reactos/boot/bootdata
Bernhard Feichtinger 76daaf9faf [MODULES] Add a convenient option to transfer files into a new installation (#877)
Purpose:
When doing a PXE BootCD installation, you may be left without networking, usb and a cd drive.
This adds an easy way to include a few or more files to the installation which are then present on the disk after the installation and which does not require any change to ReactOS source code/build script files (and no manual editing of boot/bootdata/packages/reactos.dff.in).

Proposed changes:
Adds a new modules/3rdparty folder which lets the files end up in C:\ReactOS\3rdParty ready for use.
2018-11-16 23:26:58 +01:00
..
bootcd
bootcdregtest
livecd
livecdregtest
packages [MODULES] Add a convenient option to transfer files into a new installation (#877) 2018-11-16 23:26:58 +01:00
welcome_config
.gitattributes
autorun-bootcd.inf
autorun-hybridcd.inf
autorun-livecd.inf
bootcd.ini
caroots.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
CMakeLists.txt
hivebcd.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hivecls.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hivedef.inf [TRANSLATION] Update Simplified Chinese translation. (#1028) 2018-11-11 17:57:12 +01:00
hiveinst.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hivesft.inf [TRANSLATION] Polish translation update (#1029) 2018-11-11 17:55:01 +01:00
hivesys.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
hybridcd.ini
icon.ico
livecd.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
livecd.ini
livecd_start.cmd
readme.txt [README] Restore the UTF-8 BOM as it otherwise does not behave well with 2018-05-01 17:44:54 +02:00
setupreg.inf [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
txtsetup.sif [BOOTDATA][SETUPLIB][REACTOS] INF support fixes. 2018-11-06 00:04:19 +01:00
txtsetup_sourcedisksfiles.ods [BOOTDATA] Use a Win2k3-compatible TXTSETUP.SIF layout for the specification of the files list. 2018-11-05 23:35:12 +01:00

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ReactOS™ Version 0.4.x
Updated August 31, 2016
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1. What is ReactOS?
-------------------

ReactOS™ is an Open Source effort to develop a quality operating system that is
compatible with applications and drivers written for the Microsoft® Windows™ NT
family of operating systems (NT4, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, Seven).

More information is available at: https://www.reactos.org


2. Relationship with the WINE project
-------------------------------------

ReactOS has always intended to work with the WINE project to share as much
programming effort as possible. This mainly concerns User Mode DLLs and
still happens to a degree today. Other areas of cooperation lie in
applications and testing suites.


3. Future compatibility
-----------------------

The ReactOS project, although currently focused on Windows Server 2003
compatibility, is always keeping an eye toward compatibility with
Windows Vista and future Windows NT releases.


4. Supporting other System Applications
---------------------------------------

The Windows NT architecture allows for subsystems, as does the ReactOS
architecture. A subsystem is an implementation of the APIs of another
operating system, allowing ReactOS to run applications from other systems.
We are already looking at subsystems for: Java, OS/2, and DOS and possibly
others in the future.


5. Is ReactOS legal?
--------------------

Yes we are.
All the code of ReactOS has been written from scratch by our developers.
We go to great lengths to ensure that the code our developers create is clean,
same applies to the variety of methods we use to understand Windows internals,
including clean room reverse engineering, using existing documentation freely
available both in books and on the web, using extensive tests (tens of millions)
which apply black box engineering methods against both public and private APIs
exposed by the operating system.


6. Tutorials
------------

Developer and User Tutorials: https://www.reactos.org/wiki

The tutorials contain more information on the project, compiling and testing
ReactOS - amongst other topics. Contributors to the project are always welcome.


7. Frequently Asked Questions
-----------------------------

Some of your questions may be answered in: https://www.reactos.org/joining/faqs
In addition, the ReactOS forum: https://www.reactos.org/forum/ may contain
complementary, yet non-official, information.


8. Authors
----------

This document was originally written by Jason Filby (jasonfilby@yahoo.com)
and is now occasionally updated by various contributors.