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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.com.
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2. Building ReactOS
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To build from Windows run 'make' (wihout the quotes) from the top directory.
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To build from unix, edit rules.mak and change the PREFIX variable to the
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correct value for your cross-compiler, then run 'make'.
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3. Installation
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The system can only be installed on the first partition on the first harddisk.
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The partition must be formatted as FAT16 or FAT32. The system can only be
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started from DOS and not from a Windows DOS-prompt.
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ReactOS can be installed from the source distribution or from the binary
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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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To install ReactOS after building it, type 'make install'. This will create
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the directory 'reactos' in the top directory. Copy this directory to the root
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of your first partition on your first harddisk. This is usually c:\ on a
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Windows machine.
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If you don't want to copy the files manually every time you run a 'make install',
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you can specify the directory where the files are to be copied to during
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installation.
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In rules.mak find the variable INSTALL_DIR and change the assigned value to the
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name of the directory where the files are to be copied to. If you are using
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Windows this could be:
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INSTALL_DIR = c:\reactos
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If you are on linux this could be:
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INSTALL_DIR = /mnt/windows/reactos
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Save the changes to rules.mak and run 'make install' to install the files to
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the new location.
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3.2 Installation from binany distribution
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To install ReactOS from the binary distribution, extract the archive contents
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to c:\reactos. Remember to extract the files with full paths.
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4. Booting ReactOS
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Startup in DOS mode. 'cd' to c:\reactos and type 'boot' and press <enter>.
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ReactOS will now boot and when it has booted, you are asked for a username and
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password. Just press <enter> twice as ReactOS does not currently have user
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validation. A simple shell is started where you can use simple commands like
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'cd' and 'dir'.
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You may also want to try running the enhanced shell, cmd.exe, found in
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the rosapps CVS module.
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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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surf to the address below and subscribe to one or more of the mailing lists.
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http://www.reactos.com/index.php?tab=discussion§ion=lists
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ReactOS Development Team
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