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Compiling Windows on DOS? (Developers)

posted by glennmcc Homepage E-mail, North Jackson, Ohio (USA), 12.02.2021, 16:46

> > 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.


The answer to the "why?" is @ about 2min of this Big Bang Theory clip. ;-)

https://youtu.be/onZ4KMM94yI?t=109

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