[ros-dev] Please tell me

[Bernd Blaauw]

Op 25-10-2010 16:09, Fan Zhang schreef:
> Thanks. But I don't know if i run ReactOS, how could I replace the 
> kernel file, such as ntoskrl.exe ?

So basicly running a ReactOS installation with RosBE installed as 
application, sources downloaded and modified, and then you want a way to 
update files from this ReactOS installation itself?
As long as ReactOS installs only on FAT filesystem, I guess you could 
use a DOS bootdisk/installation to overwrite any files. It's not 
entirely convenient.

Is there basicly a set of lists of ReactOS files for the following:
* which ReactOS files can be overwritten by a new file while you're 
still running in ReactOS? .inf files? small games like solitaire?
* which ReactOS files can be overwritten, but require a reboot to be 
properly noticed? some drivers perhaps?
* which ReactOS files require you to be outside of ReactOS in order to 
replace them? ntoskrnl comes to mind, explorer I guess

All in all, mr Fan Zhang might be asking for some kind of update 
mechanism. If you had an old machine which you run ReactOS on, together 
with same casual data (audio files perhaps), do you need to reformat the 
disk to update ReactOS? or only remove the installation directory? or 
pick a different installation directory? or same directory? After all, 
you don't want to lose any user data.