Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
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Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
Hi,
I have been redirrected to the forum from JIRA, to ask about how to make ReactOS 0.0.17 works in a version of XP i have in VMWare, here is the screenshot https://imgur.com/a/gadd9
In fact i want to make a tutorial (i don't know if it's the right channel to discuss this here)
Thank you for taking time to answer
be sure it's not urgent but a tutorial that i want to make on my yt channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMkQ8_X ... 96bgylvN4t
Best regards
I have been redirrected to the forum from JIRA, to ask about how to make ReactOS 0.0.17 works in a version of XP i have in VMWare, here is the screenshot https://imgur.com/a/gadd9
In fact i want to make a tutorial (i don't know if it's the right channel to discuss this here)
Thank you for taking time to answer
be sure it's not urgent but a tutorial that i want to make on my yt channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMkQ8_X ... 96bgylvN4t
Best regards
Last edited by claude.lebrun on Wed Oct 04, 2017 3:56 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
ReactOS is 0.4.6.
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Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
I remember that the early versions of ReactOS were installed into an existing Windows OS. I installed it into Windows 95 and it installed to C:\reactos. The installation created a boot floppy to run it instead of the installed Windows OS. If the boot floppy was in the drive, you booted into ReactOS, but if the boot floppy was not in the drive, then the computer booted into the installed Windows OS.claude.lebrun wrote:Hi,
I have been redirected to the forum from JIRA, to ask about how to make ReactOS 0.0.17 work in a version of XP I have in VMWare
So you will have to acquire a copy of Windows 9x to install into your VM, then you can install ReactOS into the Windows 9x. I am not 100% sure now how you ran the installation, I think it must have run as a normal execute within Windows 9x and you created a boot floppy to boot it instead of Windows (as stated above).
Is this of any help to you?
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Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
Yes very good, so the version is more likely to work with Win 95 excellent i have to test it to see how it's going
Of course i've openend an issue on JIRA about the boot.asm that asks for the floppy disk (see here https://imgur.com/a/Opmab) if we can continue the discussion about it here it would be nice (i've created a repo for this subject on github https://github.com/claudelebrun/xOS) perhaps it should be better to open a thread specially for this other case
anyway, the more important to me is to have something on youtube to explain what i am doing (am working on it)
Thank you very much
@dizt3mp3r 0.4.6 is also something i am working on
Of course i've openend an issue on JIRA about the boot.asm that asks for the floppy disk (see here https://imgur.com/a/Opmab) if we can continue the discussion about it here it would be nice (i've created a repo for this subject on github https://github.com/claudelebrun/xOS) perhaps it should be better to open a thread specially for this other case
anyway, the more important to me is to have something on youtube to explain what i am doing (am working on it)
Thank you very much
@dizt3mp3r 0.4.6 is also something i am working on
Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
Please do not expect much help from me, I am only a user and abuser of operating systems; I am no developer! And do not expect much of the early versions of ReactOS; all you are going to see, is a blue screen (blue.sys) and some text on screen. The text was much smaller than you get with DOS and it impressed me at the time.claude.lebrun wrote:........... if we can continue the discussion about it here it would be nice ............
There were a few test apps; the two that I remember were, helloworld.exe and winhelloworld.exe.
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The layman's guides - debugging - bug reporting - compiling - ISO remaster.
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Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
thank you @oldman i hope i'll be making it work again and make a tutorial for that so i am searching for an image of win95 for now
keep in touch
keep in touch
Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
I have now down loaded release 0.0.17 and unpacked it; I do not now recognise it! It looks like that you unpack it to C: and then run C:\reactos\boot.bat.
I have had a thought, why not run it from DOS!
I have an old computer that is running Windows ME, so I think I will copy the reactos folder to it's C: drive and see what boot.bat does.
I have had a thought, why not run it from DOS!
I have an old computer that is running Windows ME, so I think I will copy the reactos folder to it's C: drive and see what boot.bat does.
Please keep the Windows classic 9x/2000 look and feel.
The layman's guides - debugging - bug reporting - compiling - ISO remaster.
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Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
that's excellent testing i am still searching for a version of win95, nothing yet in fact boot.bat does that link i've shared when we compile it
Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
I have tried to run boot.bat in Windows ME, but it says that it needs to be run in real DOS mode, which ME does not support. I cannot remember the key to press to get it to boot into DOS, so I abandoned trying with Windows ME.
I then installed freedos into a VirtualBox virtual machine, then copied the folder reactos to freedos drive C: and ran boot.bat, then got error code.
I think that you had to down load a separate floppy boot image (it's a long time ago now and the memory is faint). So the problem will be, how to make it boot.
boot.bat contains one line
loadros ............ MS-DOS Application.
ntoskrnl.exe .. Application.
ide.sys ............. System file.
vfatfs.sys ........ System file.
loadros has this message at the end of it's file Error: Bad DOS EXE magic
So it must start in DOS.
I then installed freedos into a VirtualBox virtual machine, then copied the folder reactos to freedos drive C: and ran boot.bat, then got error code.
I think that you had to down load a separate floppy boot image (it's a long time ago now and the memory is faint). So the problem will be, how to make it boot.
boot.bat contains one line
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loadros ntoskrnl.exe ide.sys vfatfs.sys
ntoskrnl.exe .. Application.
ide.sys ............. System file.
vfatfs.sys ........ System file.
loadros has this message at the end of it's file Error: Bad DOS EXE magic
So it must start in DOS.
Please keep the Windows classic 9x/2000 look and feel.
The layman's guides - debugging - bug reporting - compiling - ISO remaster.
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The layman's guides - debugging - bug reporting - compiling - ISO remaster.
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Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
i ve just found a windows 95 the installation in virtualbox is complicated i am trying to install it https://imgur.com/a/BOraa but you gave me an idea is to test it on Dos
so i've found the images here : http://www.le-grenier-informatique.fr/p ... oft-1.html (win 95b zip pass : legrenierinformatique)
So yes i've seen that line thank you to make it clear, it's that file loadros that i want to understand how it is copiled and how it is used to boot, so nice we are on the right way
so i've found the images here : http://www.le-grenier-informatique.fr/p ... oft-1.html (win 95b zip pass : legrenierinformatique)
So yes i've seen that line thank you to make it clear, it's that file loadros that i want to understand how it is copiled and how it is used to boot, so nice we are on the right way
Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
I have now replaced Windows ME with Windows 98 and run ReactOS after re-starting in DOS mode. I just ran boot.bat in DOS mode and ReactOS started, but I ended up with a Page Fault and did not get to the command prompt!
So it looks like it is later releases that required a boot floppy to run.
So it looks like it is later releases that required a boot floppy to run.
Please keep the Windows classic 9x/2000 look and feel.
The layman's guides - debugging - bug reporting - compiling - ISO remaster.
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The layman's guides - debugging - bug reporting - compiling - ISO remaster.
They may help you with a problem, so do have a look at them.
Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
Please, could the topic be moved from Tutorials to Support?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Re: Testing 0.0.17 in VMWARE
Hi, i am back to the devs,
how it's going ?
So restarting from the begining let's continue here please viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16681
how it's going ?
So restarting from the begining let's continue here please viewtopic.php?f=4&t=16681
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