Haiku bootloader does not detect boot volume

[kev@…]

CPU:  	AMD Sempron? 3100+ Processor (64-bit)
(256KB L2 cache, 1.80GHz, 1600MHz FSB)
Operating System: 	Genuine Microsoft? Windows? XP Home (SP2)2
Chipset: 	VIA K8M800
Memory: 	256MB DDR SDRAM (1 ? 256MB), 400MHz (PC3200)
Expandable to 2GB (expanded to 512MB)
Hard Drive: 	100GB (7200rpm, 2MB cache)
Optical Drive: 	48x CD-RW/DVD Combo Drive
Media Reader: 	8-in-1 digital media manager (Secure Digital (SD), Smart Media,
Micro Drive, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Compact Flash, Mulitimedia Card,
USB 2.0)
Video: 	S3 Graphics Unichrome? Pro
64MB DDR Shared memory
AGP 8x slot available for upgrade
Sound: 	AC '97 Audio, Dolby 5.1 (6-channel)
Network: 	10/100Mbps integrated Ethernet LAN
Modem: 	56K ITU V.92-ready Fax/Modem
Peripherals: 	Standard Multifunction Keyboard, 2-Button Wheel Mouse, Amplified
Stereo Speakers
Ports/Other: 	5 USB 2.0 (4 in back, 1 in Media Reader), 1 VGA external
connector, 1 serial, 1 parallel, 2 PS/2, 5 audio ports (2 in front, 3 in back)
Dimensions: 	14.25"H x 7.25"W x 16.00"D
Weight: 	22.5 lbs (PC only, no packaging)

Way back in December or January when I bought this new box, Haiku booted on it directly off the hard drive from its own partition. A few weeks or maybe a couple months later, I tried the latest build like normal, but it wouldn't boot.

I've tried a build every few weeks or so ever since then without ever having it

boot. I've tried the Haiku bootloader and the R5 one.

I boot my PC. Bootman comes up with BeOS Max, BeOS Min (R5.0.3 Pro with AMD patch), and Haiku. I pick Haiku. I right away get the text screen (like when one presses spacebar on bootup) of the Haiku bootloader asking me to select a boot volume, and none are detected, no matter how many times I rescan for volumes.

PS, I'm not sure about the 64-bit thing in the specs there. It is a Sempron 3100+ in the box, but I'm pretty sure 64-bit processors don't come in bottom-end (< 400 CAD) machines like this one.

Any ideas? I'm salivating over all the new developments that I keep hearing of.

It'd be great to try to burn a CD straight from my OGGs. Converting from OGG

to MP3 using vlc and then burning sounds like RealAudio Internet radio stations from eight years ago. ;-)

Thanks, Kev

[korli]

Could you provide : 1/ a serial log ? 2/ harddisk arrangement (ie master/slave/primary/secondary ...), partitions arrangement (ie NTFS at 0, BFS at 40Go ...) ?

[kev@…]

1) I have no serial cable. Sorry. :\2) Sure:/dev/disk/ide/ata/0/master/0: -new1 (46.6 GB) -min (15.4 GB) -Haiku (15.4 GB) -backup (15.7 GB)That's it, all of them are 2048 bfs, although I just tried the most recent nightly build on the Haiku partition reinitialized to 1024, with no difference. Only other drive in the system is the DVD/CDRW combo drive.Procedure:$ cd Downloads/$ mkdir /haiku$ mount -t bfs haiku.image /haiku[at this point I delete everything in /Haiku and copy everything from /haiku to it]$ makebootable /Haiku/dev/disk/ide/ata/0/master/0/0_2 successfully made bootable.Of course, /Haiku/var/log is empty, because it never gets, AFAICT, to mount the FS.Any clues?Thanks,Kev

[kev@…]

A little more readable...sorry, I was using Net+...

/dev/disk/ide/ata/0/master/0:

-new1 (46.6 GB) -min (15.4 GB) -Haiku (15.4 GB) -backup (15.7 GB)

That's it, all of them are 2048 bfs, although I just tried the most recent nightly build on the Haiku partition reinitialized to 1024, with no difference.

Procedure:

$ cd Downloads/ $ mkdir /haiku $ mount -t bfs haiku.image /haiku

[at this point I delete everything in /Haiku and copy everything from /haiku to it]

$ makebootable /Haiku /dev/disk/ide/ata/0/master/0/0_2 successfully made bootable.

[axeld]

Can you please try again? This bug might be related to bug #238 which has recently been fixed. Interesting would also be if you can boot Haiku from that partition using Qemu or VMware directly (ie. via direct hard drive support).

For example, with Qemu, you would start it like this:
qemu -serial stdio -hda /dev/disk/ide/ata/0/master/0/raw -snapshot