FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: bootloader?

[Stephan Assmus <superstippi@xxxxxx>]

On 2006-02-14 at 14:32:49 [+0100], Kevin Field <kev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > I keep trying an image from the Factory once in awhile, and none of
> > > the
> > > ones I've tried in the last month have worked, even though they've
> > > worked
> > > on this machine (new Sempron 3100+) before.  The bootloader no longer
> > > finds any bootable volumes.  What's going on?
> > 
> > I guess we'd need a tiny bit more information from you before someone
> > can answer this question.
> 
> Sorry about that...
> 
> > For instance:
> > 1) Did you change the partition you install Haiku on?
> 
> Nope.
> 
> > 2) How does the exact partition layout look like?
> 
> /new1 46.6 GB -> /boot (BeOS Max)
> /new2 46.6 GB -> (Haiku)
> 
> It's the only drive in the system.
> 
> I use mount from the terminal to mount haiku.image, delete what's on /new2, 
> then copy everything over to it using Tracker.  This has always worked.  It 
> gets to the Haiku bootloader too, it just doesn't see /new2 for some 
> reason, no matter how many times I tell it to rescan.  I tried makebootable 
> and that didn't seem to help any.

Are the BeOS boot loader (which you get from makebootable) and the Haiku boot 
loader still interchangable? I thought we have our own boot sector now?

Could you try to check out the Haiku svn, mount your partition "Haiku" and 
then do a "jam install-haiku"? IIRC, the jam scripts default to installing on 
a mounted volume "Haiku". Ah, and type "configure" once before trying to run 
jam for the first time. And of course you need to install Olivers GCC with 
all the optional stuff (like libstdc++.r4 and headers). And you need to 
install our version of jam. That should be it.

HTH & Best regards,
-Stephan