How to boot beos in lilo

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Hi,

i tryed to edit lilo but no luke is there somone how has it working? ik use mandrake10.1
i want to install beos in /var/beos
i am stil new to linux as wel but all i need is running. a friend told me about beos so i want
to try it en see whate it is it sound very good.
(i just found out i have a problemen with the floppydisk so i cant use it for the moment)

with regards,

Lighthouse

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Err, you can’t install BeOS into a Linux filesystem (don’t even bother mentioning PE, people). It needs a partition. Not a directory.

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MYOB wrote:
Err, you can't install BeOS into a Linux filesystem (don't even bother mentioning PE, people). It needs a partition. Not a directory.

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lighthouse, when you have the “Personal Edition” version of BeOS “for Linux”, you’ll have a compressed file that uncompress to 500MB, plus other files. This file must resides on a folder called /BeOS on any partition but, you will need a floppy to boot BeOS.

In fact… I might be mistaken. There is another way: you might have a file called “zbeos” that came toghether with. It contains the bootcode necessary to boot BeOS. You can add this file as a boot option to LILO, so it can be loaded into memory and start running. I can’t help you with details about configuring LILO but it’s almost the same way you do to add a Windows installation to it. This COULD help (I think it’s plain wrong, but it’s working 'cause it’s reading the boot code of the BeOS partition, not from the zbeos file):

http://www.betips.net/chunga.php?id=195

Btw, it could be a lot easier for you if you dig www.bebits.com and search for a BeOS “distro” (well… it’s no distro really, but you will understand in the future) packed with other software and patches for newer machines. try looking over there first, you might found an ISO to install or even a live CD (hint: http://www.bebits.com/search?search=xbeox).

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Thx

@ MYOB

MYOB wrote:
Err, you can't install BeOS into a Linux filesystem (don't even bother mentioning PE, people). It needs a partition. Not a directory.
if i read directory i think that this is what is ment.
BeBits wrote:
Simply extract BeOS4Linux.tar.gz to a directory named BeOS anywhere on the boot partition
i can not make a partition in an partition so do not blame the newbie's try to re frease the tekst on bebits but oke i now have it working. plz do not is understand me but i have make de start on de pc with ms-dos, wen i see directory i use (ms-dos) directory.

@ Doca
thx for de link i think i can get lilo to work now
i have the livecd(xbeosx) but again i cant burn de images.
i found a nero cd and gave it a try but without luke, but i found a link to software how uses cdrecord under windows (
Easy Burning), whit gui it thus not work but if found cdrecord and use the tekst form de beos pe max and :slight_smile: it works (under linux i cant find my cdwriter).

platform linux
distro mandrake
this is what you ment i think and oke
platform beos
distro Haiku, dev, …(more i dont know if there are any more)

i now have other thinks i need to kwon but thas a other toppic

Lighthouse