reactos/INSTALL

   1 1. Build environment
   2
   3 To build the system you need either mingw32 installed on Windows or a mingw32
   4 cross compiler running on unix. You may obtain MinGW binaries that build
   5 ReactOS from http://www.reactos.com.
   6
   7
   8 2. Building ReactOS
   9
  10 2.1 Building the binaries
  11
  12 To build ReactOS run 'make' (wihout the quotes) if you are building on Linux
  13 or 'mingw32-make' if you are building on Windows (or ReactOS) from the top
  14 directory.
  15
  16
  17 2.2 Building a bootable CD image
  18
  19 To build a bootable CD image run 'make bootcd' (wihout the quotes) if you are
  20 building on Linux or 'mingw32-make bootcd' if you are building on Windows (or
  21 ReactOS) from the top directory. This will create a CD image with a filename,
  22 ReactOS.iso, in the top directory.
  23
  24
  25 3. Installation
  26
  27 ReactOS can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32 partition
  28 as the active (bootable) partition. The partition on which ReactOS is to be
  29 installed (which may or may not be the bootable partition) must also be
  30 formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. ReactOS Setup can format the partitions if
  31 needed.
  32
  33 ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the bootable CD
  34 distribution. The two ways to install ReactOS are explained below.
  35
  36
  37 3.1 Installation from sources
  38
  39 If you don't have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then
  40 build a bootable CD as described above. Burn the CD image, boot from it, and
  41 follow the instructions to install ReactOS.
  42
  43 If you have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then to
  44 install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install' or
  45 'mingw32-make install'. This will create the directory 'reactos' in the top
  46 directory. Copy the contents of this directory over the existing installation.
  47
  48 If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a
  49 'make install' or 'mingw32-make install', then you can specify the directory
  50 where the files are to be copied to during installation.
  51
  52 Set the ROS_INSTALL environment variable. If you are on Windows this could be
  53 done by:
  54
  55   set ROS_INSTALL=c:\reactos
  56
  57 If you are on Linux this could be done by:
  58
  59   export ROS_INSTALL=/mnt/windows/reactos
  60
  61 Now run 'make install' or 'mingw32-make install' to install the files to the
  62 new location.
  63
  64
  65 3.2 Installation from bootable CD distribution
  66
  67 To install ReactOS from the bootable CD distribution, extract the archive
  68 contents. Then burn the CD image, boot from it, and follow instructions.
  69
  70
  71 5. Help
  72
  73 If you run into problems or have suggestions for making ReactOS better, please
  74 visit the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists.
  75
  76 http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/66
  77
  78 ReactOS Development Team