BARRY MARTIN wrote:
> Hi Ky!
> > KM> Easy 2 Boot is the solution!
> > Thanks! Will have to try out!
> KM> Only fails I've had with it are ReactOS and Hackintosh (someone
> KM> hacked MacOS to run on a PC), and I couldn't get ReactOS to run
> KM> or install from a CD either, so probably not E2B's fault.
> KM> Hackintosh loads but fails when it goes to find a hard disk, but
> KM> it's known to have Issues.
> If the CD is either faulty or an OEM type might explain the fail. ...Or
> a problem with 32-bit vs. 64-bit? (Obvious answers but easy enough to
> overlook.)
Nope, it's the Hackintosh installer, it's known to be at best cranky.
Might be a fail in its SATA driver. Will have to try it with IDE.
> KM> If you haven't seen ReactOS, it's a clean-room recreation of
> KM> WinXP. So far hardware support is hit-or-miss, which is likely
> KM> why I've had no luck with it. Need to try some older hardware.
> KM> How often do you hear that? :)
> Well that's close to my "I hope it works with the old hardware here"!
Finally got ReactOS v0.4.4 to run!! tho had to install from a CD.
Right now I have it set up as a dual boot with WinXP. ROS didn't like
any of my SATA controllers, but was good with a system with an IDE port
(that dying but still not needless breed). Not even all that old (2009ish).
Had to boot ROS once in "DebugFile" mode to clear some flag that got set
wrong and made it boot slow after XP was installed, but since then it's
been perfectly good.
Anyway, lots of stuff still doesn't work, and the file manager has
Issues (actually I think it's a bug in the FAT) but what does work looks
and behaves enough like XP that there's no difficulty switching between
'em.
Someone lately got Microsoft Office 10 to work on ROS (requires prior
install of Samba, of all things), a big Progress.
And on the XP side, I'm being treated to the unlikely spectacle of
fullblown XP Pro SP3 using only 71mb of RAM and reaching the desktop in
9 seconds flat. <scratching head>
For comparison, ROS is using about 100mb RAM and takes 12 seconds to boot.
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