[haiku-development] Re: Haiku booting problems

  • From: David McPaul <dlmcpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:00:03 +1100

On 5 February 2010 18:55, PHilip RUshik <prushik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 2:47 AM, Axel Dörfler <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> PHilip RUshik <prushik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > I don't trust the icon on the desktop that says "Installer"
>>
>> Which is the very same thing as when you boot directly into it; no need
>> to worry at all.
>>
>> > So, did I do something wrong? Did I build incorrectly or something?
>> > Could
>> > this just be bad luck? Is there something wrong with creating your
>> > own
>> > target? Did I add too much optional software?
>>
>> Without at least a photo of those "few screenfuls of ugly text" we
>> never know.
>> Please file a bug report with those pictures attached.
>> There is also a chance, that your previous Haiku installation left-
>> overs are causing trouble.
>> Have you tried removing the top-level "system", "common", and "develop"
>> folders manually?
>>
>> Also, you can update the installation directly from your build
>> platform, at least if that one is on the same system.
>>
>> Bye,
>>   Axel.
>>
>>
>
> I'll file a bug report and attach the pictures in a few minutes.
> My previous installation shouldn't be an issue since I did try reformatting
> and installing everything again on the clean partition.
>
> By the way, booting into the partition using the bootloader from the CD does
> work.

Try booting the disk using the CD bootloader and then run makebootable

The only other thing I can think of is there is another bootloader
somewhere taking over and chainloading

How many disk drives and partitions do you have?

-- 
Cheers
David

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