Cannot get Haiku to install

Forum thread started by jasimon9 on Fri, 2012-06-01 06:36

I have tried the following on an box that normally runs Windows XP:

1. Create a USB boot drive from the AnyBoot image (used dd on my Mac).
2. Try booting from it. Nothing appears on the screen.
3. Next try BiOS selection of boot drive; USB drive selected, but still nothing happens.
4. Create a CD from the AnyBoot image (used ImgBurn on Windows).
5. After what appears like a normal boot load from the CD, the screen is still blank.
6. Go into safe mode and try several variations; at point where I would think the system should be booted up, there is just a blank screen.
7. Play around with more safe mode options, including lower level video settings. Still no joy.

Just for fun, inserted the USB drive into my Mac, and Opt-Restart. It does not even recognize the USB as bootable.

Not very encouraging.

Any ideas?

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Comments

Re: Cannot get Haiku to install

by starsseed - 2012-06-01 11:43

Hello
what is your hardware? (chipset, manufacturer, graphic adapter), and what Haiku version are you using? (Alpha3 or a nightly build ?)

Do you see the boot menu if you boot while keeping the key pressed ?

Re: Cannot get Haiku to install

by jasimon9 - 2012-06-01 18:57

Hardwa