[openbeos] Re: Correct way to start a Haiku partition from BeOS
- From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:44:25 +0200 CEST
"scott mc" <scottmc2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For months I've been creating my Haiku partitions from a BeOS
> partition, initializing with and then using imagemounter to open a
> haiku-image and then copying the files from the image to my haiku
> partition. This has worked for the most part, but I'm wondering if
> this is causing unseen issues, such as was seen in tickets #2024 /
> #2031. Should I instead be using dd to make sure that my Haiku
> partition is using the correct filesystem and such? I suspect that
> initializing from BeOS in putting the BeOS filesystem onto the
> partition rather than Haiku's. Any opinions on the proper way to
> create a Haiku partition from BeOS?
If you reinitialize the disk before (at least after the recent number
of BFS fixes this is definitely a must), there is nothing wrong with
the method you're describing.
Bye,
Axel.
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