

bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/
 Volume in drive C has no label
 Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
Directory for C:/

REACTOS      <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34  ReactOS
freeldr  sys    119296 01-15-2004  23:39
freeldr  ini       672 01-18-2004  14:39
bootsect old       512 01-18-2004  14:39
        4 files             120 480 bytes
                        402 456 576 bytes free

bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
 Volume in drive C has no label
 Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
Directory for C:/reactos

.            <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
..           <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
system32     <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
media        <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
bin          <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
        5 files                   0 bytes
                        402 456 576 bytes free

bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
 Volume in drive C has no label
 Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
Directory for C:/reactos

explorer exe    884224 01-18-2004  14:37
regedit  exe    117721 01-18-2004  14:37
        2 files           1 001 945 bytes
                        402 456 576 bytes free

Regards,
Marc Schütz

[Marc Schütz]

Update: the installation also hangs with 64M ram, but less frequently
> Hi, I have some serious problems with the installer in Bochs (v2.1).
>
> I've created a 500M hd image, and started installation from the ISO-Image
> with 32M ram. The installer created a partition and formatted it without
> any problems. However, the installation hangs then, usually during
> "Building the file copy list...", sometimes also later, after having copied
> about half of the files.
>
> With 64M ram, the installation finishes successfully, but after rebooting,
> freeldr complains about missing "ntoskrnl.exe". Investigation with mtools
> shows, that during the installation the files are copied onto the harddrive
> correctly, but after the importing of the registry, they are somehow
> removed, and explorer.exe and regedit.exe appear directly in c:\reactos
> instead of bin or system32.
>
> bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/
>  Volume in drive C has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> Directory for C:/
>
> REACTOS      <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34  ReactOS
> freeldr  sys    119296 01-15-2004  23:39
> freeldr  ini       672 01-18-2004  14:39
> bootsect old       512 01-18-2004  14:39
>         4 files             120 480 bytes
>                         402 456 576 bytes free
>
> bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
>  Volume in drive C has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> Directory for C:/reactos
>
> .            <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> ..           <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> system32     <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> media        <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> bin          <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
>         5 files                   0 bytes
>                         402 456 576 bytes free
>
> bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
>  Volume in drive C has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> Directory for C:/reactos
>
> explorer exe    884224 01-18-2004  14:37
> regedit  exe    117721 01-18-2004  14:37
>         2 files           1 001 945 bytes
>                         402 456 576 bytes free
>
> Regards,
> Marc Schütz
>
> ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general

[Casper Hornstrup]

Maybe a fat16 problem? Try a 600MB image.
> -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> Fra: [e-mail] 
> [mailto:[e-mail]] På vegne af Marc Schütz
> Sendt: 18. januar 2004 14:37
> Til: [e-mail]
> Emne: [ros-general] ReactOS 0.2 RC1
>
> Hi, I have some serious problems with the installer in Bochs (v2.1).
>
> I've created a 500M hd image, and started installation from 
> the ISO-Image with 
> 32M ram. The installer created a partition and formatted it 
> without any 
> problems. However, the installation hangs then, usually 
> during "Building the 
> file copy list...", sometimes also later, after having copied 
> about half of 
> the files.
>
> With 64M ram, the installation finishes successfully, but 
> after rebooting, 
> freeldr complains about missing "ntoskrnl.exe". Investigation 
> with mtools 
> shows, that during the installation the files are copied onto 
> the harddrive 
> correctly, but after the importing of the registry, they are 
> somehow removed, 
> and explorer.exe and regedit.exe appear directly in 
> c:\reactos instead of bin 
> or system32.
>
> bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/
>  Volume in drive C has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> Directory for C:/
>
> REACTOS      <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34  ReactOS
> freeldr  sys    119296 01-15-2004  23:39
> freeldr  ini       672 01-18-2004  14:39
> bootsect old       512 01-18-2004  14:39
>         4 files             120 480 bytes
>                         402 456 576 bytes free
>
> bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
>  Volume in drive C has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> Directory for C:/reactos
>
> .            <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> ..           <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> system32     <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> media        <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> bin          <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
>         5 files                   0 bytes
>                         402 456 576 bytes free
>
> bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
>  Volume in drive C has no label
>  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> Directory for C:/reactos
>
> explorer exe    884224 01-18-2004  14:37
> regedit  exe    117721 01-18-2004  14:37
>         2 files           1 001 945 bytes
>                         402 456 576 bytes free
>
> Regards,
> Marc Schütz
>
> ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail] 
> http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-%3E general

[Marc Schütz]

> Maybe a fat16 problem? Try a 600MB image.

No, doesn't work either.
> > -----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
> > Fra: [e-mail]
> > [mailto:[e-mail]] På vegne af Marc Schütz
> > Sendt: 18. januar 2004 14:37
> > Til: [e-mail]
> > Emne: [ros-general] ReactOS 0.2 RC1
> >
> > Hi, I have some serious problems with the installer in Bochs (v2.1).
> >
> > I've created a 500M hd image, and started installation from
> > the ISO-Image with
> > 32M ram. The installer created a partition and formatted it
> > without any
> > problems. However, the installation hangs then, usually
> > during "Building the
> > file copy list...", sometimes also later, after having copied
> > about half of
> > the files.
> >
> > With 64M ram, the installation finishes successfully, but
> > after rebooting,
> > freeldr complains about missing "ntoskrnl.exe". Investigation
> > with mtools
> > shows, that during the installation the files are copied onto
> > the harddrive
> > correctly, but after the importing of the registry, they are
> > somehow removed,
> > and explorer.exe and regedit.exe appear directly in
> > c:\reactos instead of bin
> > or system32.
> >
> > bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/
> >  Volume in drive C has no label
> >  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> > Directory for C:/
> >
> > REACTOS      <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34  ReactOS
> > freeldr  sys    119296 01-15-2004  23:39
> > freeldr  ini       672 01-18-2004  14:39
> > bootsect old       512 01-18-2004  14:39
> >         4 files             120 480 bytes
> >                         402 456 576 bytes free
> >
> > bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
> >  Volume in drive C has no label
> >  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> > Directory for C:/reactos
> >
> > .            <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> > ..           <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> > system32     <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> > media        <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> > bin          <DIR>     01-18-2004  14:34
> >         5 files                   0 bytes
> >                         402 456 576 bytes free
> >
> > bash-2.05b$ mdir c:/reactos
> >  Volume in drive C has no label
> >  Volume Serial Number is 742C-29E2
> > Directory for C:/reactos
> >
> > explorer exe    884224 01-18-2004  14:37
> > regedit  exe    117721 01-18-2004  14:37
> >         2 files           1 001 945 bytes
> >                         402 456 576 bytes free
> >
> > Regards,
> > Marc Schütz
> >
> > ros-general mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-%3E general
>
> ros-general mailing list
> [e-mail]
> http://reactos.com/mailman/listinfo/ros-general