On Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:49, Tom Lee Mullins wrote: > Eric Twose wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Someone mentioned ReactOS here a short while ago. I downloaded it, > > installed > > it on a spare machine ... and ran into trouble, though in the end no harm > > was done. > > > > I had Win98 on the c:\ drive and installed ReactOS on d:\, allowing > > Freeloader to alter the boot sector, rather than boot Freeloader from a > > floppy. > > > > ReactOS booted up ok, but I was then left without a keyboard and > > without a > > mouse and I couldn't get back into DOS or Windows, except by using a > > Windows > > rescue disk. It didn't like the bootsect.dos it had created. > > Freeldr.ini looked ok. > > > > In the end, A:>SYS C: was the only way I could see of getting back to > > square one. > > > > Having said that, ReactOS does look impressive. > > > > Best wishes, > > Eric. > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > > Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. > > Download > > it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own > > Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php > > _______________________________________________ > > Freedos-user mailing list > > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > > IIRC - ReactOS does have a mail list.
Several actually. www.reactos.com is where you find the details. DOS hackers could make a contribution as well - ReactOS is intended to have a DOS subsystem, and anyone who wants to contribute in that way would be welcome. > What version of ReactOS are you using? Wesley Parish -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people. ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
