[haiku-development] Re: Installation Question

  • From: Daniel Hsu <eraserwars@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:02:15 -0700

Ah I see, thanks so much. Do you know long it might have to take?

-Daniel

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:52 PM, X512 <danger_mail@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 23:40:24 -0700, Daniel Hsu <eraserwars@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > and the "Pre-requisite Software" part went fine, but when I try to
> > get the
> > source code with
> >
> > git clone git://git.haiku-os.org/buildtools
> >
> > and
> >
> > git clone git://git.haiku-os.org/haiku
> >
> > they both hang in the terminal after something called the "delta" is
> > finished downloading its 39909/39909 files. It doesn't continue,
> > freezes my
> > computer at random short intervals of time, and the processes says
> > it's
> > still running when I try to close the terminal. Every time I'm forced
> > to
> > just quit the terminal with the process inside it and try again but
> > it
> > doesn't fix the problem. Does anyone know what could be the issue?
> > There
> > seems to be no one online that has had the same problem as me. I'm
> > considering just installing Haiku from and ISO and then try building
> > Haiku
> > from there instead of Ubuntu.
> This is OK. You should wait for a long time. First git download data,
> next it extract data. git don't show extracting progress.
>
> > Also, is it possible to dual book Haiku instead of having it take
> > over the
> > entire drive? Would creating a partition for it work as described
> > here:
> > http://haiku-os.org/get-haiku/installation-guide
> > and would it be making Haiku boot alongside my Ubuntu and Windows on
> > my
> > computer? I'm really hoping to be able to start helping in
> > development this
> > summer, and it would be great if someone could give me tips on how to
> > get
> > Haiku working first.
> Yes of course. You should create partition for Haiku. Next you boot
> Haiku for example from flash drive, format created partition, install
> Haiku on it and install boot menu. Haiku has it's own boot menu
> «BootManager», GRUB isn't required.
>
>

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