Froze up while installing

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I know this has been discussed a several times but apparently no one yet had a problem when the installation (from DVD) got all frozen up at the “Chip” (Loading CPU specific module). I was willing to set up Haiku on an old Acer laptop - Acer Aspire 3000. The CPU is (from BIOS) “Mobile AMD Semprom™ Processor 3000+” and its speed is 1800 MHz. I dont have any OS installed, HDD ir formatted. I did format the HDD with GParted Live which is meant for Linux architecture, I suppose. Might this bring any problems? Formatted HDD as ntfs.

Earlier I tried to instal Haiku with bootable flash drive but then I realized that the old laptop of mine doesnt support booting from USB port. So I burned a DVD with the *.iso … Any suggestions. Preferably in an easy language so I can understand, not that much of a pro in these things, just learning. :slight_smile:

Thanks in advance! :slight_smile:

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What version of Haiku OS you use?
4.1 Alpha or latest nightly build?

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R1/Alpha 4.1

Is the nightly build a better version and could resolve my problems? Where can I get it, apparently its not on the “Get Haiku”…?

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https://download.haiku-os.org/nightly-images/x86_gcc2_hybrid/

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If you run into problems again try to hold down shift key.
and chose safe mode.

More informations about this bootloader menu can be found here:
https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/bootloader.html

It could also help to enable the debug option so that you can tell us more in detail when the boot process stops.

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You could also use the Ultimate Boot CD or some similar tool (Plop boot manager, etc) to first boot from a CD and then load Haiku from USB from there.