[openbeos] Re: makehdimage, unbootable BeOS
- From: "Jonas Sundström" <jonas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:31:17 +0200 CEST
"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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