Other Haiku on Early Intel Macs

[TheLion01]

Update:

I found some time trying to boot Haiku 32-bit on the 2006 Mac mini. It shows the bootscreen and loads the 6 icons below it. After that it shows a black screen and it won't show the desktop. After a minute or so, the system shuts down. Maybe I need to change some boot parameters, but when booting Haiku on a Mac, you can't press shift or spacebar to show boot options. Maybe I can modify the boot file on a different Haiku system.

The biggest hassle I have right now with this Mac is that it won't boot from USB or CD. When pressing Option at the Chime it's loads the boot picker but after selecting which system to boot, it completely freezes. My workaround was installing Haiku on the SSD on a PC and then inserting the SSD in the mini and boot from it. It works but it requires to open up the Mac everytime I want to change something on the Haiku boot settings...

 

[mortlocli]

new beta5 to try:

• Version: R1/beta5
• Release date: September 13, 2024

R1/beta5 – Release Notes​

The fifth beta for Haiku R1 over a year and a half of hard work to improve Haiku’s hardware support and its overall stability, and to make lots more software ports available for use.

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

I'll try .
Funny thing - the last mirror in list is my birth region . ("Kemerovo Oblast")

 

[splifingate]

avoid confusion with Haiku poetry.

I was expecting
This thread to be about such.
Oh! What a surprise!

 

[Tratkazir_the_1st]

Quick test.
Haiku hanged at boot on cMP5.1 right after displaying image "HAIKU" with icons. But it booted quite fast on MacBook a1342. Track pad works, but no wifi. Not quite usable, don't know if there is installable driver for that.

 

[mortlocli]

I was expecting
This thread to be about such.
Oh! What a surprise!

Working with limitations
Ain't easy
That's the challenge

Yeah - I know
I best not
Haiku.

 

[mortlocli]

Da

Quick test.
Haiku hanged at boot on cMP5.1 right after displaying image "HAIKU" with icons. But it booted quite fast on MacBook a1342. Track pad works, but no wifi. Not quite usable, don't know if there is installable driver for that.

Dang !!

My netbook track pad worked fine with B4
But not with B5
Now I've got to reinstall B4

Get a hardware list
Write a ticket
If I can find B4

 

[splifingate]

Working with limitations
Ain't easy
That's the challenge

Yeah - I know
I best not
Haiku.

Interestingly,
Haiku--predominately--
Represents Nature.

Mind, intent and heart
Overrule meter/form.
Tell it like it is

 

[splifingate]

Da

Dang !!

My netbook track pad worked fine with B4
But not with B5
Now I've got to reinstall B4

Get a hardware list
Write a ticket
If I can find B4

Given this B4:
It only makes sense, to me,
It was there before.

 

[B S Magnet]

Given this B4:
It only makes sense, to me,
It was there before.

Turning a new leaf
A beta five Haiku makes
Lower carbon use

 

[mortlocli]

Turning a new leaf
A beta five Haiku makes
Lower carbon use

oh I say - well done, Mag ..you bought the nature factor in so eloquently.

 

[mortlocli]

Update:

I found some time trying to boot Haiku 32-bit on the 2006 Mac mini. It shows the bootscreen and loads the 6 icons below it. After that it shows a black screen and it won't show the desktop. After a minute or so, the system shuts down. Maybe I need to change some boot parameters, but when booting Haiku on a Mac, you can't press shift or spacebar to show boot options. Maybe I can modify the boot file on a different Haiku system.

The biggest hassle I have right now with this Mac is that it won't boot from USB or CD. When pressing Option at the Chime it's loads the boot picker but after selecting which system to boot, it completely freezes. My workaround was installing Haiku on the SSD on a PC and then inserting the SSD in the mini and boot from it. It works but it requires to open up the Mac everytime I want to change something on the Haiku boot settings...

I wasted heap of CDs trying to get their nightly to work on an ancient 32 bit laptop. The prob being the lack of a DVD burner but the nightly would fit on a CD being less than 700 mb.
Gave up on that and bought an external DVD burner and finally got it working.

There is an alternative key to use to get the pre boot menu...I need to check what it is land will get back with that info. OH !! I should read more carefully - you already stated the spacebar !!

It does provide a lot of turn off options so may work for you.

Timing of holding down may be critical