From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
   Malthus  pinched out a steaming pile   
   of:   
      
   >Andreas Kohlbach wrote:   
   >> §ñühw¤£f wrote on 29. August 2009:   
   >>>   
   >>> In message <87praeb1wg.fsf@usenet.ankman.de>, Andreas Kohlbach   
   >> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Try "mount" to see if the stick is mounted somewhere. Usually   
   >> /dev/sdb or   
   >>>> /dev/sdb1 (a partition of it).   
   >>>>   
   >>> I could mount it and browse to its home folder.  I dragged &   
   dropped   
   >>> the image file onto it and then tried to use 'Makebootable' and it   
   >>> seemed to add something to it. But not being able to use dd if= to   
   >>> write the file to it is where its failing.   
   >>   
   >> One important thing I forgot: you must be sure to dd on the correct   
   >> device. If you take the wrong, you might wipe your hard disk instead   
   >> for   
   >> example.   
   >>   
   >> Also try "lsusb" if the stick shows up there.   
   >>   
   >>>> Unmount (with umount /dev/sdb(or 1)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> it before using dd again.   
   >>>   
   >>> I tried it unmounted also. No luck there.   
   >>   
   >> Example (check, if this is okay for you and you not accidently wipe   
   >> the   
   >> hard disk):   
   >>   
   >> dd if=/hal9000/home/Haiku/haiku-alpha-gcc4.image of=/dev/sdb   
   >>   
   >> So haiku-alpha-gcc4.image is the BeOS file, and /dev/sdb the   
   >> stick. Double check this before executing not to wipe the hard disk.   
   >   
   >Yes indeed. Note Andreas's syntax has it all on one line, as mine   
   should   
   >have been. That's a space before the "of". Also, his is the syntax if   
   >you are doing this from Linux. Which may be preferable, if you have   
   >Linux. I'm not completely confident of the reliability of the BeOS   
   USB,   
   >even if you have upgraded it as I suggested.   
   >   
      
   I'm reasonable sure it will work with the inclusion of the missing   
   pointer "of".   
      
      
   >BTW, here's another complication: The Haiku guys realised some months   
   >back that they needed to update to a new compiler - gcc4 - or there'd   
   be   
   >no way to port some fairly vital apps - Gnash for viewing Flash   
   content,   
   >for example. This upsets their stated goal of making Haiku R1   
   compatible   
   >with BeOS binaries.   
      
   So we'd have to wait until apps get updated.   
   Well thats a bit of an issue. Was hoping to make a daily use computer   
   with as much functionality as my BeOS Max desktop on a dell 600 laptop.   
   Maybe I'll put Max on it after all.   
      
      
   > I believe production builds of R1 will be some sort   
   >of hybrid between gcc4 and the old compiler, to maintain   
   compatibility.   
      
   That would be nice.   
      
   >But the image we three are all playing with is pure gcc4. On earlier   
   >Haiku builds you could copy over apps like Minesweeper from a BeOS   
   disk   
   >and they'd work; on this they won't.   
   >   
   Hmmmm. I bought a used Dell 600 specifically to run BeOS on so I'll   
   look forward to Haiku becoming beta quality.   
   Still prefer it to linux.   
      
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