Computing.Net > Forums > BeOS > cant install beos as stadnalone OS

cant install beos as stadnalone OS

Reply to Message Icon

Original Message
Name: Teko
Date: June 12, 2002 at 07:39:38 Pacific
Subject: cant install beos as stadnalone OS
Comment:

i read earlier that one way to install beos as a stand alone os on a partition is to run install beos en run the installer in beos, how is that possible when beos doesn't recognize .exe files?
can somebody help me out?


Report Offensive Message For Removal


Response Number 1
Name: Chris Hodapp
Date: June 12, 2002 at 10:48:55 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[sigh]

While running under BeOS, search through some menus and you'll find Installer. You'll obviously need a partition, but it also comes with tools to partition.... and it has a boot loader too.


Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal

Response Number 2
Name: jefro
Date: June 12, 2002 at 14:07:06 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

You can buy the pro CD. It has a partitionmagic copy that will make a new partition.
You can download the beosonline ISO and install it to a partition that you made.
Or you can install either the linux or windows Personal
edition and then when you are running BeOS you can
use one of it's apps called installer to a partition you made.


Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal

Response Number 3
Name: Andrew Ordo
Date: June 12, 2002 at 16:28:12 Pacific
Reply: (edit)

You the Personal Edition as a stand-alone OS. I believe this has already been addressed several times in this forum. How to do it is also explained in an article on the Be Tips Server. Everything you need to know you can find at http://www.betips.net/

Teko, it's not that BeOS doesn't recognize DOS and Windows executables, it's that DOS and Windows executables are for DOS and Windows. They're not written for BeOS. BeOS is not DOS and it's not Windows. It's a different operating system and as such, it can't execute DOS or Windows code. You might as well try to get Windows to run a Commodore C-64 program (emulators aside)!


Report Offensive Follow Up For Removal







Use following form to reply to current message:

   Name: From My Computing.Net Settings
 E-Mail: From My Computing.Net Settings

Subject: cant install beos as stadnalone OS

Comments:

 


  Homepage URL (*): 
Homepage Title (*): 
         Image URL: 
 
Data Recovery Software




Have you ever used OpenOffice?

Yes, as my main suite.
Yes, occationally.
Yes, but only once.
No, never.


View Results

Poll Finishes In 1 Day.
Discuss in The Lounge