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* Introduction
These are the sources for the ReactOS kernel, system libraries and
applications. ReactOS is the beginnings of a free clone of Windows NT
(aiming at version 4 right now). ReactOS isn't usuable for anything but
further development, please don't uninstall your existing OSs just yet.
* Compilation
ReactOS currently only compiles using the djgpp compiler for DOS (or a djgpp
cross compiler with some fiddling). This will change in the near future to
using the mingw32 compiler. It also needs the NASM assembler installed.
To compile
1) copy libgcc.a from the djgpp distribution to the ntoskrnl directory
2) make
* Installation
By default ReactOS tries to execute 'c:\reactos\system\shell.bin' on
startup, if you want to see a user program running, copy either
'apps\hello\hello.bin' or 'apps\shell\shell.bin' to
'c:\reactos\system\shell.bin'. 'hello.bin' will write 'hello world' to the
console, 'shell.bin' will allow you to enter simple commands including
'dir', 'cd' and to execute additional processes e.g. 'hello.bin'.
* Running
Type 'boot.bat' from this directory. ReactOS won't start if a DPMI or VCPI
program is running e.g. Windows or EMM386.
* Further information
See the doc subdirectory, and these websites
http://www.sid-dis.com/reactos (main project website)
http://mok.lvcm.com/ (some more information including web based access
to the cvs server)
And also
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/ (for DJGPP)
http://?? (for NASM)
http://www.microsoft.com/hwdev/ (Information on NT driver development)
http://www.sysinternals.com/ (NT internals)
http://www.osr.com/ (Information on NT internals, also get an NT
insider subscription)
http://www.internals.com/ (Some information)
http://www.winehq.com/ (Windows emulators for Unix)
Competitors
http://www.freedows.org/ (Aiming at an OS able to emulate various
systems including windows, vapourware so far)
http://www.solarmoon.org/ (Makers of a FreeBSD based NT clone, site now
blank)
http://www.genericwindows.com/ (Aiming to make a Windows 3.1 clone
based on FreeBSD and Wine)