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Pentium 4/XP boot problem

 
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PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2003 8:49 pm    Post subject: Pentium 4/XP boot problem Reply to topic Reply with quote

Just got a new computer with P4 & WindowsXP, when trying to restart in BeOs with a floppy I get the message "boot loader unable to find BeOs volume to boot from".

Any cures for this would be greatly appreciated. icon_biggrin.gif

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 12:53 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

The NTFS version 5.something is the cause. IF you remove indexing it might work. Otherwise you will need a fat or ext2/3/.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 28, 2003 5:06 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

You got me there...I just got the disc & installed it. If you have a second, fill me in on what you are suggesting I do in "new to BeOS" terms.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 2:55 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

Actually I assume that you installed the BeOS Personal Edition from BeBits? Tell me if youu have another distro .
The PE version installs to a FAT/Ext2,3 or NTFS file system as a large single file. BeOS does what old linux did and uses a filesystem within a filesystem to run BeOS. Some computers running NTFS4 and 5 just will not allow BeOS to boot for various reasons to this virtual filesystem.(filesystem within a filesystem)
Most people use a FAT formatted partiton to install BeOS on to in the case of the WindowsXP.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 29, 2003 5:59 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

BeOs comes on a disc with a radio software program called TuneTracker...worked fine with 98 but no go with XP. Any help would be appreciated!
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PostPosted: Fri Jan 31, 2003 2:14 am    Post subject: Reply to topic Reply with quote

You will have to make a new partiton or add in a new drive to install BeOS on. I suspect that you have Personal Edition. It doesn't like NTFS on some machines.
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