[haiku-development] Re: Haiku R1/alpha decisions

richard jasmin <jasminr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 'Either you use a version of BeOS to do the setup with DriveSetup or 
> mkbfs or you use Haiku itself with the Installer or DriveSetup. Once 
> you've created and initialized the target partition you can mount the 
> image (using tools like Mount Image <http://bebits.com/app/3576> or 
> through the Terminal) and copy over all the files. If you are under 
> Haiku, you can just as well use the Installer to make a duplicate of your 
> currently booted installation.'
> 
> no.try again.doesn't work.formats okay.not bootable.
> 
> 
> 'If you for example copy such an image directly to a USB drive starting 
> from 0, overwriting the MBR (destoying all partitions already there), 
> then this will boot.'
> 
> like the dd command or the russian software that does this? dont think 
> so, tried and failed.
> 
> ' To make sure a partition boot record is there and it contains the right 
> partition offset, you can use the tool "makebootable". Makebootable will 
> do both, write the partition boot code to the beginning of the partition 
> and detect and write the partition offset to where it is needed. You can 
> use the makebootable from BeOS if you have a BeOS installation that has 
> access to the partition in question.'
> 
> not quite.its SUPPOSED to do this.it doesn't.
> ive used VBox and qemu, no luck.

If you boot a BeOS in emulation and point it to the partition, are you sure 
the harddrive is mapped completely, or is the *partition* by any chance 
mapped as the harddrive in the emulation? I think you will have to get more 
specific in describing what you did. At least I have a hard time 
deciphering your description.

Best regards,
-Stephan

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