From: snuhwolf@netscape.net   
      
   Malthus  pinched out a steaming pile   
   of:   
      
   >§ñühw¤£f wrote:   
   >   
   >>>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.   
   >   
   >With you on that!   
   >   
   >We're only jumping the gun by a couple of weeks. I suppose the first   
   >Alpha release will be backwrads compatible - I'll be disappointed if   
   it   
   >is not - and judging by this image I reckon it'll be pretty damn good   
   >and usable. You'll find, for example, that it already has a preflet   
   for   
   >your touchpad. Wi-fi is still a work in progress, though.   
   >   
      
   First I have to make it bootable. I got it written to the USB stick but   
   even after using 'makebootable' in terminal on BeOS it wont boot either   
   of the PC's Ive tried it on. And I made sure the boot order was all set   
   up in the BIOS.   
   Something is missing. Is there a list of files that have to be present   
   on the USB stick? I think one is 'zebeos'.   
      
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