Re: Cross-compiling Haiku from NetBSD?

["Thomas Mueller" <mueller6726%twc.com@localhost>]

> Hi Thomas, 

> Thomas Mueller wrote:
> > You mention Haiku.  Did you ever attempt to cross-compile Haiku from NetBSD?

> no, I never did cross.compile, I only installed it. Also, it never worked
> reliably and stopped booting.

> I see now a new CD is out, I will try it when I have a boring evening.
> Right now I'd love some NetBSD bugs squeezed out :)

> Riccardo
        
> PS: Video on the Intel chipset was one of the main issues on my system
> (causing boot hangs and needing to disable it for VESA), a non usable touchpad
> did not help either....

I wrote (usibg dd) Haiku R1A4 to a 4 GB USB stick.

It ran on one computer, but consistently hung on boot on the other computer: I would see the colorful letters HAIKU, but no further.

I was favorably impressed, especially when I started with low expectations.

Tom