Hello all,
I've booted 0.4.9 up in vmware exi 6.0.0 (3029758) and all I get is the desktop and the mouse moving.
Ctrl-alt-del does nothing, so I'm a bit lost as to what to do next
I did search before posting, but nothing really jumped out.
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Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
Did you use the Boot CD or the Live CD?
How did you configure the VM prior to installing?
Did you look here? https://reactos.org/wiki/VMware
FWIW, I've never had great luck with ROS in ESX...
How did you configure the VM prior to installing?
Did you look here? https://reactos.org/wiki/VMware
FWIW, I've never had great luck with ROS in ESX...
Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
yeah nothing in there, it's almost as if "explorer.exe" or whatever similar ReactOS process isn't starting.karlexceed wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:46 pm Did you use the Boot CD or the Live CD?
How did you configure the VM prior to installing?
Did you look here? https://reactos.org/wiki/VMware
FWIW, I've never had great luck with ROS in ESX...
Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
Hey, Rolz, what are the answers to these questions?karlexceed wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:46 pm Did you use the Boot CD or the Live CD?
How did you configure the VM prior to installing?
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Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
I used the Boot CDmiddings wrote: ↑Sat Jul 28, 2018 12:39 amHey, Rolz, what are the answers to these questions?karlexceed wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:46 pm Did you use the Boot CD or the Live CD?
How did you configure the VM prior to installing?
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Used guest OS of Windows2000
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Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
Also you might want to try using an SATA or IDE controller, the buslogic one is flakey even with real windows even thought it's a brain dead simple device.
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Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
Alright, so I re-created your VM situation and discovered a few things.
First, you set up the VM as a Windows 2000 guest. It should be Windows XP Pro (32 bit), especially in VMware because of the virtual hardware.
Second, you've added two vCPUs for some reason. ROS is only single-core capable currently.
I'm testing using ESX 6.5:
First, you set up the VM as a Windows 2000 guest. It should be Windows XP Pro (32 bit), especially in VMware because of the virtual hardware.
Second, you've added two vCPUs for some reason. ROS is only single-core capable currently.
I'm testing using ESX 6.5:
- If I setup VM as Windows 2000, I have issues controlling the mouse but managed to install. After a reboot, I see the same thing this post is about - desktop and mouse, but nothing else.
- If I setup VM as Windows Server 2003 (which is what I use in VirtualBox), then the installer can't find the hard disk to install. This is an issue with the disk controller driver.
- If I setup the VM as Windows XP Pro (32 bit), then the installer works normally. I'm able to reboot and return to the desktop. I was even able to install the VMware Tools and it worked great.
Re: Get Desktop and Mouse but thats it.
I've tried the WinXP Pro and have also had the same success!karlexceed wrote: ↑Tue Jul 31, 2018 9:04 pm Alright, so I re-created your VM situation and discovered a few things.
First, you set up the VM as a Windows 2000 guest. It should be Windows XP Pro (32 bit), especially in VMware because of the virtual hardware.
Second, you've added two vCPUs for some reason. ROS is only single-core capable currently.
I'm testing using ESX 6.5:
- If I setup VM as Windows 2000, I have issues controlling the mouse but managed to install. After a reboot, I see the same thing this post is about - desktop and mouse, but nothing else.
- If I setup VM as Windows Server 2003 (which is what I use in VirtualBox), then the installer can't find the hard disk to install. This is an issue with the disk controller driver.
- If I setup the VM as Windows XP Pro (32 bit), then the installer works normally. I'm able to reboot and return to the desktop. I was even able to install the VMware Tools and it worked great.
Thank you for your help!
I'm now really looking forward to testing ReactOS out!
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