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That's the fifth time I've downloaded a USB live disk image, written it to a USB key, booted, and had it panic out with "no bootable partition" in the first fou

That's the fifth time I've downloaded a USB live disk image, written it to a USB key, booted, and had it panic out with "no bootable partition" in the first four seconds.

waddlesplash 8y ago
Did you report any of these panics? If you didn't, why do you expect that it will be different? We can't fix bugs we don't know about.
- handelaar 8y ago
  Not about to duplicate a complaint that has dozens of pre-reported instances, none with an answer, no.
  - waddlesplash 8y ago
    Each of those dozen or so has different causes. So until you file a report with a syslog attached, it's impossible to say whether or not yours is a new one or a duplicate. But if it is a duplicate, and you already know about the existing reports, why are you frustrated that you've tried again and nothing has happened? We are pretty diligent about managing the bug tracker and closing tickets when they're fixed, so if the ticket is still open, it's probably not fixed. Likely if you are booting from USB, the problem is your USB3 controller. Try booting from a USB2 port, or booting from another medium.
    - jimbo1qaz 8y ago
      Is it worth reporting a panic over usb3, or is it a duplicate of the others? What about unusable display flickering, lag, and corrupted framebuffers when switching resolution?
      - waddlesplash 8y ago
        > Is it worth reporting a panic over usb3, or is it a duplicate of the others? More than likely it is a duplicate of an already-existing one. Check the list here: https://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=!closed&component=Drivers%2FUSB%2FXHCI https://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=!closed&component=Driv... -- but if you don't see it in there, then please do file a new ticket. Display flickering/lag/etc. sounds like the intel_extreme driver being broken; there is a ticket about this also. You can avoid that for the time being by blacklisting the driver or forcing "fail-safe graphics" (VESA).
squarefoot 8y ago
Try a different key. I've had a couple totally ok and error free usb keys literally refusing to boot when installing Linux on a PC. Using a different usb drive solved the problem, and the dongles which refused to boot on that pc worked perfectly on different ones. I've also seen laptops which wouldn't connect to their home router WiFi no matter the settings, I had to put either an external WiFi adapter or swap the router, needless to say that both the WiFi cards and routers were 100% functional when connecting to other hardware. Some pieces of hardware just don't like talking each other.

That's the fifth time I've downloaded a USB live disk image, written it to a USB key, booted, and had it panic out with "no bootable partition" in the first four seconds.

waddlesplash 8y ago

Did you report any of these panics? If you didn't, why do you expect that it will be different? We can't fix bugs we don't know about.

handelaar 8y ago
Not about to duplicate a complaint that has dozens of pre-reported instances, none with an answer, no.
- waddlesplash 8y ago
  Each of those dozen or so has different causes. So until you file a report with a syslog attached, it's impossible to say whether or not yours is a new one or a duplicate. But if it is a duplicate, and you already know about the existing reports, why are you frustrated that you've tried again and nothing has happened? We are pretty diligent about managing the bug tracker and closing tickets when they're fixed, so if the ticket is still open, it's probably not fixed. Likely if you are booting from USB, the problem is your USB3 controller. Try booting from a USB2 port, or booting from another medium.
  - jimbo1qaz 8y ago
    Is it worth reporting a panic over usb3, or is it a duplicate of the others? What about unusable display flickering, lag, and corrupted framebuffers when switching resolution?
    - waddlesplash 8y ago
      > Is it worth reporting a panic over usb3, or is it a duplicate of the others? More than likely it is a duplicate of an already-existing one. Check the list here: https://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=!closed&component=Drivers%2FUSB%2FXHCI https://dev.haiku-os.org/query?status=!closed&component=Driv... -- but if you don't see it in there, then please do file a new ticket. Display flickering/lag/etc. sounds like the intel_extreme driver being broken; there is a ticket about this also. You can avoid that for the time being by blacklisting the driver or forcing "fail-safe graphics" (VESA).

squarefoot 8y ago

Try a different key. I've had a couple totally ok and error free usb keys literally refusing to boot when installing Linux on a PC. Using a different usb drive solved the problem, and the dongles which refused to boot on that pc worked perfectly on different ones. I've also seen laptops which wouldn't connect to their home router WiFi no matter the settings, I had to put either an external WiFi adapter or swap the router, needless to say that both the WiFi cards and routers were 100% functional when connecting to other hardware. Some pieces of hardware just don't like talking each other.