Hello everyone,
I’ve been a Haiku user for some time now, even contributed with some translations. I wanted to install the lastest beta 5 on my laptop but the live USB doesn’t boot. I had previously installed beta 4 without any problem on this machine so I don’t understand why it doesn’t work anymore ? Any clue ?
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Better to try to upgrade from Beta4 if you still have it!
pkgman add-repo https://eu.hpkg.haiku-os.org/haiku/r1beta5/$(getarch)/current
pkgman add-repo https://eu.hpkg.haiku-os.org/haikuports/r1beta5/$(getarch)/current
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Hi,
Please open a bug report about this.
https://dev.haiku-os.org
Does the beta4 installer still boot?
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Where can I download beta 4 so I can try ?
We should probably update the notice there too : )
It is likely to break in the same way.
Before that, it may be a good idea to test with a recent nightly build, in case the problem is already solved there.
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I have just completed a fresh and smooth EFI install with beta 4, then updated the repo to beta 5. I used the same thumdrive, etcher and of course the same laptop without changing anything in the bios or anywhere else. Everything went well, no issue whatsoever. How strange ?
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In that setup your efi loader is still from beta4
How to find out if the haikubootloader.efi is from Beta4?
Just about the date?
Unfortunately, I don’t think that there’s a way, only with the file, without trying.
But when installed, you can enter the bootloader and you have the hrev in bottom right of the screen.
So perhaps, can you find that info using a hex editor…
You can checksum this file and compare it with the one shipped with beta4 and beta5 if you want
Is it a problem ? Has the efi loader been changed drasticaly ? Anyone who has updated their installation from beta 4 to beta 5 by changing the repo must have the same issue…
currently, no.
Ideally they should be in sync so you have a predictable setup.
But, if it boots, it boots. It could be a problem in future releases, but our hope is to have this autp-updates by the OS at that point.