MorphOS2.4 Efika install problems

[Ruud]

Cool!  You shouldn't need a very big sys: partition.  500MB would be plenty.

[save2600]

BOOYAKA! Sounds like you are on the right path now.

Yeah, this is GREAT! System is super intuitive. Installing files now. Everything is going just fine (through the CRT), even with the buggy USB ports. I hope this thing will connect to my LCD just fine though. I have enough CRT's and LCD's and that's putting it mildly ;-)  

Thanks to everyone for all the help. Definitely on my way here. Well, maybe we learned something "new" somewhere throughout this thread? Like knowing when to use a frickin' CRT for cryin' out loud! lol

[save2600]

Cool!  You shouldn't need a very big sys: partition.  500MB would be plenty.

If it's say... 10GB, is that going to present a problem with bootup or speed like it might on an Amiga? This drive is 160GB... so figured 10GB could be the system partition. That's what I installed. Just need to figure out how to change screen modes now. Sys: prefs...

[Ruud]

It's a bit strange it didn't display on your LCD.  Cybergrafx is usually very good at detecting the attached monitor and outputting at the correct frequency.  You might have to enter the values for your monitor manually.

[Ruud]

10GB shouldn't be a problem my PegII has a boot partition that size.
Prefs are different on Morphos. You access them from the global menus - Settings -> System.
Then select screens.

[save2600]

Might have to reduce the boot partition size. It's taking forever to boot back up. Don't know if that's the problem or not. System seems to have 'crashed'. How long does it usually take to boot? And it says it has 105mb ram... is this normal? Supposed to have 128mb...

And shoot... we're stuck with Cybergrafx drivers? I've never liked them. Use P96 on my other Amiga's, even with Cybrgrafx cards.  lol

[Ruud]

It's Cybergrafx 5 and it's actually very good!
It shouldn't take ages to boot back up.  105mb is what mine always says.  Is it stuck on the boot logo?

[save2600]

It's Cybergrafx 5 and it's actually very good!
It shouldn't take ages to boot back up.  105mb is what mine always says.  Is it stuck on the boot logo?

Yes, but I just reduced the boot partition to 900mb and it doesn't look like it destroyed the data anywhere! I'm rebooting now and will see what happens. Black button turns on the system and red resets? Now that I have that figured out... lol

-edit-

She boots super quick now! Efika or MorphOS with Efika must not like super large boot partitions...I don't have a 2 button USB mouse.... but are there supposed to be drop down menus from the top of the screen like AmigaOS? Ambient is Workbench? This looks sweet!

Oh and you can just shut her down like an Amiga? Unlike PeeCee and Mac? I'm done with questions for now.   Guess it's time to check out the MorphOS sites!

[Ruud]

Yeah there are the drop down menus (I called them global menus earlier but drop down is more Amiga-ish :-).  If you go in utilities/commodities hopefully you should find the shiftclick commodity for Apple style one button mice.
Yes, Ambient is Morphos' Workbench.
Shutdown is Amiga style :-)  but you can reboot/switch off from the menus as well.

[save2600]

Thanks for all the answers Ruud, I appreciate it! I'm waiting for my GF to come home from work with a new CR2032 battery. System after a short while comes to a crawl. Hoping replacing that battery will allow the key recognition to take. Oh and I'll be sure to get a 2-button mouse before too long. Gotta maintain that Amiga like feel  :-)  Already have a sweet and compact Apple style black keyboard from an old Power Mac already. Perfect fit for this!

[Ruud]

A new battery should sort it out.  My Efika lives at work where luckily we happen to sell CR2032 batteries so they're always on hand which is very usefull.

[save2600]

Well, I took a break from this quirky little system for most of the night. Upon first install, I had all sorts of monitor issues. Couldn't get the system to play with my LCD. Finally reduced the boot partition down to 996mb and re-installed her. Now, MorphOS sees my Acer x22w monitor and has a bunch of screen modes to choose from - although I can't seem to change them, even after saving and rebooting. Still, I was pleasantly surprised at how "intelligent" the Cybergrafx driver must be. I'm sure I'll get this thing licked before too long - just wanted to give an update to how wrong that first install was. I don't know exactly what happened there, but it caused the system to act very strange. Must have been a combination of things - but I suspect that battery might be more important to this little guy that it is to some other computers.

Oh wait! I just noticed that I actually have MorphOS 2.3 installed! rotflmao   This has been a long night. But 2.3 sure seems to be doing more than my original 2.4 did!  lol

[Ruud]

When you say you can't change the modes, do you mean you can't edit them or can't change the screenmode?
If you want to change the screenmode select the system settings from the drop down menus, then select screens.  Once you've go that, double click on where it says Ambient with the name of your gfx card.  That'll bring up the "edit screen" window where you can choose a skin and the resolution for the Ambient screen.

[Kronos]

best way to procede might be updating to 2.4 from inside the 2.3 install.

1. mount the cd.iso
2. move bootefika.img file to your boot partition
3. reboot (it should now identify itself as MorphOS2.4)
4. mount the iso again
5. start the installation (read copy the remaining files)

[Ruud]

You can do it without a reboot too, at least it worked on my PegII.

1. mount the cd.iso (right click and select mount from context menu)
2. move bootefika.img file to your boot partition
3. Start the iWizard from the iso (it's in tools)
4. Select update installation
5. Reboot & enjoy!

[save2600]

@Kronos, yes - I performed an update last night before bed of 2.4 over 2.3. All seeme well now. Placed the tag BM after the efikaintall.img command and that allowed me to choose a 1024x768 screen thta was semi-Acer x223x friendly. I say "semi" because the screen was all washed out and I could barely make out what was going on. Clearly, the refresh rate or something built into the Cybergrafx driver is a little off for this monitor.

@ Ruud: speaking of monitors, Yes, I go into System/Settings from the pull down menu and clicked on Monitors (or screens as you called it). Doubled clicked on the video card edit setting, which brings me to the Ambient setting. Save, reboot and it doesn't change the screen mode. BTW, this has always been my experience using Cybergrafx on a real Amiga. And in fact, even P96 with this monitor. On my Amiga, not only will it not save the change, but it will often crash the computer! Okay, back to this Efika deal... ONLY way I am able to change Ambient's screen mode is by going directly through Ambients MUI setting and changing/saving it there. Yay! That works  :-)   Just curious as hell why it doesn't work through the other way.

BTW: am using OWB right now to read and reply! Was also amazed to find that simply hooking up my ethernet... the comptuer and MorphOS knew it was there! Didn't have to fudge with a TCP program of any kind like you have to normally do on an Amiga. Just need a good mail/news program now, though I suspect YAM is still the best?

Gosh and I just thought of something else if someone doesn't mind confirming... on my boot partition, I noticed several AmigaOS like drawers. 'C' is one of them, but nothing is in there! There's a drawer labeled 'MorphOS', which has the same type of files of course, but it's 'C' directory is jam packed with goodness. Does the OS or EnvArc know to point to all these files within  the MorphOS folder or do I need to copy this stuff over? If they're supposed to be empty...what are they there for? Will programs or Amiga programs install and do there thing outside of the MorphOS folder?