[openbeos] Re: Does anyone have a copy of the OpenBeOS HowTo?

"John R. Ashmun" <jrashmun@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://www.bebits.com/app/3231

It's still linked from http://wiki.bebits.com/page/HowTo
But there's nothing there.

Anyway... 

Step by step, getting the tools, the code, compiling, .. :

Get the tools off this page:
http://www.haiku-os.org/develop.php
essentially cvs, ld and jam.

Put these in ~/config/bin.

Especially 'ld' is important, as explained on this page:
http://www.bebits.com/app/3224
ld_switch is a good utility to have as well.

Then, get the source, either as a tarball:
http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/files/OpenBeOS-src.tgz

Or, via cvs:
- cd to the folder where you want the source
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/open-beos login
- press enter - no password
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/open-beos co 
.
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:/cvsroot/open-beos logout

In {cvs} / current, run the configure script
then go into current/src/tools/rc and make
and into current/src/tools/jam and make (then jam?)
then link or copy 'rc' and 'jam0' (renamed to 'jam') in ~/config/bin

Then you go back to current and run jam.

Plus, there's a good ReadMe in {cvs} / current:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/open-beos/current/ReadMe?rev=1.2&view=markup

I hope I got all the details right. 

Looking at the Newsletter Archive, there's:  How to "Get OBOS":
http://www.haiku-os.org/learn.php?mode=nsl_view&id=52#184

If you get tired of the Haiku boot-floppy, you can try
booting off a real harddisk partition:
http://www.freelists.org/archives/openbeos/04-2004/msg00067.html

(don't be alarmed if it doesn't work though)

There's also http://www.haiku-os.org/factory/
where you can download the stuff that builds properly.

Some of it is also available on http://www.bebits.com 
and works in BeOS R5 as expected, like the AC97 
and Nvidia device drivers.

Cheers,
Jonas Sundström.                  www.kirilla.com

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