* Introduction

These are the sources for the ReactOS kernel, system libraries and
applications. ReactOS is the beginnings of a free clone of Windows NT
(aiming at version 4 right now). ReactOS isn't usuable for anything but 
further development, please don't uninstall your existing OSs just yet. 

* Compilation

ReactOS currently only compiles using the djgpp compiler for DOS (or a djgpp
cross compiler with some fiddling). This will change in the near future to
using the mingw32 compiler. It also needs the NASM assembler installed. 
To compile 

1) copy libgcc.a from the djgpp distribution to the ntoskrnl directory
2) make

* Installation

By default ReactOS tries to execute 'c:\reactos\system\shell.bin' on
startup, if you want to see a user program running, copy either
'apps\hello\hello.bin' or 'apps\shell\shell.bin' to 
'c:\reactos\system\shell.bin'. 'hello.bin' will write 'hello world' to the
console, 'shell.bin' will allow you to enter simple commands including
'dir', 'cd' and to execute additional processes e.g. 'hello.bin'.

* Running

Type 'boot.bat' from this directory. ReactOS won't start if a DPMI or VCPI
program is running e.g. Windows or EMM386.

* Further information

See the doc subdirectory, and these websites

       http://www.sid-dis.com/reactos (main project website)
       http://mok.lvcm.com/ (some more information including web based access
                             to the cvs server)

And also
      
       http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ (for DJGPP)
       http://?? (for NASM)
       http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/ (Information on NT driver development)
       http://www.sysinternals.com/  (NT internals)
       http://www.osr.com/ (Information on NT internals, also get an NT
                            insider subscription)
       http://www.internals.com/ (Some information)
       http://www.winehq.com/ (Windows emulators for Unix)

Competitors

       http://www.freedows.org/ (Aiming at an OS able to emulate various
                                 systems including windows, vapourware so far)
       http://www.solarmoon.org/ (Makers of a FreeBSD based NT clone, site now
                                  blank)
       http://www.genericwindows.com/  (Aiming to make a Windows 3.1 clone
                                        based on FreeBSD and Wine)