[ros-dev] install problem

[michael at fritscher.net]

I sometimes have this problem too, I alsways "install" ros with make
install->skipping the first stage setup. Checkdisk+ recopying helped me...

> 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.
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