[TESTING] SAFE mode implementation

[vicmarcal]

ReactOS day by day is getting bigger in features (still small in HDD requirements, promised).

Crocodile has developed a new one: The SAFE mode.

He has implemented Safe Mode support for the kernel, Service Control Manager and the Run keys, also he has added necessary hive and FREELDR.INI entries so they are installed upon setup.

At start up you can choose several options now(red square is highlighting the new ones):
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This is a non-trivial patch, so please "test", "play" and "have fun" with it.
Tell us about the stabiity of these several new ways to run ReactOS and please report the bugs here, and if possible inBugzilla too.

There is an ISO available with all of these Crocodile changes included:
http://www.mediafire.com/?4uuhk6q3057vt3j
Thanks Sh4ingh4n

Just download and install!
Thanks a lot!

[ruic]

I'd love to test but I can't get past "Registerring Components.... mshtml.dll" in normal boot. In safe mode it gets past the "Registering Components..." but then explorer doesn't start.

This is running under VirtualBox 4.0.8, 256Meg Ram, 2GB Hard Drive, PIIX3 motherboard, PIIX4 Storage controllor, no USB, PCNet-Fast III network card.

[oldman]

I have tried to install this iso, but I get a bsod in the second stage install when it reaches "installing devices".
This happens in normal mode and the three new safe modes. In Log file mode, it just froze at this point.
I am now going to try the latest trunk build.

[Saibamen]

BSOD on all safe modes. Tested on real hardware.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5987308/bsod.jpg

[igorko]

Maybe you are talking about BSoD in 2nd stage, that was also present in trunk from r51898 and later. If Yes than it's fixed in rev 51981.

[Saibamen]

Yes. Please build new iso for testing.

[sh4ring4n]

Call dibs on building

EDIT: Finished building, here's the new iso: http://www.mediafire.com/?tl7fbkn3mv06d72, based on 51988

[Pisarz]

BSOD is still there (I'm testing iso in VirtualBox). After some changes to freeldr.ini, I've managed to get some debug logs, maybe they could be useful.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4527369/ROS/debug-safemode.txt

[igorko]

BSOD is still there (I'm testing iso in VirtualBox). After some changes to freeldr.ini, I've managed to get some debug logs, maybe they could be useful.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4527369/ROS/debug-safemode.txt

Get backtrace.(Type bt after going in kdb). And Assertion is not Bsod. It can be continuable.

[Saibamen]

EDIT: Finished building, here's the new iso: http://www.mediafire.com/?tl7fbkn3mv06d72, based on 51988

Another BSOD: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5987308/bsod2.jpg On VirtualBox this same bsod.

BTW. my putty doesn't work with safe modes (only on Debug) No messages.

[Pisarz]

You have to modify freeldr.ini, so you could debug safe mode (copying some boot parameters from "Debug", which I don't remember right now, and pasting them to safe modes).

[cmoibenlepro]

What is 'Alternate Shell' boot mode?

[sh4ring4n]

What is 'Alternate Shell' boot mode?

It's the command line interpreter.

[sh4ring4n]

New Safe mode implementation: http://www.mediafire.com/?4uuhk6q3057vt3j

[Saibamen]

@up: BSOD is gone Testing with VBOX 4.0.8