Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

Forum thread started by neo67 on Tue, 2013-09-10 15:24

Hi all,

I try to boot the 32 bit version and the 64 bit nigthly version via DVD.

The only one I see, is a black sreen.
md5 I had check.

Any suggestions?
THX

Jorgus

PC:

Intel i7-4770
RAM: 8GB
Grafic: nvidia 760 GTX
Mainboard: Gigabyte xxx

Comments

Use fail-safe video mode

Try entering the boot loader and set Haiku to use fail-safe video mode (VESA), as described here:
https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/bootloader.html

If you want to make this option stick, so you don't have enter the boot loader and set options
on every boot, there's a kernel settings file somewhere in you home folder, which can be used
to set some of these options permanently.

Another idea is to remove the nvidia driver files, which should make Haiku
automatically fall back to fail-safe video mode, IIRC.

Re: Use fail-safe video mode

I was going to suggest removing the video card completely if you have on-board video.

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

http://haiku-files.org/haiku/releases/r1alpha4.1/haiku-r1alpha4.1-iso.zi...

Current Official Version Information

Version: R1/Alpha 4.1
Release date: November 14th, 2012
Computer platform: x86-32

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Re: Use fail-safe video mode

kirilla wrote:

Try entering the boot loader and set Haiku to use fail-safe video mode (VESA), as described here:
https://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/bootloader.html

I try to do this (press and keep holding the SHIFT key before the beginning of Haiku's boot process.). But nothing changed (Black Screen). I try the same DVD on a Acer Laptop and all wents good.

kirilla wrote:

Another idea is to remove the nvidia driver files, which should make Haiku
automatically fall back to fail-safe video mode, IIRC.

How I can do this? Edit the iso-File?

Re: Use fail-safe video mode

Earl Colby Pottinger wrote:

I was going to suggest removing the video card completely if you have on-board video.

Do you think, the video-card is the problem?

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

kim1963 wrote:

http://haiku-files.org/haiku/releases/r1alpha4.1/haiku-r1alpha4.1-iso.zi...

Current Official Version Information

Version: R1/Alpha 4.1
Release date: November 14th, 2012
Computer platform: x86-32

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What do you want to say?
About 64 Bit? I try the iso form here:
http://haiku-files.org/unsupported-builds/x86_64/

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

IIRC, several video drivers are not considered stable yet in x86_64 flavor.
Could you retry with latest x86 32bits nightly build image?

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

neo67 wrote:
kim1963 wrote:

http://haiku-files.org/haiku/releases/r1alpha4.1/haiku-r1alpha4.1-iso.zi...

Current Official Version Information

Version: R1/Alpha 4.1
Release date: November 14th, 2012
Computer platform: x86-32

--- ?

What do you want to say?
About 64 Bit? I try the iso form here:
http://haiku-files.org/unsupported-builds/x86_64/

R1/Alpha 4.1 boot ?

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

phoudoin wrote:

IIRC, several video drivers are not considered stable yet in x86_64 flavor.
Could you retry with latest x86 32bits nightly build image?

I tried this with:
http://haiku-files.org/haiku/development/
but same result.
The little points in the upper left corner appeared short a time and after this: nothing.
It doesn't matter, if I press and hold [Shift] or not.

I also load the ISO-file into the programm isomaster and delete 3 nvidia Files, bulid a new ISO-file and boot again with the new ISO-File on DVD. Nothing.
:(

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

kim1963 wrote:

R1/Alpha 4.1 boot ?

Yes.

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

I install Haiku now in a Vitualbox machine onto the same computer with Linux as Host.

Thanks-

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

Just wanted to add that I had my local store try both Alpha 4 and the latest nightly, both failed to boot on a I7-4770 on the Intel motherboards in stock.

And I need a new machine too :(

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

I guess like with Ivy and Sandy Bridge, Haswell architecture introduced some changes that we don't support or expect yet.

Could you try to catch the boot syslog and file a ticket then?

Re: Booting Haiku on a intel i7-4770 cpu

I have to ask the store manager and see if he will let me try.