This is the extended edition of BeOS 5 PE. This Edition is a CD Image with diskette bootdisks to instal this system.

I made an RAR Archive in four parts. BeOS 5 PE Max Edition V4 beta 1 Readme File. NO YOU CANNOT READ THE ISO FILE WITH ISOBUSTER OR ANY OTHER WINDOWS PROGRAM. BEOS USES BFS, A SYSTEM NOT RECOGNIZED BY WINDOWS. THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED.

Previously known only in small circles as the 'Media OS,' BeOS 5 Personal Edition is now available as a free download. Thanks to new innovative technology from Be, you can download BeOS 5. BeOS 5 PE Max Edition is a distribution made using the free version of BeOS 5 (called Personal Edition) with a number of drivers, add-ons, and software.

Introduction 2. Burning the CD 3. Installation 4. Known Problems 5. Overview --------------------------------------------------- 1. BeOS 5 PE Max Edition is based on BeOS 5 Personal Edition for Intel processors that is destributed for free. Free download converter pdf to word editable.

It contains free software or shareware and commercial demos. Also it is enhanced with new drivers and patches. BURN IN BEOS AND LINUX To burn the Max cd-rom in Linux or BeOS you will need the CDRecord utility. You can download them here: for BeOS and for Linux. Unzip these files in the same directory you did Max. Open a terminal window and go to the location you have the files of downloaded BeOS 5 PE Max Edition.

These files are: BeOS5PEMaxEditionV4b1.iso and several floppy boot images, that end with the suffix.img In the terminal type: cdrecord -scanbus press Enter. This will give you a listing of the CDrom devices with their device number similar to this: Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-pc-none) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J rg Schilling Using libscg version 'schily-0.1' scsibus9: 9,0,0 900) 'CREATIVE' 'DVD-ROM DVD1241E' '0.35' Removable CD-ROM 9,1,0 901) 'ATAPI ' 'CD-R/RW 12X8X32 ' '9.CB' Removable CD-ROM 9,2,0 902) * 9,3,0 903) * 9,4,0 904) * 9,5,0 905) * 9,6,0 906) * 9,7,0 907) * As you see here 9,1,0 is the recorder device. Now according to this type in the terminal: cdrecord dev=9,1,0 speed=4 -eject -v -data [a floppy image filename here].img BeOS5PEMaxEditionV4b1.iso press Enter. This will write the cd-rom at the speed of X4 and eject it. NOTE: If your recorder can write at greater speeds use the maximum. Mine allows for 12x so I used speed=12. You now have a working BeOS 5 PE Max Edition cd-rom.

BURN IN WINDOWS Open Nero and select File/Burn Image. Then select the.cue file and press Open Now just select write. After that you will have a full working bootable cd-rom of BeOS 5 PE Max Edition. Boot from the CDRom and agree to the EULA. Then choose your software and installation partition.

If you have problems with viewing the screen, or you get a black and white color press space during boot and play with the safe mode options until you find the correct ones that will allow the system to boot. If cant use the mouse or keyboard, try using a PS2 or Serial mouse and a PS2 keyboard.

Black and White screen: Your video card is not supported. Try finding drivers on BeDrivers.com, or use Vesa Accepted found on BeBits.com or press the spacebar while starting and select safe mode vga settings. Mouse or Keyboard not responding: This happens with USB devices. Use PS/2 or serial. Modem is not recognized: Most external and internal modems work, and some Winmodems that use the Lucent chipset. However most other Winmodems don't work. Don't bother trying to make them work.