For the first time, ReactOS now fails to boot on my box. The boot process hangs when it says “loading cdrom.sys”.
If anyone of the ReactOS guys is reading this: Have there been any significant changes concerning the CD-ROM driver?
Since I managed to boot ReactOS on my girlfriend’s box, I can say that the most visible change is that first steps towards a GUI have been taken: ReactOS now displays a boot logo and you will find some graphical test apps, including one multiwindow test where you can move around, resize or close individual windows and their child windows.
Certainly, using ReactOS for any serious purpose still doesn’t make sense. But it looks like the projekt is steadyly gaining momentum.
I was planning to post the announcement to osnews.com later (since our host’s DNS was down). Anyway.. a screenshot of Solitaire running on ROS is now available on our site reactos.com.
I downloaded the ISO and tried to install it using Boschs…
After the installation, and a reboot, the FreeLoader appears: When I choose to boot NewOS (Debug version or not), it stops with the error “Cannot load the NLS files !”
Heh. Their server must be running ReactOS, as it seems to be down.
its a shame their site is unaccessible. i’ve also followed what this crew has been up to.
they make it nice and easy to test.
All the files are accessible at sourceforge:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/reactos
Our DNS is down. It should be back up in to the morning.
Thanks
Steven
>Our DNS is down. It should be back up in to the morning.
Heh, morning in wich timezone ?
sc.charter.com most likely South Carolina, so EST
For the first time, ReactOS now fails to boot on my box. The boot process hangs when it says “loading cdrom.sys”.
If anyone of the ReactOS guys is reading this: Have there been any significant changes concerning the CD-ROM driver?
Since I managed to boot ReactOS on my girlfriend’s box, I can say that the most visible change is that first steps towards a GUI have been taken: ReactOS now displays a boot logo and you will find some graphical test apps, including one multiwindow test where you can move around, resize or close individual windows and their child windows.
Certainly, using ReactOS for any serious purpose still doesn’t make sense. But it looks like the projekt is steadyly gaining momentum.
Keep going!
Thanks,
Johannes
As i always try to help (in any way) open source projects here are just two links:
– http://sources.redhat.com/XOpenWin/
– http://cygnome.sourceforge.net/
– http://kde-cygwin.sourceforge.net/
– http://cygnome2.sourceforge.net/
Hope can helps.
I was planning to post the announcement to osnews.com later (since our host’s DNS was down). Anyway.. a screenshot of Solitaire running on ROS is now available on our site reactos.com.
Regards
Jason
Very good to see something going on in this area, imo.
btw: Which version of solitaire is this? =)
Hi,
I downloaded the ISO and tried to install it using Boschs…
After the installation, and a reboot, the FreeLoader appears: When I choose to boot NewOS (Debug version or not), it stops with the error “Cannot load the NLS files !”
What’s wrong ?
Leo.