Haiku CD Cannot Find Any Boot Partition (DMA Has Been Disabled)

Forum thread started by catnip on Sun, 2010-01-03 19:30

I have an Acer Aspire One 150 (with a regular 160 GB HD) and dearly want to put Haiku on it. Having no optical drive on the Aspire, I have tried to use my Asus external DVD to boot the Haiku CD. It is powered using two USB ports. I have had success using this device to install other OS's on the Aspire. And I have disabled DMA. Yet, booting stops at the drive icon and then I get the message that Haiku cannot find a boot partition. Is there anything anyone knows of that could could be causing this, assuming that DMA has been disabled. Thank you!

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Re: Haiku CD Cannot Find Any Boot Partition (DMA Has Been ...

by tonestone57 - 2010-01-04 02:46

Did you disable DMA from BIOS or SAFE-MODE?

Press [space bar] while booting to enter Haiku SAFE-MODE. From there, disable DMA. You can also set fail-safe video resolution and select use fail-safe video mode.

You can also try the other safe mode options. If those don't work, then enable console debug to see what is going on during boot.

Re: Haiku CD Cannot Find Any Boot Partition (DMA Has Been ...

by catnip - 2010-01-04 03:22

Thank you, I'll try disabling DMA from SAFE-MODE rather than BIOS...and your other suggestions if need be!