Can BeOS(Persoanl Edition) be loaded on a clean drive? I had tried the personal edition some time back with Win98. I'm playing with NDO2000 now and really like it. I was just wondering if there was any way to load the personal vers od BeOS as a stand alone OS on a clean FAT16 drive. Thanks.

http://www.beosonline.com/index.php?seite=english

http://www.betips.net/chunga.php?ID=493

This is by no means the only way to do it.
http://www.betips.net/chunga.php?ID=498
Quite a few other ways but that might do.
I suggest that you slap in a spare (yea, like who has on?) HD with 98. Maybe a goodwill store computer that has 95? An Amigo's HD? From there install the beos PE. Then use beos's installer from within BeOS to install to the new drive. You must use a Be File system if you chose to install to a drive or partition. You can use the file image.be from within a fat16 buy why slow yourself down? Don't forget to update to 5.03.

Thanks for the info guys. I've downloaded the two images from beosonline and extracted them to a temp directory. I use Easy CD Creator 5 Platinum. Are there special instructions on burning the two images to CD? Will just burning the two in order on a CDR do the trick? I will finalize the CD, not just the session.

I'm like some others on the Forum. I'm a newbie to BeOS and have limited LINUX experience. I am looking to rid myself of M$. Have looked at, and played with NDO2000 on a DOS box. It's pretty neat, but a little limited. Maybe BeOS will be the 'Replace Win98' OS that I've been looking for.

Any help on burning the setup CD will be appreciated.

Perhaps you should support the companies that still sell BeOS and buy the Professional Edition.

Ya, get Pro