From 49d849fa8d60f21cc0488cfd01cb7fd82243e994 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Casper Hornstrup Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 19:47:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update installation instructions svn path=/branches/xmlbuildsystem/; revision=15268 --- reactos/INSTALL | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-) diff --git a/reactos/INSTALL b/reactos/INSTALL index b1c3ae6817c..2964e7f5600 100644 --- a/reactos/INSTALL +++ b/reactos/INSTALL @@ -7,67 +7,72 @@ ReactOS from http://www.reactos.com. 2. Building ReactOS -To build from Windows run 'make' (wihout the quotes) from the top directory. -To build from unix, edit rules.mak and change the PREFIX variable to the -correct value for your cross-compiler. Run 'export HOST=mingw32-linux' to -tell the ReactOS build system that it is building ReactOS on a linux machine. -Now run 'make'. +2.1 Building the binaries + +To build ReactOS run 'make' (wihout the quotes) if you are building on Linux +or 'mingw32-make' if you are building on Windows (or ReactOS) from the top +directory. + + +2.2 Building a bootable CD image + +To build a bootable CD image run 'make bootcd' (wihout the quotes) if you are +building on Linux or 'mingw32-make bootcd' if you are building on Windows (or +ReactOS) from the top directory. This will create a CD image with a filename, +ReactOS.iso, in the top directory. 3. Installation -The system can only be installed on the first partition on the first harddisk. -The partition must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. The system can only be -started from DOS and not from a Windows DOS-prompt. +ReactOS can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32 partition +as the active (bootable) partition. The partition on which ReactOS is to be +installed (which may or may not be the bootable partition) must also be +formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. ReactOS Setup can format the partitions if +needed. -ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the binary +ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the bootable CD distribution. The two ways to install ReactOS are explained below. 3.1 Installation from sources -To install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install'. This will create -the directory 'reactos' in the top directory. Copy this directory to the root -of your first partition on your first harddisk. This is usually c:\ on a -Windows machine. - -If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a 'make install', -you can specify the directory where the files are to be copied to during -installation. - -In rules.mak find the variable INSTALL_DIR and change the assigned value to the -name of the directory where the files are to be copied to. If you are using -Windows this could be: +If you don't have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then +build a bootable CD as described above. Burn the CD image, boot from it, and +follow the instructions to install ReactOS. - INSTALL_DIR = c:\reactos +If you have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then to +install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install' or +'mingw32-make install'. This will create the directory 'reactos' in the top +directory. Copy the contents of this directory over the existing installation. -If you are on linux this could be: +If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a +'make install' or 'mingw32-make install', then you can specify the directory +where the files are to be copied to during installation. - INSTALL_DIR = /mnt/windows/reactos +Set the ROS_INSTALL environment variable. If you are on Windows this could be +done by: -Save the changes to rules.mak and run 'make install' to install the files to -the new location. If you don't want to change rules.mak, you can specify the -installtion directory when invoking make. Run -'make INSTALL_DIR=c:\reactos install' to install to c:\reactos. + set ROS_INSTALL=c:\reactos +If you are on Linux this could be done by: -3.2 Installation from binany distribution + export ROS_INSTALL=/mnt/windows/reactos -To install ReactOS from the binary distribution, extract the archive contents -to c:\reactos. Remember to extract the files with full paths. +Now run 'make install' or 'mingw32-make install' to install the files to the +new location. -4. Booting ReactOS +3.2 Installation from bootable CD distribution -Startup in DOS mode. 'cd' to c:\reactos and type 'boot' and press . -A simple shell is started where you can use simple commands like 'cd' and 'dir'. +To install ReactOS from the bootable CD distribution, extract the archive +contents. Then burn the CD image, boot from it, and follow instructions. 5. Help If you run into problems or have suggestions for making ReactOS better, please -surf to the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists. +visit the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists. -http://www.reactos.com/index.php?tab=discussion§ion=lists +http://www.reactos.com/en/content/view/full/66 ReactOS Development Team -- 2.17.1