X-Git-Url: http://git.jankratochvil.net/?p=reactos.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=INSTALL;h=b1c3ae6817c17633a39cd7c8175c66d1cfc64326;hp=81997a676dc739924f609749032c2a3ebe3b6d9a;hb=HEAD;hpb=1334f77b1ecef00ac31076ce6bf22bdfeb82d347 diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 81997a6..b1c3ae6 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -1,14 +1,17 @@ 1. Build environment To build the system you need either mingw32 installed on Windows or a mingw32 -cross compiler running on unix. +cross compiler running on unix. You may obtain MinGW binaries that build +ReactOS from http://www.reactos.com. 2. Building ReactOS To build from Windows run 'make' (wihout the quotes) from the top directory. To build from unix, edit rules.mak and change the PREFIX variable to the -correct value for your cross-compiler, then run 'make'. +correct value for your cross-compiler. Run 'export HOST=mingw32-linux' to +tell the ReactOS build system that it is building ReactOS on a linux machine. +Now run 'make'. 3. Installation @@ -43,7 +46,9 @@ If you are on linux this could be: INSTALL_DIR = /mnt/windows/reactos Save the changes to rules.mak and run 'make install' to install the files to -the new location. +the new location. If you don't want to change rules.mak, you can specify the +installtion directory when invoking make. Run +'make INSTALL_DIR=c:\reactos install' to install to c:\reactos. 3.2 Installation from binany distribution @@ -55,13 +60,7 @@ to c:\reactos. Remember to extract the files with full paths. 4. Booting ReactOS Startup in DOS mode. 'cd' to c:\reactos and type 'boot' and press . -ReactOS will now boot and when it has booted, you are asked for a username and -password. Just press twice as ReactOS does not currently have user -validation. A simple shell is started where you can use simple commands like -'cd' and 'dir'. - -You may also want to try running the enhanced shell, cmd.exe, found in -the rosapps CVS module. +A simple shell is started where you can use simple commands like 'cd' and 'dir'. 5. Help