Video: AROS 68K Booting

[dammy]

Once AROS is fully ported, wonder if we will see a AROS32 created.  Guess the main question is on being able legally purchase some of the better game titles from their current IP holders.  Less some type of direct internet sales from the current IP holders is possible to set up to the end user with some DRM.

[dammy]

Is that feat really needed? The only reason I can think for wanting AROS in classic amiga (expanded or not) is to get new features for the operative system beyond what 3.9 may offer. Instead of attempting to fit everything in less than 512kb, wouldn't it be easier to boot (from a hard disk) 68k AROS using the original kickstart ROM?

I think their goal is eventually to get to the point where people can start coding upgraded kickstart ROMs for the different series/revisions again.  Imagine if you will, new updated kickstart/workbench coming from the classic community and not from AI.  Why be content with today's kickstart?

[dammy]

Why not? Look at the x86 bios, I can't think of any new features since the days of the 386, at most it supports new hardware, which is not an issue with classic amiga models. All new features can be implemented in the AROS. There might be some small issues, like having to create a boot partition in big hard disks or hard disks with newer filesystems, but having modern/free software makes it worth it.

That's my point, there are reasons to want updated kickstart on the classic Amigas.

[dammy]

Nvm