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Title: UAE on Linux
Post by: irishmike on April 30, 2006, 08:55:36 PM

Greetings:

I just installed my Linux System and downloaded UAE 0.8.22 for Linux and ran it.  I have my own ROM file and my own ADF copies of software, but all I get is a black screen when I run this.  I notice that there is a place for AmigaForver Keyfile and that is blank... since I do not have one... but I am not sure what I am doing wrong or if there is another UAE someplace else.

I have setup all the tabs and hit "pause" so that it starts up but all we see is a really pretty black screen.

Hope someone has some experience with Linux UAE.

Thanks,

Mike

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: InTheSand on April 30, 2006, 11:22:37 PM

Hi,

You shouldn't need to do anything special with the Linux version of UAE...

When using a ROM file that's come directly from an Amiga, you can ignore the Amiga Forever Keyfile option as this only relates to using the encrypted ROMs supplied with AF.

I've just tried UAE on Ubuntu 5.10 and all I needed to do was to supply it with a ROM image, a floppy image and configure the appropriate CPU and RAM settings - in my case this was a "kick13.rom" file, a bootable ADF floppy image, 68000 CPU and 512Kb chip plus 512Kb "slow" to emulate a 1Mb A500.

 - Ali

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: irishmike on May 01, 2006, 06:50:45 AM

Got UAE running now.  Just not sure how to setup a hard file for it.  Went to the tab and made a new filesystem, but it shows up on the WB desktop as a floppy not a hard file.

Hope someone can shed some light on how to do this in the Linux version.

Thanks,

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: AmiBiL0 on May 04, 2006, 12:19:14 PM

Do you need a hard file? as it doesn't have to be.
You can still use normal directory for your system.
However even if you get the floppy icon once you format the disk and or you partition it using HDtool
then you should have the HD icon.
You can always change the .info with whatever you like after you do your install.
Hope this helps you

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: SamuraiCrow on May 04, 2006, 04:40:11 PM

Are you using regular UAE or EUAE?  If you're not using EUAE (http://rcdrummond.net/uae) I'd suggest you use it instead since it contains some code borrowed from WinUAE such as the JIT compiler and so on.

BTW I'm not sure how great the GUI is on it but it has one and I have used it before.  It will use hardfiles but you may have to edit ~/.uaerc by hand.  I don't know how to create a new hardfile on Linux since I just copied my hardfile from my Windows partition.

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: Piru on May 04, 2006, 05:38:22 PM

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EUAE ... since it contains some code borrowed from WinUAE such as the JIT compiler and so on.

Actually UAE 68k JIT was developed for the original UAE (see the announcement (http://groups.google.fi/group/fr.comp.sys.amiga/msg/92e5104430d8bf6d?dmode=source)) and was only later incorporated to WinUAE.

EUAE does backport lot of WinUAE only changes, though, so indeed it should be somewhat more advanced than the stock UAE.

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: irishmike on May 05, 2006, 02:38:55 AM

Well I have euae installed on SuSE 10.  The thing crashes as soon as it comes up?  I am not sure why.  I have loaded my ROM and my ram images and it blips and dies.

I am not sure if this is because my ADFs and ROM image got corrupted... this is not hard to fix because I have them backed up on CD ROM and can just recopy them.

But it seems not to like something?

Any help is appreciated.

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: irishmike on May 05, 2006, 03:17:04 AM

just a note that it was not the ADF images or the ROM image so I am not sure what is up with EUAE, it is on SuSE 10 OSS and it was installed using YaST.  The version is 0.8.28.

Not sure why it just dies upon load

I am using the GNOME desktop.

It is getting to the configuration screen but when you unpause it, it dies after a blip to the emulation screen.

My images (ADFs and ROM) still work fine in WinUAE.

Thanks,

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: irishmike on May 05, 2006, 04:46:35 AM

finally got EUAE running.  Still not sure how the hard drive thing works.  I have a directory setup on the Linux system called amigaHD and I have pointed EUAE to it but it is 0 size to the Emulated Ami system and I can neither format or use HD tools on it.  Not sure what I need to do to make the hardfile because I am not transferring one.  I suppose I could have one made on a windows box and then copy it to a CD or something???

Anyone who has a functioning copy of the system I would like to hear from you!

Thanks,

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: TheMagicM on May 05, 2006, 06:20:12 AM

I have Euae installed on a SuSE 10 system.  I dont use a hardfile..why?  just use a directory instead..you can copy to it from a term session etc..

Title: Re: UAE on Linux
Post by: irishmike on May 05, 2006, 03:56:39 PM

@TheMagicM

Greetings:

I have a directory selected, but I am not able to make it appear as a hard drive in EUAE... What did I need to do.  I am trying to setup a full WB 3.1 Emulation so that I am ready to go when I attain my Catweasel.

How to get the emulator to treat the directory as a hard drive would be eluding me.

Thanks,