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.
   5
   6
   7 2. Building ReactOS
   8
   9 To build from Windows run 'make' (wihout the quotes) from the top directory.
  10 To build from unix, edit rules.mak and change the PREFIX variable to the
  11 correct value for your cross-compiler, then run 'make'.
  12
  13
  14 3. Installation
  15
  16 The system can only be installed on the first partition on the first harddisk.
  17 The partition must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. The system can only be
  18 started from DOS and not from a Windows DOS-prompt.
  19
  20 ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the binary
  21 distribution. The two ways to install ReactOS are explained below.
  22
  23
  24 3.1 Installation from sources
  25
  26 To install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install'. This will create
  27 the directory 'reactos' in the top directory. Copy this directory to the root
  28 of your first partition on your first harddisk. This is usually c:\ on a
  29 Windows machine.
  30
  31 If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a 'make install',
  32 you can specify the directory where the files are to be copied to during
  33 installation.
  34
  35 In rules.mak find the variable INSTALL_DIR and change the assigned value to the
  36 name of the directory where the files are to be copied to. If you are using
  37 Windows this could be:
  38
  39     INSTALL_DIR = c:\reactos
  40
  41 If you are on linux this could be:
  42
  43     INSTALL_DIR = /mnt/windows/reactos
  44
  45 Save the changes to rules.mak and run 'make install' to install the files to
  46 the new location.
  47
  48
  49 3.2 Installation from binany distribution
  50
  51 To install ReactOS from the binary distribution, extract the archive contents
  52 to c:\reactos. Remember to extract the files with full paths.
  53
  54
  55 4. Booting ReactOS
  56
  57 Startup in DOS mode. 'cd' to c:\reactos and type 'boot' and press <enter>.
  58 ReactOS will now boot and when it has booted, you are asked for a username and
  59 password. Just press <enter> twice as ReactOS does not currently have user
  60 validation. A simple shell is started where you can use simple commands like
  61 'cd' and 'dir'.
  62
  63 You may also want to try running the enhanced shell, cmd.exe, found in
  64 the rosapps CVS module.
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  66
  67 5. Help
  68
  69 If you run into problems or have suggestions for making ReactOS better, please
  70 surf to the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists.
  71
  72 http://www.reactos.com/index.php?tab=discussion&section=lists
  73
  74 ReactOS Development Team