[openbeos] Re: A joke ?
- From: "MPX" <mpx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 02:11:11 +0100
Hello
When trying to mount beos.iso /temp_dir beos starts reading from floppy then
it crashes. Help!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Zenja Solaja" <zenja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 8:40 PM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: A joke ?
> <Disclaimer> All right, I'm guilty of trying it out. As will 90% of
> whats left of the BeOS community </Disclaimer>
>
> For those of you who are really really curious, this is what the 63Mb
> file has:
>
> -its a zip file which extracts to a 300Mb ISO
> -mount from BeOS with "mount BEOS.ISO /temp_dir"
> -if you have a spare partition (dont we all ;-), initialise it as a BFS
> and copy the entire temp_dir to that drive.
> -run bootman to set up a bootmanager
> -reboot
> -you see a EXP/DANO boot screen.
> -About BeOS shows Kernel Nov 15, 2001 13:06:19 and system version 5.1d0
> -you'll immediatly notice an updated GUI. This includes:
> -window decor (Default, BeAqua, BlueSteel, Graphite, Origin, Origin
> Simple)
> -you loose Win95/Mac/Amiga window decors.
> -slightly rounded windows (everywhere, including buttons, highlight
> bar etc)
> -prettier listboxes
> -giant checkboxes
> -improved font support (adjustable antialiasing and other
> parameters)
> -other miscellaneous visual tweaks
> -newer drivers (picked up my GeForce 3 Ti200 instantly) - but
> everything can be found on BeBits anyway
> -BONE and HW OpenGL, possible MediaKit update. FTP and Telnet on by
> default (grrrr)
> -A few new apps (QuickRes, RHConsole, Spy, Calculator)
> -minor update to some CLI tools
> -Documentation/User Guide still references BeOS R4.5 :-)
> -/develop/be/headers has balooned to over 30 directories, including:
> -www
> -xml
> -windowmanager
> -control
> -drivers
> -yadda yadda yadda
> -old directories + olddirectory2 (ie. interface and interface2)
>
> The bad: - occasionally you'll find an app which wont work (updated .so
> file), but my first impression is that at least 95% of apps work. The
> fresh window decor doesn't resize nicely (flickers), and to be honest
> the classic Be look (which is the default) stil rocks and is more
> usable than the others (yes, even nicer than BAqua).
>
> There is no additional source code which cannot be found on a R5 Pro CD
> or with the development package. This package does NOT contain the
> leaked BeOS source code.
>
> The moral dilemma now is "do I uninstall?" Well, its a .1 version, not
> 6.0. This is what R5 should have been (those upgrading from R4,5).
> Its a pity that BeInc didn't publish this package some time last year,
> and charge a nominal upgrade fee. They should have given it away once
> the Palm deal was announced, a sort of farewell present to the
> community. They owe us that, at least, for the support we gave them
> (both spiritually, and financially - those like myself who purchased
> several releases of their OS). Its a pity that the management showed
> such disregard for the community, those of us who were their truest
> supporters.
>
>
>
>
> >| anand if u have downloaded the binary how are u going to use it?
> >
> >so, if you would extract the .zip archive then you would have ca 310MB
> big
> >.iso file.
> >i assume that one could burn it onto cd (but not boot from it) and
> then use
> >the plain old BeOS r5.0.x installer with this CD as source to install
> it.
> >otherwise you probably could mount the .iso image under BeOS
> >
> >daniel bender
> >
> >
> >
>
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