[haiku-development] Re: xicon and executable scripts
- From: scott mc <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 23:04:02 -0700
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:40 PM, <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:59:51PM -0500, Rene Gollent wrote:
>> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 8:51 PM, <pete.goodeve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > It seems that the flash image is missing some vital stuff. If I mount
>> > it and look, I don't see anything in the 'beos' directory except 'etc'.
>>
>> /boot/beos no longer is used in Haiku. All that stuff is found in
>> /boot/system since the directory structure was changed somewhere
>> around a month or so ago. This also has the consequence that R5's
>> makebootable no longer works with it, as the path and loader name are
>> no longer the same. Try googling for makebootabletiny.c, it can handle
>> that for you.
>
> Aha...! [Well, I did ask if I'd missed out a step... (:-)]
>
> I a) hadn't realized that this had been changed, and b) didn't know
> that I was so far behind the curve...
>
> I didn't have to find or compile a new makebootable. I just used the
> one that *had* been installed from the flash drive. I now boot and get the
> expected rev number.
>
> Many thanks,
> -- Pete --
>
>
>
Glad to hear you got it working with a fresh install. Come to think
of it I think this might be what I need to try on another machine that
has a similar issue. Good to know that that old Thinkpad has found
new life.
-scottmc
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