Updating ReactOS manually

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Updating ReactOS manually

Post by auron »

The next question is how to update the files manually to the latest build?

I'm using XP, so could I just move files over from the iso...opening the cab file and just copy files over to where they belong under d:\reactos?
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It's best to reinstall from scratch everytime, especially since the registry is changing quite lot at the moment.
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can't use install

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should have posted this under my original thread.

the reason I need to do this manually is because I get an installation error when using the install cd. I can run a livecd, qemu fine. is it because I have a sata drive?

I'm using XP, so I took the 0.2.8 qemu image and copied it to the fat32 partition and used grub to boot it up. I would like to see the latest work now that I'm hooked.

since I can't use the install cd, what's the next best thing for installing the latest files?
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Post by GvG »

So you can boot via Grub into FreeLdr and then into ReactOS, but you can't boot from the install CD? That's weird...
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allocConsole() failed

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GvG wrote:So you can boot via Grub into FreeLdr and then into ReactOS, but you can't boot from the install CD? That's weird...
during install I get:

AllocConsole() failed (Status=0xc0000001)

so instead I did it manually. so how do update manually?!
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Post by GvG »

Are you using a USB keyboard? USB keyboard is not supported yet and will result in the AllocConsole error message during install.
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usb keyboard

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GvG wrote:Are you using a USB keyboard? USB keyboard is not supported yet and will result in the AllocConsole error message during install.
i have a usb keyboard that has a ps/2 port adapter. My box has ports for the keyboard and mouse so I'm using them instead of usb. I did the same with the mouse (using the adapter).

Regardless, the keyboard and the mouse work with 0.2.8 after my manual install so all I want to do is upgrade to the latest release manually.
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Re: can't use install

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auron wrote:should have posted this under my original thread.
No, a new thread is apropriate, dual boot and manual installation is two completely different questions, else it will be hard to find later on.
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