Comments on: Haiku Alpha 2 Released http://www.beosnews.com/2010/05/26/haiku-alpha-2-released/ All BeOS-related Topics Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:32:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mario http://www.beosnews.com/2010/05/26/haiku-alpha-2-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1862 mario Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.beosnews.com/?p=841#comment-1862 Thanks. Are you sure the MBR of the primary drive is affected? When I boot from a CD or a USB stick on a PC, I am pretty sure there is no info on these, in the MBR. Thanks. Are you sure the MBR of the primary drive is affected? When I boot from a CD or a USB stick on a PC, I am pretty sure there is no info on these, in the MBR.

]]> By: Stephen B. http://www.beosnews.com/2010/05/26/haiku-alpha-2-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Stephen B. Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:06:40 +0000 http://www.beosnews.com/?p=841#comment-1788 That should work, it's almost exactly the same setup I have (Haiku Alpha 2 installed on a spare 40GB drive). The only difference/possible hitch is your requirement that there be no modifications to the MBR - if you don't install the bootloader during Haiku's install, then you'll probably need to use partitioning software to set the partition as "active" in order to boot from it (otherwise, you'd probably get one of those "No Operating System Found" errors while trying to boot). The other option, which is probably simpler: when you do the Haiku install, remove/unplug every drive *except* for the one that you're installing Haiku onto. That way, you can safely install the Haiku bootmanager to the Haiku drive/partition without touching the MBR of your primary drive. So when you select the drive from the BIOS drive selection menu, the Haiku bootmanager would run from that drive's MBR & then load Haiku. That should work, it’s almost exactly the same setup I have (Haiku Alpha 2 installed on a spare 40GB drive). The only difference/possible hitch is your requirement that there be no modifications to the MBR – if you don’t install the bootloader during Haiku’s install, then you’ll probably need to use partitioning software to set the partition as “active” in order to boot from it (otherwise, you’d probably get one of those “No Operating System Found” errors while trying to boot).

The other option, which is probably simpler: when you do the Haiku install, remove/unplug every drive *except* for the one that you’re installing Haiku onto. That way, you can safely install the Haiku bootmanager to the Haiku drive/partition without touching the MBR of your primary drive. So when you select the drive from the BIOS drive selection menu, the Haiku bootmanager would run from that drive’s MBR & then load Haiku.

]]> By: mario http://www.beosnews.com/2010/05/26/haiku-alpha-2-released/comment-page-1/#comment-1787 mario Sat, 12 Jun 2010 06:36:34 +0000 http://www.beosnews.com/?p=841#comment-1787 Can it be installed on a separate drive? My only (safe) way to try it, is to have a completely empty separate drive on which it would be installed, and not have any multiboot menu (no change to the MBR) - I would select the drive to boot onto from the BIOS. Is that possible with Haiku R2? Can it be installed on a separate drive? My only (safe) way to try it, is to have a completely empty separate drive on which it would be installed, and not have any multiboot menu (no change to the MBR) – I would select the drive to boot onto from the BIOS. Is that possible with Haiku R2?

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