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Compiling Windows on DOS? (Developers)

posted by mceric, Germany, 12.02.2021, 16:30

> As everyone knows, Windows 2003's source codes have been leaked. And I
> downloaded them. By using some tools, I found that its compiler doesn't
> import ntdll.dll. So, it's possible to compile Windows 2003 on Win9x, even
> on DOS by using HX. Then I started to try. But I encountered a problem.
> Many scripts for compilation use .cmd file extension and command.com
> doesn't recognize it as a batch file. Changing then to .bat extension one
> by one would be a disaster. (And you also have to replace .cmd in the
> scripts to .bat) So, my question is: How to let command.com run a .cmd
> file?
Why on earth would you want to recompile Windows 2003? And why on earth on anything else than the original compiler on the original operating system?

Even if you COULD do it, it might take weeks of CPU time and terabytes of disk space to compile an entire operating system.

Apart from that, it is obviously illegal to roll your own Windows 2003. Sources for that sort of software are only available under non disclosure agreements for security sensitive customers who want to review them.

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