Hey folks, I’m an old-timer BeOS user who left the scene for a few years. I’m very interested in getting back into it, and I’m wondering what’s the best way to install the system.
My plan is to put Haiku on a partition in a system that currently is running only Fedora Core 2, but the last I knew, you had to install BeOS 5 PE from Windows. I do also recall that there was a somewhat tricky method to install it to a partition without needing it to be within Windows, but I can’t remember what that method is, nor how to go about it from Linux. I’ve searched around online but haven’t dug up much that’s of use so far.
Haiku isn't ready to be installed stand alone yet. You need BeOS 5 (with BONE, preferably) to install components onto.
I realize that, but it’s okay. I don’t need to install all of Haiku, and I know enough to back up any components that I’m replacing in the process… heh.
I’m looking more for the method of installing BeOS 5 to a standalone partition on a system without Windows.
Step 1: Get an install CD. Either get BeOS Professional from Purplus, or get BeOSMax, from http://www.beosmax.org.
Step 2: Put it in the computer
Step 3: Reboot
Step 1: Get an install CD. Either get BeOS Professional from Purplus, or get BeOSMax, from http://www.beosmax.org.
Step 2: Put it in the computer
Step 3: Reboot
BeOS Max huh? That’s just what I was looking for… thank you kindly.
Odd that it didn’t turn up in my searching… oh well.
Step 1: Get an install CD. Either get BeOS Professional from Purplus, or get BeOSMax, from http://www.beosmax.org.
Step 2: Put it in the computer
Step 3: Reboot
BeOS Max huh? That’s just what I was looking for… thank you kindly.
Odd that it didn’t turn up in my searching… oh well.
Similar to BeOSMax is the Dev Edition created by www.BeOSOnline.com - but I hear it comes with a “broken compiler” or something like that and is unsuitable for Haiku development… but then again, maybe that was the first dev edition, and the newer one now available may work better.
BeOS Max huh? That's just what I was looking for... thank you kindly.
Odd that it didn’t turn up in my searching… oh well.
Similar to BeOSMax is the Dev Edition created by www.BeOSOnline.com - but I hear it comes with a “broken compiler” or something like that and is unsuitable for Haiku development… but then again, maybe that was the first dev edition, and the newer one now available may work better.
It’s another option to experiment with anyhow.
I think I will try it; BeOS Max looks good, but hangs while the installer tries to set up. Maybe I’ll have better luck with the other.
I had a hang with Max, too--try making sure the block size is no larger than 1024 when you're initializing your Be partition before install.
Kev
This was even before it got to that stage; I wasn’t able to install or partition.
You can try disabling user add-ons - I think there’s quite a few extra 3rd-party drivers that Vasper has added to BeOS Max for current hardware, possibly one of those is causing your hangup.
Also, were you using Max 3.1 beta or 3.0? I have been able to get both 3.0 and 3.1 beta to install on my somewhat-older hardware but if one works and not the other, then it can probably be narrowed down to one of the differences.
I just wanted to fill in that R5 PE can be installed to a partition just like Max and Dev.
Get the BeOS4Linux download from the PE page at bebits. This isn’t tied to Linux in any way, except that the archive format is tar.gz (which is rather unix-ish, but can be extracted on any platform). The archive includes two important files; a floppy image and a 500mb BFS image. You can use the two images to burn a bootable CD, or you can put the image on a partition (supports at least BFS, ext2/3, and FAT16/32, probably others as well) and boot from floppy. The image has to be placed in a folder named “beos” on the root of the volume. Once inside, you can use the installer to put it on a real partition (all BeOS systems can copy themselves using the installer).
Next, get BeShare from bebits and dl bone7a.
Personally I like this approach better than some maxed out BeOS “distro”, unless a patch for supporting the processor is necessary or something.
Edit: Be sure to do the 5.0.1 and 5.0.3 upgrades first thing after the install.
