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1. Build environment
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To build the system you need either mingw32 installed on Windows or a mingw32
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cross compiler running on unix. You may obtain MinGW binaries that build
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ReactOS from http://www.reactos.org/.
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2. Building ReactOS
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2.1 Building the binaries
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To build ReactOS run 'make' (without the quotes) if you are building on Linux
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or 'mingw32-make' if you are building on Windows (or ReactOS) from the top
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directory. If you are using RosBE, follow on-screen instructions.
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2.2 Building a bootable CD image
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To build a bootable CD image run 'make bootcd' (without the quotes) if you are
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building on Linux or 'mingw32-make bootcd' if you are building on Windows (or
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ReactOS) from the top directory. This will create a CD image with a filename,
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ReactOS.iso, in the top directory.
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3. Installation
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ReactOS can only be installed on a machine that has a FAT16 or FAT32 partition
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as the active (bootable) partition. The partition on which ReactOS is to be
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installed (which may or may not be the bootable partition) must also be
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formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. ReactOS Setup can format the partitions if
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needed.
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ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the bootable CD
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distribution. The two ways to install ReactOS are explained below.
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3.1 Installation from sources
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If you don't have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then
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build a bootable CD as described above. Burn the CD image, boot from it, and
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follow the instructions to install ReactOS.
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If you have an existing ReactOS installation you want to upgrade, then to
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install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install' or
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'mingw32-make install'. This will create the directory 'reactos' in the top
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directory. Copy the contents of this directory over the existing installation.
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If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a
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'make install' or 'mingw32-make install', then you can specify the directory
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where the files are to be copied to during installation.
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Set the ROS_INSTALL environment variable. If you are on Windows this could be
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done by:
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set ROS_INSTALL=c:\reactos
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If you are on Linux this could be done by:
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export ROS_INSTALL=/mnt/windows/reactos
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Now run 'make install' or 'mingw32-make install' to install the files to the
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new location.
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3.2 Installation from bootable CD distribution
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To install ReactOS from the bootable CD distribution, extract the archive
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contents. Then burn the CD image, boot from it, and follow instructions.
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5. Help
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If you run into problems or have suggestions for making ReactOS better, please
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visit the address below. Mailing lists are available for a variety of topics,
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bugs should be submitted to bugzilla and general chat takes place in the forums,
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or #reactos on freenode
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http://www.reactos.org/
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ReactOS Development Team
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