Re: [Freedos-user] ReactOS -- take care
On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:49, Tom Lee Mullins wrote: Eric Twose wrote: Hi, Someone mentioned ReactOS here a short while ago. I downloaded it, installed it on a spare machine ... and ran into trouble, though in the end no harm was done. I had Win98 on the c:\ drive and installed ReactOS on d:\, allowing Freeloader to alter the boot sector, rather than boot Freeloader from a floppy. ReactOS booted up ok, but I was then left without a keyboard and without a mouse and I couldn't get back into DOS or Windows, except by using a Windows rescue disk. It didn't like the bootsect.dos it had created. Freeldr.ini looked ok. In the end, A:SYS C: was the only way I could see of getting back to square one. Having said that, ReactOS does look impressive. Best wishes, Eric. --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user IIRC - ReactOS does have a mail list. Several actually. www.reactos.com is where you find the details. DOS hackers could make a contribution as well - ReactOS is intended to have a DOS subsystem, and anyone who wants to contribute in that way would be welcome. What version of ReactOS are you using? Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish - Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people. --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] ReactOS -- take care
Tom wrote: IIRC - ReactOS does have a mail list. Yes, I'll direct my attention there, but I thought it was worth a mention here. What version of ReactOS are you using? I'm using the latest release: 0.2.28. BTW, the keyboard is a standard uk keyboard, not usb, and I could use it in the opening reactos config wizard, but not once I got to the desktop. I thought my serial genius easymouse pro might be a problem, though I've had it working elsewhere using cutemouse. I'll save the rest for the ReactOS list, rather than burden you here. Thanks a lot. Best wishes, Eric Twose. --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] ReactOS -- take care
Eric Twose wrote: Hi, Someone mentioned ReactOS here a short while ago. I downloaded it, installed it on a spare machine ... and ran into trouble, though in the end no harm was done. I had Win98 on the c:\ drive and installed ReactOS on d:\, allowing Freeloader to alter the boot sector, rather than boot Freeloader from a floppy. ReactOS booted up ok, but I was then left without a keyboard and without a mouse and I couldn't get back into DOS or Windows, except by using a Windows rescue disk. It didn't like the bootsect.dos it had created. Freeldr.ini looked ok. In the end, A:SYS C: was the only way I could see of getting back to square one. Having said that, ReactOS does look impressive. Best wishes, Eric. --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user IIRC - ReactOS does have a mail list. What version of ReactOS are you using? -- TomLeeM / BigWarpGuy * * * * * * * * OS2eCS.org Director of Communications * * * * * OS/2 Warp - eComStation Org * * * * * * * * http://www.os2ecs.org * * * * * * * * * Supporting Past OS/2 Uers and Future eCS Users * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * --- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42 plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
