If you're already running Haiku and would like to create a USB flash drive of it, see the " Haiku: Using Installer and DriveSetup" section further down. Pretty much any tool that can be used to write an ISO image onto a USB flash drive can be used to create a Haiku USB stick.Īs example, we use the application Etcher which is available for Linux, MacOS and Windows. F8) at boot or change the boot device order in your BIOS for the USB stick to be picked up, please refer to your computer or mother-board manual. You might need to hit a function key (e.g. That shouldn't be a problem on most recent computers.
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Once this is done, you'll be able to either use Haiku directly or make a real install onto a harddisk by running Installer (found in Deskbar's Applications menu).įirst, be sure you have a computer that supports booting off of USB flash drives. Although the size of the Haiku bootable partition is fixed, the "Anyboot" image contains a partition table and will allow to create one or more partitions in the remaining space (with any partitioning tool and file system). In the following guide, we will copy the "Anyboot" disk image directly to the raw drive, not to a partition, replacing everything including the MBR, destroying all the partitions and data that were there. Note that running off a USB flash drive might still be a lot slower than a real hard drive depending on your model. The Haiku live CD is limited by the slow access time of CDs and still lacks a few features due to the added complexity to run on a read-only media. It is also the only way to really try and enjoy all the features of Haiku without touching your hard drives. Using a USB flash drive is one of the best ways to install Haiku.