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Installing a fresh copy of BeOS on a BeBOX PPC - octaneirix6530 - 03-03-2021
After a lot of tries using various multi session iso on the web, i was stuck.
Also the boot menu and boot logo weren't visible because the matrox cards (here, a millenium 2) dont show anything until BeOS is loaded.
First try : virge dx. no luck. then virge. virge is ok during the boot but graphics are fucked up at bpp higher than 8
but most importantly i could see the boot partition select (hold left shift during boot).
No cds i made were visible. At the end i worked the hard way.
i dumped session 3 of the BeOS 5.0.3 iso using dd. this session contains the big endian beos fs.
then i wrote it back to a spare scsi disk, plugged it in the BeBOX and the partition was visible.
i selected it and it booted right away. i was then able to use the installer
RE: Installing a fresh copy of BeOS on a BeBOX PPC - octaneirix6530 - 03-03-2021
I have made an archive with the data to write to an scsi disk
to proper re-install the PowerPC release of BeOS 5.0.3.
I would like to share it, where can I put it ?
RE: Installing a fresh copy of BeOS on a BeBOX PPC - moire - 09-24-2022
(03-03-2021, 03:14 PM)octaneirix6530 Wrote: After a lot of tries using various multi session iso on the web, i was stuck.
Also the boot menu and boot logo weren't visible because the matrox cards (here, a millenium 2) dont show anything until BeOS is loaded.
First try : virge dx. no luck. then virge. virge is ok during the boot but graphics are fucked up at bpp higher than 8
but most importantly i could see the boot partition select (hold left shift during boot).
No cds i made were visible. At the end i worked the hard way.
i dumped session 3 of the BeOS 5.0.3 iso using dd. this session contains the big endian beos fs.
then i wrote it back to a spare scsi disk, plugged it in the BeBOX and the partition was visible.
i selected it and it booted right away. i was then able to use the installer
Great job. I must say, though, that I have the retail CD for BeOS R5 and it boots easily on my BeBox. I think the issue is that 5.0.3 isn't really an official release. Most would install R5 then patch. I commend your work nonetheless.
