[haiku-development] Re: xicon and executable scripts

  • From: Fredrik Modèen <fredrik@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 5 May 2009 08:43:11 +0200 (CEST)

> Well, I guess I need a bit more help than I had hoped. (:(
> Not sure where I should ask questions like this, but as this is my
> contact point at the moment...
Wel its' here or at haiku@xxxxxxxxxxxxx but I think here are ok?

> I downloaded the latest raw image (r30629) and dd'd it (from Ubuntu)
> onto a fresh USB flash.  When I plug that into the ThinkPad, it gets
> mounted, and all the base directories seem to be there.  I copied
> over everything visible to overwrite a previously bootable Haiku
> partition,
> and tried to boot that.  The boot sequence hangs at the last 'Launch'(?)
> icon -- no disk activity that I can see after that.  (No problem with
> other untouched partitions.)
It's look like some hardware aren't supported, hit space before first icon
lits and choose some options to see if it bootes.

......
> (I thought from what Scott told me that I'd be able to boot from the
> flash drive, but I don't see it with a re-scan.)
Yes you can if your system suports booting from USB, some system you can
hit f8 or f12 do do a "one time boot option" and there selectd the USB or
change boot order in BIOS.


-- 
MVH
Fredrik Modèen


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