Icaros 1.4.5 can run M68K software

[paolone]

Version 1.4.5 of the popular AROS distribution Icaros Desktop has been released. Biggest news for this release are the initial support for M68K integration, the inclusion of Hurrican, Cinnamon Writer, Ignition and many others.

M68K integration is a little great milestone for Icaros Desktop. Even if not yet fully-functional, the new extension to AmiBridge already allow running most classic desktop applications for the Amiga™ computer without the need of its boot ROMs and original OS anymore. Classic software is handled by AROS itself, compiled for the Motorola 68000 processor, running in coherency mode under Janus-UAE with JIT. Purists will still be able to integrate Amiga Forever for better results, however this initial release already shows the strenght and potential of AROS M68K.

Cinnamon Writer is a fully Amiga-NG oriented application available for both AmigaOS 4.1 and AROS, while Hurrican is an amazing action-packed remake of the classic Turrican game from Rainbow Arts. People who loved programming games on Amiga with AMOS will be happy to find both AMOS Pro and XAMOS included into the distribution. For more informations, screenshots and download links, just visit Icaros website at

http://www.icarosdesktop.org

[paolone]

I boot from the CD.
After selecting any of the gfx modes under bootup I get the Cat with the message "No bootable media"

Yup. This means that for some reason AROS stops using your DVD to boot up. This may be due to:

1) the DVD drive is attached to a SATA controller which isn't recognized by the AROS kernel, hence it stops booting

2) the DVD drive is attached to a USB controller which isn't well supported by Poseidon

3) there is a memory card fitted in a drive somehow preventing the system to continue booting

May you be more specific about your  most probable configuration? Is the DVD drive internal or external? Is your SATA controller configured to be used like a AHCI/RAID one, or as IDE? The latter configuration is more friendly to AROS but beware of changing it: if you have Windows already installed on another partition of the drive, it may stop booting until you set it to AHCI again.

[paolone]

AspireOne does not have a DVD drive, so using an internal SATA drive from a stationary PC, which I connect via SATA to USB connection.

Shall we continue this "Icaros for Dummies" here, or at another suitable forum, like at support.icarosdesktop.org?  

1) change USB port. My AspireOne A150 behave quite differently if I use one of the two right side ports, and the one on the left side. I generally install from one of the right side ports.

2) no problem at all, the more we talk about Icaros everywhere, the better (and I will rule da world mbhhuauhauhuahuhauhauhauha! ...er... ehmmm)