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I am writing a driver for an Intel G35 Express Graphics Card. I have the directions for writing in Linux and just need for someone to look over it and tell me if it is possible for me or tell from their own experience if I can use this in HAIKU. ALL of the code required for writing the driver is supplied on the site below. Want to know if I can apply it before I try to figure out how to install the Linux code.

Here are the short instructions:

http://intellinuxgraphics.org/install.html

More info: HAIKU displays on my screen through VGA and HDMI. It does not display at a 16:9 ratio. It also appears very generic.

Hi all,

I just decided to try out Haiku for fun. I have an old computer for things like this, it's from the mid 90s.
I just use it for fun, experimenting with some things. :D
So I wanted to use it to try out Haiku, but it doesn't boot the CD.
I mean, it starts from the CD, I see some "dots" running, then the screen turns black with a blinking cursor at the bottom.
Nothing works then.

This is the hardware which I use in this computer:
Brand: Commodore
Motherboard: Abit AB-PR5
CPU: Intel Pentium MMX 233MHz
RAM: 128MB EDO-RAM
Videocard: ATi 3D Rage II+DVD (2MB) (PCI)

I still use the original CD-ROM drive of the computer, and I think it could cause this problem...
I tried to boot another OS from CD (AROS, you might have heard of it), and I also get a problem there. They have GRUB on CD for booting, but I do not get the proper boot menu, and the background is black, while booting the same CD on my notebook gives a nice menu (with a bigger choice of boot options) and the menu is also colored.
Maybe both problems have the same reason... and I have the feeling it could be the CD-ROM drive.

However, I do not have another CD-ROM drive for testing right now...

Booting and installing Windows 98SE and NT4 works without any problems. I also tried to boot Damn Small Linux from CD and it worked.

I don't think that it is a problem with the CPU or motherboard, because someone else with other hardware also had the same problem booting Haiku. (you can read that here: http://www.notanon.com/reviews/trying-out-haiku-os-on-old-hardware/2010/... )

Does anyone have an idea how I could boot Haiku, or what might be the problem???
Thanks for answers....

-Sonic

Edit: I tried both, Haiku R1 Alpha 2 and the nightly build from August 29th. I tried booting the nightly build as live CD on a Notebook which I bought new about 2 years ago, and it worked!

Edit 2: On the hardware database at haikuware.com the ATi 3D RAGE II and II+ are reported to work, so I guess my 3D Rage II+DVD should also work. I think there has to be another reason for this problem... I also tried a newer CD-ROM drive now, but the same problem.

...at least not on 8/28 nightly build, installed into VMware player. Tried gcc2 and 4 hybrids. Can ping external IPs just fine.

Anyone else seen this?