[openbeos] Re: makehdimage, unbootable BeOS

"Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Using makehdimage on a spare partition, my main BeOS installation 
> > is 
> > affected somehow. It no longer boots. All icons light up and then 
> > nothing more happens. I have to reformat the Haiku partition using 
> > DriveSetup off the R5 CD, to be able to boot into BeOS again. 
> > 
> > I think the BeOS bootloader gets confused by the presence of the 
> > Haiku 
> > partition, but I haven't got a clue as to why.
> 
> I don't really have a clue either, but has this BeOS installation
> been moved from another disk at another location?

Yep. But I think I used Installer to do it. 
I'd expect Installer to call makebootable or do what it does.

> If so, using "makebootable" on the BeOS partition might help
> with the issue, although I am probably wrong about this :-)

The exact nature of it remains hidden from me, 
but at least it works now. :)

/Jonas Sundström.                   www.kirilla.com

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