Hello
I am trying to install Haiku on a HP/Compaq netbook using USB flashdrive - I am devoting the entire 240 GB hard drive to Haiku. I have used Gparted to create unallocated, Fat32 and NTFS filesystems, and I have even set the boot flag on them. Whatever I do, and this is now the 5th or 6th attempt, DriveSetup says the disk is read-only and will not continue!
Any ideas welcome.
I am booting the haiku-r1alpha4-anyboot.image.
I hope I understand your question well, but it sounds like you need to format your disk, since the BIOS isn’t letting you change the read-write settings.
I’m assuming you are trying to install Haiku on it and no other OSs.
http://download.haiku-os.org/nightly-images/x86_gcc2_hybrid/
The GCC 2 Hybrid images on this page are recommended, as they are the most similar to official releases.
Hi,
As mentionned above, please try a current nightly build as the bug may have been fixed there already. Make sure your BIOS isn’t write-protecting the disk (“boot virus protection” or similar “features” should be disabled). Make sure your disk doesn’t have remaining parts of a GPT header (clear the disk first and last few sectors with dd to make sure)
Hi frank4360
Try following steps:
First if you use GParted you can create a BFS partition right away out of GParted.
In Haiku open DriveSetup in the terminal (buy simply typing DriveSetup) and try to do what ever you did to Setup the diks for haiku. If any error shows up in the terminal post it here or over pastebin and copie the pastebin link here 
The other thinks you can do is:
try to mount your Fat32 FileSystem on the harddrive.
Open a terminal type in df
and it will show you something like
Mount … Device
/Windows … /dev/…/scsi/0/0/0/2_4
take the device part and replace the 2_4
and type
driveinfo /dev/…/scsi/0/0/0/raw
Hopefully this gives some more informations.
Post it here maybe it helps to find a solution.
And btw. i also would suggest to use the lates nightly!
[quote=33Nicolas]I hope I understand your question well, but it sounds like you need to format your disk, since the BIOS isn’t letting you change the read-write settings.
I’m assuming you are trying to install Haiku on it and no other OSs.[/quote]
Yes the entire system is given over to Haiku.
There are no BIOS settings that I can see that restrict disk access!
[quote=kim1963]http://download.haiku-os.org/nightly-images/x86_gcc2_hybrid/
The GCC 2 Hybrid images on this page are recommended, as they are the most similar to official releases.[/quote]
OK I will try the latest build.
[quote=PulkoMandy]Hi,
As mentionned above, please try a current nightly build as the bug may have been fixed there already. Make sure your BIOS isn’t write-protecting the disk (“boot virus protection” or similar “features” should be disabled). Make sure your disk doesn’t have remaining parts of a GPT header (clear the disk first and last few sectors with dd to make sure)[/quote]
There is no setting in the BIOS that I can see to restrict disk writing.
[quote=Paradoxon]Hi frank4360
Try following steps:
First if you use GParted you can create a BFS partition right away out of GParted.
[/quote]
I have just downloaded the latest Gparted (gparted-live-0.20.0-2-i486.iso) and there is no reference to BFS filesystem. btrfs, ext*, f2fs, fat*, hfs, hfs+, jfs, nilfs2, ntfs and xfs among others are allowed. Which do you suggest to use?
I have used the latest build, and I also formatted the entire disk to fat32 The “disk read-only” problem in installing has now disappeared - thanks.
However, with only Haiku on the only disk, and having set the Haiku BootManager to load from the disk (which I have named HaikuA), on booting from hard disk I simply get a black screen with heading “Haiku Boot Manager” (note - not Grub) and a last line “Select an OS from th menu”. Problem - no menu showing!
I lately had also some troubles with the haiku boatloader.
i used Grub from linux and added an entry for haiku (there is also some autodetection for haiku from what i know but it didnt worked for me).
maybe boot into your local haiku installatino and type in terminal makebootable /mountpoint of the harddisk
[quote=frank4360][quote=Paradoxon]Hi frank4360
Try following steps:
First if you use GParted you can create a BFS partition right away out of GParted.
[/quote]
I have just downloaded the latest Gparted (gparted-live-0.20.0-2-i486.iso) and there is no reference to BFS filesystem. btrfs, ext*, f2fs, fat*, hfs, hfs+, jfs, nilfs2, ntfs and xfs among others are allowed. Which do you suggest to use?[/quote]
Linux calls the BFS the ‘BEFS’, which leads others to also mistakenly call it that.