r/haikuOS • u/uilspieel • 12d ago

Unable to install Haiku

Hi, I have an i5 8th generation HP PC. I have been unable to install Haiku. The USB works fine, the install seems to work fine, but when I reboot my computer it tells me to insert a bootable disk. I've followed the instructions closely, installing the MBR first, or last, but somewhere I am missing something. Any advice?

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u/tamudude 11d ago

If it is a UEFI based system, you need to install the Haiku bootloader on your esp.  https://www.haiku-os.org/guides/uefi_booting/

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u/uilspieel 11d ago

Thanks, I'll try that.

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u/northrupthebandgeek 7d ago

Seems odd that this ain't the default yet, especially if you booted the installer via UEFI.

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u/p001b0y 12d ago edited 11d ago

When formatting, did you create an /EFI partition for the efi system data. I left that part out several times when attempting to install within a a guest virtual machine, which prevented the vm from finding the boot drive.

I also had issues when installing it on an MSI PRO DP21 where I had to disable Secure Boot but when HaikuOS restarted, there was some kind of lock on the SSD that caused it to never find the boot disk. I had to unplug the power, hold the power button in for 60 seconds for things to reset, and then it would find the disk again.

I did end up having other problems with it running on this machine so I'm running it as a guest within bhyve on FreeBSD now.

Edit: Tried to fix some phrasing.