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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2010, 04:01:15 AM »
@lando

I think it is more in volved then just copying files, i think there is a guide showing how to do this on the icaros homepage. (see cammy's sig for link)

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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #15 on: November 17, 2010, 05:13:30 AM »
I thought that Icaros was available in three flavors?

I see the Desktop Live and Desktop Light versions, but what happened to the VMware version?

Has this been phased out for some reason? I really like the idea of just being able to load it right up in Virtualbox, try it out and all without having to create partitions, mess with Grub or install anything.
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #16 on: November 17, 2010, 06:54:36 AM »
Quote from: Lando;592354
I no longer have any PC with an optical drive.  Can I copy the Live CD files to a USB Flash Drive and boot from it?


You can install AROS on a USB Drive just like on a Harddrive, but you first need to boot AROS from a cd to do so.

IIRC Paolo offered pre-installed USB Pens for a while.
 

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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #17 on: November 17, 2010, 07:06:48 AM »
Here's the link how to make an USB pendrive boot for Aros:

http://www.icarosdesktop.com/icarosfiles/addendum-pendrive122.pdf
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #18 on: November 17, 2010, 07:49:28 AM »
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... but what happened to the VMware version?

Has this been phased out for some reason? I really like the idea of just being able to load it right up in Virtualbox, try it out and all without having to create partitions, mess with Grub or install anything.


Yes it was phased out, due to difficulty supporting differnt virtual machines i think.

You can easily boot the live version using qemu which come in the archive along with a boot script to load it straight up.

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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #19 on: November 17, 2010, 09:40:00 AM »
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Thanks Cammy. I think mine is the aspire 5315 or something like that. It's just a cheapo i got from JBHI.

My main concern is being able to continue running windows 7. I'm really comfortable using it and like it a lot. I also need it for uni work for programs like word and excel so using AROS fulltime isn't an option.

What kind of time frame are we talking about before we can expect AROS to be fully functional enough to replace windows, etc?

I saw the youtube video showing screen dragging and was really impressed by it. Not because of the dragging but because of how the desktop looked. It looks better than it did before when i looked. It looked very cartoonish so i'm glad that's changed. For the first time i am now considering switching to AROS :-)

I will definitely use Broadway. I'm always watching dvds on my laptop.

:)

What about running AROS within VirtualBox?

You can do your uni work and AROS at the same time.
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #20 on: November 17, 2010, 11:39:10 AM »
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In that case, I used PartitionMagic to resize my Windows drive and install grub. :)


Perhaps a Copy2RAM option could be added to the grub menu like on some Linux distros?
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #21 on: November 17, 2010, 12:52:47 PM »
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Perhaps a Copy2RAM option could be added to the grub menu like on some Linux distros?
That's a bloody good idea!

BTW: The 20101117 build of AROS 68k is much more stable than before, it booted up first time every time for me in UAE!
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #22 on: November 17, 2010, 01:03:42 PM »
Quote from: bloodline;592318
In that case, I used PartitionMagic to resize my Windows drive and install grub. :)


Quote from: bloodline;592423
That's a bloody good idea!

BTW: The 20101117 build of AROS 68k is much more stable than before, it booted up first time every time for me in UAE!


Great news indeed, I shall downloaderise it ASAP!

Shall I propose a bounty for Copy2ram? Lol
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #23 on: November 17, 2010, 01:13:50 PM »
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Great news indeed, I shall downloaderise it ASAP!

Shall I propose a bounty for Copy2ram? Lol
A quiet word with whoever is maintaining icaros now would probably be a better idea :)

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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #24 on: November 21, 2010, 05:02:54 AM »
After install aros on my laptop, without sound support, the system is fast but the feeling using all the amiga stuffs under a emulator is not too good for me, on the aros part after instalation gives the sensation of "now what?".
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #25 on: November 21, 2010, 05:19:40 AM »
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After install aros on my laptop, without sound support, the system is fast but the feeling using all the amiga stuffs under a emulator is not too good for me, on the aros part after instalation gives the sensation of "now what?".



Try changing "stop on idle" to 2 or 3. Seems to help significantly with speed when using 68k stuff.
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #26 on: November 22, 2010, 12:16:40 AM »
Quote from: Heinz;592382
You can install AROS on a USB Drive just like on a Harddrive, but you first need to boot AROS from a cd to do so.


With VirtualBox, you can boot AROS from a virtual CD and install it to a real USB stick.
 

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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #27 on: November 22, 2010, 01:12:48 AM »
Copy2RAM?
I've been moaning about option to boot from ram disk for years - isn't that the same :)
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #28 on: November 22, 2010, 01:26:53 AM »
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Copy2RAM?
I've been moaning about option to boot from ram disk for years - isn't that the same :)


One and the same. :)
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Re: Trying aros on my laptop...
« Reply #29 from previous page: November 22, 2010, 02:25:00 AM »
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In that case, I used PartitionMagic to resize my Windows drive and install grub. :)


Last version I used didn't support NTFS...
Got a link?