diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.cpp b/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.cpp
index 1254cbacfb8..462841fe039 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.cpp
@@ -20,15 +20,22 @@ namespace System_
 
 	using std::vector;
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    NamedPipeReader::NamedPipeReader() : DataSource(), h_Pipe(NULLVAL)
+    NamedPipeReader::NamedPipeReader() : DataSource(), h_Pipe(NULLVAL), m_Buffer(0)
 	{
-
+#ifdef UNICODE
+        m_WBuffer = 0;
+#endif
 	}
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 	NamedPipeReader::~NamedPipeReader()
 	{
-
+        if (m_Buffer)
+            free(m_Buffer);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+        if (m_WBuffer)
+            free(m_WBuffer);
+#endif
 	}
 
 	bool NamedPipeReader::isSourceOpen()
@@ -45,15 +52,15 @@ namespace System_
 			cerr << "NamedPipeReader::openPipe> pipe already open" << endl;
 			return false;
 		}
-
+#ifndef __LINUX__
 		h_Pipe = CreateFile("\\\\.\\pipe\\qemu", //PipeCmd.c_str(),
-			GENERIC_WRITE | GENERIC_READ,
-			0,
-			NULL,
-			OPEN_EXISTING,
-			FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
-			(HANDLE)
-			NULL);
+			                GENERIC_WRITE | GENERIC_READ,
+			                0,
+			                NULL,
+			                OPEN_EXISTING,
+			                FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL,
+			                (HANDLE)
+			                NULL);
 
 		if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == h_Pipe) {
             cerr << "NamedPipeReader::openPipe> failed to open pipe " << PipeCmd << " Error:" << GetLastError() << endl;
@@ -61,28 +68,48 @@ namespace System_
 			return false;
 		}
 		else
+		{
+			cout << "NamedPipeReader::openPipe> successfully opened pipe" << endl;
+            m_BufferLength = 100;
+            m_Buffer = (char*)malloc(sizeof(char) * m_BufferLength);
+#ifdef UNICODE
+            m_WBuffer = (WCHAR*)malloc(sizeof(WCHAR) * m_BufferLength);
+#endif
+		    ConnectNamedPipe(h_Pipe,
+                 			 0);
+            return true;
+		}
+#else
+		h_Pipe = open("PipeCmd.c_str()", O_RDONLY);
+
+		if(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == h_Pipe) {
+			cerr << "NamedPipeReader::openPipe> failed to open pipe " << PipeCmd << endl;
+			h_Pipe = NULLVAL;
+			return false;
+		}
+		else
 		{
 			cout << "NamedPipeReader::openPipe> successfully opened pipe" << endl;
 			return true;
 		}
-
-		ConnectNamedPipe(
-			h_Pipe,
-			0);
+#endif
 	}
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	bool NamedPipeReader::closeSource() 
 	{
-		if (h_Pipe == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+		if (h_Pipe == NULLVAL)
 		{
 			cerr << "NamedPipeReader::closePipe> pipe is not open" << endl;
 			return false;
 		}
+#ifdef __LINUX__
+        close(h_Pipe);
+#else
 		DisconnectNamedPipe(h_Pipe);
 		CloseHandle(h_Pipe);
-
+#endif
 		h_Pipe = NULLVAL;
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -173,70 +200,75 @@ namespace System_
 			append_line = false;
 		}
 	}
+//---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    bool NamedPipeReader::readPipe(char * buffer, int bufferlength, long & read)
+    {
+        
+#ifdef __LINUX__
+        long cbRead = read(h_Pipe,
+                           buffer,
+                           (bufferlength-1) * sizeof(char));
+#else
+        DWORD cbRead = 0;
+        BOOL fSuccess = ReadFile(h_Pipe,
+						         buffer,
+						         (bufferlength-1) * sizeof(char),
+						         &cbRead,
+						         NULL);
+				 
+		if (!fSuccess && GetLastError() != ERROR_MORE_DATA)
+            return false;
+#endif
 
+        read = cbRead;
+        return true;
+    }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	bool NamedPipeReader::readSource(vector<string> & vect)
 	{
-		char * localbuf;
-		DWORD localsize = 100;
 		size_t lines = vect.size ();
 
-		BOOL fSuccess;
-		localbuf = (char*) HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, localsize * sizeof(char));
+        if (h_Pipe == NULLVAL)
+        {
+            cerr << "Error: pipe is not open" << endl;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if (!m_Buffer)
+        {
+            cerr << "Error: no memory" << endl;
+        }
+
 #ifdef UNICODE
-		wchar_t * wbuf = (WCHAR*) HeapAlloc(GetProcessHeap(), 0, localsize * sizeof(wchar_t));
-#endif /* UNICODE */
-		if (localbuf != NULL)
+        if (!m_WBuffer)
+        {
+            cerr << "Error: no memory" << endl;
+        }
+#endif
+
+		bool append_line = false;
+		do
 		{
-			bool append_line = false;
-			do
-			{
-				DWORD cbRead;
-				do 
-				{ 
-					ZeroMemory(localbuf, localsize * sizeof(char));
-#ifdef UNICODE
-					ZeroMemory(wbuf, localsize * sizeof(wchar_t));
-#endif /* UNICODE */
-
-					fSuccess = ReadFile( 
-						h_Pipe,
-						localbuf,
-						(localsize-1) * sizeof(char),
-						&cbRead,
-						NULL);
-				 
-					if (! fSuccess && GetLastError() != ERROR_MORE_DATA) 
-						break; 
+            memset(m_Buffer, 0x0, m_BufferLength * sizeof(char));
+            long cbRead = 0;
+                    
+            if (!readPipe(m_Buffer, 100, cbRead))
+                break;
 
 #ifdef UNICODE
-					if (UnicodeConverter::ansi2Unicode(localbuf, wbuf, cbRead))
-					{
-						extractLines(wbuf, vect, append_line, cbRead);
-					}
-#else /* UNICODE */
-					extractLines(localbuf, vect, append_line, cbRead);
-#endif /* UNICODE */
+            memset(m_WBuffer, 0x0, m_BufferLength * sizeof(WCHAR));
+            if (!UnicodeConverter::ansi2Unicode(m_Buffer, m_WBuffer, cbRead))
+                break;
+            extractLines(m_WBuffer, vect, append_line, cbRead);
+#endif
+            extractLines(m_Buffer, vect, append_line, cbRead);
 
-				} while (!fSuccess);  // repeat loop if ERROR_MORE_DATA 
-			} while (append_line);
 
-			if (!fSuccess)
-				return 0;
+        }while (append_line);
 
-			HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, localbuf);
-#ifdef UNICODE
-			HeapFree(GetProcessHeap(), 0, wbuf);
-#endif /* UNICODE */
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			return 0;
-		}
-
-	return (vect.size () - lines);
-	}
+    return (vect.size () - lines);
+}
 
 
 } // end of namespace System_
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.h b/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.h
index b5b0785aae2..6146ace677e 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/namedpipe_reader.h
@@ -120,8 +120,15 @@ protected:
 
 	void extractLines(TCHAR * buffer, std::vector<string> & vect, bool & append_line, unsigned long cbRead);
 
+    bool readPipe(char * buffer, int bufferlength, long & read);
+
 
 	HANDLE h_Pipe;
+    char * m_Buffer;
+    int m_BufferLength;
+#ifdef UNICODE
+    WCHAR * m_WBuffer;
+#endif
 
 	}; // end of class NamedPipeReader
 
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp
index b2aed19ab77..147fa3e716e 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.cpp
@@ -247,12 +247,14 @@ namespace Sysreg_
         }
 
 #ifdef __LINUX__
-		pipe = _T("stdio");
-		m_Src = _T("");
+        pipe = _T("pipe:/tmp/qemu");
+		m_Src = _T("/tmp/qemu");
         qemudir = _T("/usr/share/qemu");
+        m_DebugPort = _T("pipe");
 #else		
 		pipe = _T("pipe:qemu");
 		m_Src = _T("\\\\.\\pipe\\qemu");
+        m_DebugPort = _T("pipe");
         if (!getQemuDir(qemudir))
         {
             return false;
@@ -322,29 +324,26 @@ namespace Sysreg_
 	    pos = pipe.find(_T("pipe:"));
 		if (pos == 0)
 		{
-#ifdef __LINUX__
-            cerr << "Error: reading from pipes is not supported with linux hosts - use stdio" << endl;
-            return false;
-		}
-#else
 		    pipe = pipe.substr(pos + 5, pipe.size() - pos - 5);
             pos = pipe.find(_T(" "));
             if (pos != string::npos)
             {
-				m_Src = _T("\\\\.\\pipe\\") + pipe.substr(0, pos);	
-			}
-			else
-			{
-				m_Src = _T("\\\\.\\pipe\\") + pipe;
-			}
+                pipe = pipe.substr(0, pos);
+            }
+#ifdef __LINUX__
+            m_Src = pipe;
+#else
+			m_Src = _T("\\\\.\\pipe\\") + pipe.substr(0, pos);
+#endif
+            m_DebugPort = _T("pipe");
             return true;
         }
-#endif
         pos = pipe.find(_T("stdio"));
         if (pos == 0)
 		{
 #ifdef __LINUX__
 			m_Src = m_BootCmd;
+            m_DebugPort = _T("stdio");
             return true;
 #else					
 			cerr << "Error: reading from stdio is not supported for windows hosts - use pipes" << endl;
@@ -387,6 +386,11 @@ namespace Sysreg_
             }
 
             getDefaultHDDImage(m_HDDImage);
+            if (isFileExisting(m_HDDImage))
+            {
+                cerr << "Falling back to default hdd image " << m_HDDImage << endl;
+                return true;
+            }
             return createHDDImage(m_HDDImage);
         }
         /*
@@ -552,19 +556,20 @@ namespace Sysreg_
         }
         cerr << "Opening Data Source:" << m_BootCmd << endl;
 
-
+/*
 #ifdef __LINUX__
         _tremove(m_PidFile.c_str ());
         m_DataSource = new PipeReader();
         m_Src = m_BootCmd;
 #else
+*/
         m_DataSource = new NamedPipeReader();
         if (!executeBootCmd())
         {
             cerr << "Error: failed to launch emulator with: " << m_BootCmd << endl;
             return false;
         }
-#endif
+//#endif
         
         return true;
     }
@@ -659,23 +664,19 @@ namespace Sysreg_
             return false;
         }
 #endif
-#ifndef __LINUX__
-        OsSupport::delayExecution(1);
-#endif
 
-	assert(m_DataSource != 0);
+        if (m_DelayRead)
+        {
+            cerr << "Delaying read for " << m_DelayRead << " seconds" << endl;
+            OsSupport::delayExecution(m_DelayRead); 
+        }
+
         if (!m_DataSource->openSource(m_Src))
         {
             cerr << "Error: failed to open data source with " << m_Src << endl;
             cleanup();
             return false;
         }
-
-        if (m_DelayRead)
-        {
-            OsSupport::delayExecution(m_DelayRead); 
-        }
-
 #ifdef __LINUX__
         /*
          * For linux systems we can only
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h
index 89b7ff03568..70c0e89166d 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/rosboot_test.h
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ protected:
     string m_MaxMem;
     string m_BootCmd;
     string m_Src;
+    string m_DebugPort;
     string m_PidFile;
 
     DataSource * m_DataSource;
diff --git a/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg b/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg
index 42422c6de2a..be6b24cafba 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg
+++ b/reactos/tools/sysreg/txtmode.cfg
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ROS_EMU_PATH=/usr/bin/qemu
 ; 
 ; Note: set this value if you have problems with timeouts or cutoff debugging data
 ;
-ROS_DELAY_READ=4000
+ROS_DELAY_READ=4
 
 ; ROS_CHECK_POINT
 ;