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In reply to reactosfan and other complaints...
Of course real hardware is aimed to in the future.
However, RIGHT NOW ReactOS is not very stable and functional on real hardware, and thus I recommend trying it on a VM. If you are interested in extra crashes, hardware issues and a bunch of other problems, then by all means, run it on real hardware.
The reason for hard are timing issues, stubbed HAL functions, poor driver support etc. In my opinion, only developers and advanced testers should try ReactOS on real hardware as of now.
Of course real hardware is aimed to in the future.
However, RIGHT NOW ReactOS is not very stable and functional on real hardware, and thus I recommend trying it on a VM. If you are interested in extra crashes, hardware issues and a bunch of other problems, then by all means, run it on real hardware.
The reason for hard are timing issues, stubbed HAL functions, poor driver support etc. In my opinion, only developers and advanced testers should try ReactOS on real hardware as of now.
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stephan100
To my opinion the project is at a poit were they could deliver alpha versions for real hardware. I testet every version since 0.26 or 7 on real hardware if it was possible. Therefore I know exactly what run on my dell optiplex gx1 550plus with 250 MHz Ram. I only use this desktop for reactos. And I do have a network card plugged in that works (realtech chipset, normal dell on motherboard is not supported jet). So please tell me not "it my not work on some hardware".
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING!
And I do like to run reactOS on real hardware - not on VM. And I find it fair if the ps/2 bug is still present to mention it for not to blame testers. For me it is ok to have a version (0.34) it cannot be installed on real hardware - but the developers should be able to tell it. That makes much more sense than to say nothing about it. And by the way this bug has to be found sometime or the reactOS stays as helpful like wine.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I AM DOING!
And I do like to run reactOS on real hardware - not on VM. And I find it fair if the ps/2 bug is still present to mention it for not to blame testers. For me it is ok to have a version (0.34) it cannot be installed on real hardware - but the developers should be able to tell it. That makes much more sense than to say nothing about it. And by the way this bug has to be found sometime or the reactOS stays as helpful like wine.
Awesome news!
@Stephen
I don't think anyone is seriously trying to run ROS for production uses on real hardware, rosfan etc are testing . On top of that this is an opensource project and the feedback to be got from the general userbase is one of it's most valuable commodities, lacking teams of testers but having a strong enthusiast following. Taking that away at any stage and restricting any area of testing to "developers and advanced testers" is at once insulting and damaging, running against the Open development grain.
I know you're trying to be helpful, but you should also know that, chances are people who mentioned perfectly legitimate regressions from earlier functionality were also trying to be helpful.
Afterall ,if they really find a use for reactos on real hardware, and earlier releases work better, then they can still use those can't they?
@all
Bugs go in bugzilla! k? 8) cool
@Stephen
I don't think anyone is seriously trying to run ROS for production uses on real hardware, rosfan etc are testing . On top of that this is an opensource project and the feedback to be got from the general userbase is one of it's most valuable commodities, lacking teams of testers but having a strong enthusiast following. Taking that away at any stage and restricting any area of testing to "developers and advanced testers" is at once insulting and damaging, running against the Open development grain.
I know you're trying to be helpful, but you should also know that, chances are people who mentioned perfectly legitimate regressions from earlier functionality were also trying to be helpful.
Afterall ,if they really find a use for reactos on real hardware, and earlier releases work better, then they can still use those can't they?
@all
Bugs go in bugzilla! k? 8) cool
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I finally tested it and I must say that I was very impressed. It seems that it is MUCH more stable than before. I used it for about an hour, so I got a few blue screens, but less than before and I was always able to reboot it after it crashed. In previous versions, after a crash, often reactos became corrupted so I needed to reinstall it.
The only thing that did not work was diablo 2. I was able to install it (but I did not download it with downloder though), and I installed the glide wrapper.
But when I clicked on the diable icon, nothing happened.
Too bad, I will test it in 0.3.5
The only thing that did not work was diablo 2. I was able to install it (but I did not download it with downloder though), and I installed the glide wrapper.
But when I clicked on the diable icon, nothing happened.
Too bad, I will test it in 0.3.5
Hopefully ReactOS will be as good as Diablo II which is still a joy to play.cmoibenlepro wrote: The only thing that did not work was diablo 2. I was able to install it (but I did not download it with downloder though), and I installed the glide wrapper.
But when I clicked on the diable icon, nothing happened.
Too bad, I will test it in 0.3.5
In this regard many thanks in advance to our devs!
@cppm
Thanks for your reply. I realise that my didn't quite say what I meant, nor was it very nice.
What I really meant was: If you want to run ReactOS on hardware, then please post useful information on bugzilla whenever problems occur. If you don't want to fight hardware problems and want to see what ReactOS is capable of, then I strongly suggest using a VM instead.
Also. "Advanced testers" meant tester who can provide useful debug information. It can be a bit complicated to get debug output from hardware, and that is where the "advanced" was meant. I should have specified that..
@reactosfan
Thanks for testing on real hardware and please post about any hardware related regression/problem you find on bugzilla.
Thanks for your reply. I realise that my didn't quite say what I meant, nor was it very nice.
What I really meant was: If you want to run ReactOS on hardware, then please post useful information on bugzilla whenever problems occur. If you don't want to fight hardware problems and want to see what ReactOS is capable of, then I strongly suggest using a VM instead.
Also. "Advanced testers" meant tester who can provide useful debug information. It can be a bit complicated to get debug output from hardware, and that is where the "advanced" was meant. I should have specified that..
@reactosfan
Thanks for testing on real hardware and please post about any hardware related regression/problem you find on bugzilla.
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Unable to load ReactOS on my hardware
Firstly I must say that all compliments, allocades to the ReacOs development team and to any body else who has had input to thids project. Hats off to yo guys, you have so far sweated blood and tears to get to this point 0.3.4. I have tried various methods of loading this OS on to my ReactOS test machine, but I have not been successfull. I have read thru most of thses posts and I see others have the same problem! I must say I am a bit dissapointed in some of the replies because as far as I am concerned I want to test this on hardware, nothing else. This may be a alpha release but we are now travelling by version 0.3.4 and to say that there could still be a KB/Mouse bug makes me wonder. These are the basics, you nee a keyboard, you need a mouse, again I stress that by now we should be loading on test hardware. Version 0.3.3 loads perfectly allthough my mouse does freeze at times and I need to reboot. At present I can see as soon as the keyboard files wany to load my monitor goes black, should I press any key after this I get the language selection and then my system hamgs! I see some developers are getting hot under the coller but this should be read as constructive criticium. I am essecially waiting for a stable rlease which I am going to load onto a network system, so that I can test and see if I can get the various Bank software to work with ReactOS. Enough said!
Regards
Kiefmumate
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