Porting ReactOS to different Hardware...

[frik85]

no...this isin't a "console" mode
for console i want to say...without any graphical driver loaded ^^
under text mode

It's no joke!
The text mode should be the same as the install text mode -> Bluescreen background with white text

[daniele_dll]

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

[frik85]

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 implement this feature the same way like WinNT. I know Unix/Linux/*BSD have such a "real" text mode.

[daniele_dll]

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 implement this feature the same way like WinNT. I know Unix/Linux/*BSD have such a "real" text mode.

exactly for this reason i've said...

for this reason, i think, that reactos do not aim to run on routers but to do other things...like servers...and desktop machine

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 :\

[frik85]

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 :\

But WinNT is closed source. If you someone need a real text mode he will be able to add this feature.

[daniele_dll]

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 :\

But WinNT is closed source. If you someone need a real text mode he will be able to add this feature.

in fact ^^

[Jaix]

daniel_dll wrote:

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 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.
And more, I think Reactos will be smaller faster and better then Win2000 Server in time. So I think it will run the same software faster then Win2k.
And more yet, one idea about porting to other platforms was to choos only the interesting software and compile it to a special hardware perhaps with no screen, no ports except net, only Ultra-VNC graphics driver, this will consume a minimum amount of resources from the hardware making it possible to run these servicies on a modest CPU.

I dream of enabling ReactOS to a varity of modest home electronics too, not only computers, why not the DVD-player and so on.

[uniQ]

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.

[solemnwarning]

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

[Jaix]

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.

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.

Why should it be more difficult to get ReactOS embedded then Windows?
Look here to see what is possible to acheeve with Windows. Lite PC - XP Lite or 98 Lite

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

No, not yet, but Windows will do! Or why not use any Linux distro that is customized for it (like fresco)?

[Harteex]

No, not yet, but Windows will do! Or why not use any Linux distro that is customized for it (like fresco)?

Yep I agree, FREESCO is great, I've installed it myself on an old computer to do routing for me.
Link: http://www.freesco.org

[Elledan]

No, not yet, but Windows will do! Or why not use any Linux distro that is customized for it (like fresco)?

Yep I agree, FREESCO is great, I've installed it myself on an old computer to do routing for me.
Link: http://www.freesco.org

Coyote Linux beats FreeSCO by a big margin

[solemnwarning]

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

[Baldomero]

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

Try IpCop. I've got it running. very good software. Also, read the forums, if you decide for it on ipcops.net

[Jaix]

I am moving, and am now living in boxes. All my computers are nicely packed away. Now I follow the forum by my phone, very small screen, no keyboard. God I long for a working xbox port.