[ros-kernel] ReactOS feedback - 0.20RC1a ISO

[Ciobanu Alexander]

Pe data de Joi 22 Ianuarie 2004 03:14, Bernd Blaauw a scris:


When trying to acess menu entry Browse Files -> Reactos switches to blue (just 
blue, saying nothing). Icons, and moving have some issues .... but 
unimportant . This is the first ver after 0.1.3 that i try :) It's SUPER.
Good Work Guys !


> guys,
>
> ReactOS is becoming more and more stable and almost usable.
>
> some feedback (Vmware, win98 type gues, RAM varied between 8MB and 32MB
> in increments of 4MB):
> *use the installed ReactOS, then Settings -> Printers -> error
> (something with line 255, see picture)
> *Readme file on cdrom still needs updating, and a mentioning in
> autorun.inf might be nice.
> [autorun]
> icon=\LOADER\ICON.ICO,0
> label=ReactOS 0.2.0
> shell\ROSinfo=View &ReactOS Readme file
> shell\ROSinfo\command=write \README.TXT
>
> *icon for autorun.inf, can this go out of root directory of cdrom and
> into LOADER directory together with ISOBOOT.BIN ?
>  it's a bit cleaner. maybe also readme.txt into this directory?
> *Is the LOADER directory still needed on cdrom? no option to hide the
> files into the REACTOS directory so all files in only 1 directory?
> *What's the BOOTDISK directory for?
> *Might be worth to get a new FreeDOS disk image. FORMAT has been
> improved a lot lately, and handles FAT32 OK now.
>   you use it for FAT16 formatting IIRC [Bochs 40MB harddisk imagefile]?
> *CMD responds a bit faster again, was really slow a few days ago.
> *CDRom installer says "press ENTER to Reboot", but then has about
> 30seconds or so harddisk activity (as Vmware's HDD activity indicator
> shows) still to go.
>  - what if people think "doesn't respond to my ENTER, let's hit the
> Reboot switch on the computer!" ?
> *Rebooting after "ReactOS Profiles initialized does not actually reboot
> (Vmware) reboot manually..
> *what are current memory requirements for
> 1)installing - 32MB? 20MB goes OK, 8MB really slows file copying down a
> lot. 2)using  - 32MB? ehm..20MB boots succesfully into Explorer
>
> are both the ReactOS setup (from cdrom or an installation source
> directory)  and the installed ReactOS still loadable through DOS?
>
> I can't wait till a full-installed Bochs image of 0.2.0 is available.
> allows me to put an installed ReactOS on my DVD
> (the Syslinux package can handle (gzip-compressed)disk images created by
> Bochs and load them on top of a Ramdisk).
> ReactOS loadable and usable through 1 single file..must be heaven for
> company-wide deployment.
>
> no Bochs feedback yet, except that speed was horrible and mouse driver
> didn't respond (not sure about that one anymore, though).
>
> I'm impressed. good luck!
>
> Bernd Blaauw

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