It's no joke!daniele_dll wrote:no...this isin't a "console" mode
for console i want to say...without any graphical driver loaded ^^
under text mode
The text mode should be the same as the install text mode -> Bluescreen background with white text
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It's no joke!daniele_dll wrote:no...this isin't a "console" mode
for console i want to say...without any graphical driver loaded ^^
under text mode
ReactOS implement this feature the same way like WinNT. I know Unix/Linux/*BSD have such a "real" text mode.daniele_dll wrote:ehm, yes...but using this you need to start all video related things...so a console mode...done using a text like mode is well if you need to set up old machines to do routers or something like
exactly for this reason i've said...frik85 wrote:ReactOS implement this feature the same way like WinNT. I know Unix/Linux/*BSD have such a "real" text mode.daniele_dll wrote:ehm, yes...but using this you need to start all video related things...so a console mode...done using a text like mode is well if you need to set up old machines to do routers or something like
reactos aim to work and to be like winnt...and winnt didn't aimed to be used as a router or a firewall...can be used to do this...but it didn't aimed to this :\for this reason, i think, that reactos do not aim to run on routers but to do other things...like servers...and desktop machine
But WinNT is closed source. If you someone need a real text mode he will be able to add this feature.daniele_dll wrote:reactos aim to work and to be like winnt...and winnt didn't aimed to be used as a router or a firewall...can be used to do this...but it didn't aimed to this :\
in fact ^^frik85 wrote:But WinNT is closed source. If you someone need a real text mode he will be able to add this feature.daniele_dll wrote:reactos aim to work and to be like winnt...and winnt didn't aimed to be used as a router or a firewall...can be used to do this...but it didn't aimed to this :\
I now run Win2000 Server with full GUI Router, Firewall, SIP-Gateway, File-Server, Printer-Server, Web-Server, FTP-Server, Terminal-Server, DHCP-Server,DNS-Server, WINS-Server, Open Office, VNC-Server and much much more on a Cyrrix(Pentium I compatible) 150MHz so, if I get rid of the GUI, I'm sure ReactOS will be able to run on a 486 with no problem.reactos can be used to do routers but old you will can't use a 486 with reactos setted up because 486 will die before it start, so...reactos can be used to do routers but you need to set up more powerful machine and you need to use advanced software that isin't incorporated into windows and, i think, that these softwares will not be added to reactos
so you need to set up reactos, a gateway software and a firewall software...and these software are painful for slower machines...
for this reason, i think, that reactos do not aim to run on routers but to do other things...like servers...and desktop machine
but i repeat it another time...you can use it for a router...but you will need more powerful machine. This problem, will resolve itself if reactos will support a "only console mode", using this and line command apps, you can use old machines as routers...and you will don't need to buy a more powerful machine
I don't think this isn't realistic, there just have to be some modifications to the software that is to be executed, strip the server software from accessing the windows GUI like Window Command prompt software and then strip ReactOS from having this kind of support and then compile it for the platform of choose - et viola, embedded ReactOS.uniQ wrote:Can't you just strip out all the input/output stuff, the video stuff, everything but the kernel and networking (And whatever else those depend on), and all the UI/shell stuff, and add a minimalistic websvr that can serve configuration pages and such (And if need be, accept and run an uploaded file (System update)), slap it on a memory stick or embedded chip of some sort, stick it in a little box with some Ethernet ports on it and use it as a router?
-uniQ
PS. Gross oversimplification I know, but that's what I was thinking of.
No, not yet, but Windows will do! Or why not use any Linux distro that is customized for it (like fresco)?solemnwarning wrote:I Guess ReactOS As A Router Aint Such A Good Idea Afterall, Anyway Im Trying To Get Gentoo Running On The Router (Gentoo = Most Complicated Linux Distro On Earth) Im Having Difficulty And I Havnt Evem Compiled It Yet :S
Yep I agree, FREESCO is great, I've installed it myself on an old computer to do routing for me.Jaix wrote:No, not yet, but Windows will do! Or why not use any Linux distro that is customized for it (like fresco)?
Coyote Linux beats FreeSCO by a big marginHarteex wrote:Yep I agree, FREESCO is great, I've installed it myself on an old computer to do routing for me.Jaix wrote:No, not yet, but Windows will do! Or why not use any Linux distro that is customized for it (like fresco)?
Link: http://www.freesco.org
Try IpCop. I've got it running. very good software. Also, read the forums, if you decide for it on ipcops.netsolemnwarning wrote:I Do Have A Router Already Running Smoothwall Linux, I Want To Run A Decent Distro But Most Crash On Install:
PII MMX
64Meg DIMM Ram
1.9Gig HDD
16X CDROM
I Might Get A Better Box From The Dump So I Can Run Fedora As A Router, Maybe
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