[ros-dev] install problem

[reactos testing]

Hartmut Birr wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> since some time, I'm not able to install ReactOS on real hardware. 
> Freeldr fails at the first boot after the second stage setup. The error 
> message is 'Couldn't open CodePage registry key'. I've add some debug 
> messages to freeldr. Freeldr isn't able to open the key 
> '\Registry\Machine\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet'. If I rename umpnpmgr.exe 
> between usetup and the second stage setup, ReactOS boots without any 
> problems. If I rename umpnpmgr.exe back, ReactOS fails on the second 
> boot with umpnpmgr.exe.
> 
> - Hartmut
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In fact i think it's a problem in freeldr. If i change the keyboard / 
regional setting during initial setup, freeldr gives an error message on 
each following boot. :-(

So, changing the keyboard layout via the settings is NOT working. You 
can end the blocking problem by recopying the original (the unchanged 
from before the setup) registry files into /reactos/system32/config

There are 2 solutions for having a regionalized keyboard:
- a complicate one, you change the default codepage in the sources of 
the initial registry parameters (i don0t remember exactly where because 
i have blocking compile problems on reactos since 6 weeks)

- a "quick and dirty" but 100% functional one:
you simply copy your favorite keyboard layout "kbd????.dll" onto 
"kdbus.dll"... :-)
This is now my favorite solution because it does not force me to compile 
reactos myself.