> 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