Installing Haiku – not from CD, but from linux
So I have been using Linux a long time now. After Windows 95 no longer did what I wanted, I switched to Linux. Actually, I have now have a new (second hand) computer – a small laptop for moving around. But the thing is, Linux doesn't boot very quickly for me. So I looked back at Haiku (back chronologically that is – I dabbled in it before and liked it a lot).
This laptop – I want Haiku on it. But it has no CD drive, so how can I install it? I'm on Gentoo Linux – which is always installed from another instance of a Unix-like operating system. Can it be done? Are there instructions somewhere?
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Re: Installing Haiku – not from CD, but from linux
For netbooks (laptops without CD/DVD drive) there is an easy way to install Haiku that I use frequently. Download raw Haiku image form http://haiku-files.org/raw/index.php?show=all, transfer it to USB memory stick:
dd if=haiku-nightly.image of=/dev/sdb bs=1M
IMPORTANT: run the command with root privileges. Use your real stick device name instead of /dev/sdb and without partition number (not /dev/sdb1).
After that boot your netbook, select boot menu or from BIOS select to boot from memory stick and proceed with installation as usual.
Re: Installing Haiku – not from CD, but from linux
That would work if the laptop was relatively new, 1-4 years old. If it is any older, then my guess is it needs a BIOS upgrade. But be warned, BIOS upgrades can be dangerous, one bit missing and the thing will not boot.