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[openbeos] Re: makebootable under linux
- From: Stefano Ceccherini <burton666@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: 1 Dec 2005 08:49:04 -0000
-----Messaggio Originale-----
Da: Ingo Weinhold <bonefish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Data invio: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 23:27:06 +0100
Oggetto: Re: [openbeos] Re: makebootable under linux
>makebootable compiles and runs under Linux (it is >used when creating an
>image), but it only works for images there.
Ok, I see.
>makebootable writes the stage
>one boot loader onto the image/partition. Since the >stage one boot loader
>can't find out which partition it resides on, >makebootable has to write the
>offset of the partition into the code. For images >this is simple, since the
>offset is 0, but for real partitions makebootable has >to somehow find out.
>Under BeOS I knew the API for doing that and >implemented it, but for Linux
>I didn't bother.
>So, feel free to add that feature. Alternatively -- >e.g. if it turns, that
>there is no simple API to get a partition offset -- >you can add an command
>line option, that allows for specifying the offset.
I'm a total noob in linux, and I wouldn't like to see my partitions messed up
because I used the wrong offset, sorry :)
I guess I'll leave this for someone who knows what he's doing.
>You might also want to consider to use an emulator >like qemu instead of
>installing Haiku on a real partition. At least on my >machine (3.2 GHz P4)
>Haiku doesn't exactly fly under qemu, but is >nevertheless quite usable for
>testing, and the turn-around times when working on >something are
>significantly shorter.
Yeah, I'm using qemu at the moment, but it's really too slow here. I can't even
manage to close a window or to open a menu.
CU, Ingo
Stefano Ceccherini aka Jack Burton
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