http://www.haiku-os.org/news/2012-11-12 … _1_alpha_4
There's been many nice improvements. It runs great on my other partition.
I apologize for double posting.
]]>I follow the instructions under the Linux/BSD header.
(e.g. sudo dd if=haiku-r1alpha2-anyboot.image of=/dev/sdc bs=1M)When booting, after POST it shows a blinking cursor, which keeps on blinking until I reboot (without USB key ofc).
I've used several USB sticks, several USB ports and even several computers to boot and dd from.
Note: Booting from USB has become troubled the past year or so. Before that, I never had any troubles. (Wasn't familiar with Haiku back then)
Maybe it's a hardware problem, or maybe it's a certain method they use for usb-images now. (I had a lot of problems dd'ing the current Arch linux image, but the previous image worked great.)
I always use a CD-RW to install Haiku, but I just tried using a USB flash drive to install it instead. It didn't work for me. After BIOS, my computer would just reboot. By the way, this is the first time I've tried booting from a USB flash drive.
I'm sorry I couldn't help you. I recommend asking on the Haiku General Mailing List. The developers are friendly and can help you better than I can.
]]>When booting, after POST it shows a blinking cursor, which keeps on blinking until I reboot (without USB key ofc).
I've used several USB sticks, several USB ports and even several computers to boot and dd from.
My system:
- Asrock P4V88 motherboard (that supports booting from USB, as tested with older Arch installs)
- Pentium 4 Prescott 3.0 ghz
- Nvidia 6600GT
- 1256 mb of DDR ram.
Note: Booting from USB has become troubled the past year or so. Before that, I never had any troubles. (Wasn't familiar with Haiku back then)
Maybe it's a hardware problem, or maybe it's a certain method they use for usb-images now. (I had a lot of problems dd'ing the current Arch linux image, but the previous image worked great.)
On an off subject note:
When I try to dd a haiku anybootimage to an usbstick, it consistently fails to boot.How do you guys do it?
That's a good question.
I burn the anyboot image to a CD-RW, boot from it, and install it to my hard drive.
Did you follow the USB stick installation instructions found here?
What computer are you trying to boot it on? Can you give more details about what happens when you try to boot from the USB drive?
]]>But in Arch we also have and sometimes write (boot) scripts. Are there any in Haiku?
Sure, there's something similar.
In Haiku, the root of the operating system is "/boot/".
"/boot/system/" is the operating system.
"/boot/common/" is for applications and settings that are shared for all users.
"/boot/home/" is the user's home directory. When Haiku gets multiuser support, this will be replaced with "/boot/your_username/".
There is a user boot script and a user shutdown script in "~/config/boot/". See http://haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/b … er-scripts
There is also a "launch" folder located at "~/config/boot/launch/". When the OS finishes loading, anything in the launch folder will be run. See http://haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/f … .html#home
When Haiku gets multiuser support, I believe there will also be a "boot/" folder in "/boot/common/config/" that is shared for all users.
There are also "system add-ons", which I don't have any experience with.
In summary, settings, applications, and system add-ons can be added at a the system level, shared-between-users level, or user level.
]]>How do you guys do it?
]]>So, for example, in Arch Linux, changing the timezone is a matter of simply changing a line in the "/etc/rc.conf" file. In Haiku, changing the timezone is matter of simply selecting a timezone from a list found in the "Time" preferences dialog, which uses the standard Haiku GUI, which can be selected from the standard "Deskbar -> Preferences" menu.
But in Arch we also have and sometimes write (boot) scripts. Are there any in Haiku?
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What you just described sounds like a cross between Mac OS and BSD to me. Not that I'm familiar with either, but still.
Can't wait until they put this thing out for us to download. Hurry along, Haiku devs!
]]>Mr. Alex wrote:Looks like Mac OS X. Stable and "easy-to-use" for client machines. But not serious for serious IT guys.
Imho the opposite seems true. I view Haiku as Mac OS X for serious IT guys. It has loads of functions (already or yet to be implemented) that are both very technical but also easy to use..
I started learning about and using Haiku for two main reasons: everything, including the kernel, the GUI, and the programming API, are designed and written by the same group of people, (Like Mac OS X) and it is free and open source software. (Like GNU/Linux)
Haiku was also designed to be an easy to use desktop operating system, so, yes, it shares that quality with Mac OS X.
Although Haiku is not Unix, (It's actually very far from Unix) it does come with a terminal application that allows you to use the Bash prompt and standard Unix commands. In that sense, Haiku is also similar to Mac OS X, because it has an easy to use GUI and also a powerful collection of technical tools.
I suppose whether or not Haiku could be used by "serious IT guys" depends on what those guys want to do.
But GNU/Linux is more complicated, right?
I think Haiku is less complicated than most GNU/Linux distributions because it has fewer "layers", which matches the definition of "Simplicity" in the Arch Way. Even so, one difference between Haiku and Arch Linux is that Haiku was designed from the beginning to be a complete desktop operating system with an easy to use GUI.
So, for example, in Arch Linux, changing the timezone is a matter of simply changing a line in the "/etc/rc.conf" file. In Haiku, changing the timezone is matter of simply selecting a timezone from a list found in the "Time" preferences dialog, which uses the standard Haiku GUI, which can be selected from the standard "Deskbar -> Preferences" menu.
So, to answer your question, I don't believe either Haiku or Arch Linux are complicated, but one of them has a lot higher learning curve than the other.
]]>Looks like Mac OS X. Stable and "easy-to-use" for client machines. But not serious for serious IT guys.
Imho the opposite seems true. I view Haiku as Mac OS X for serious IT guys. It has loads of functions (already or yet to be implemented) that are both very technical but also easy to use..
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