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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Flashlab on January 28, 2008, 08:18:27 PM

Title: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: Flashlab on January 28, 2008, 08:18:27 PM

I can't get it done! Can anyone help?

Title: Re: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: Flashlab on January 28, 2008, 09:53:59 PM

Did some more testing. When I use the patch from Piru it makes a new rom file. But I can't use RomSplit on this rom to extract the exec.library.

Argh ;-)

Title: Re: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: Robert17 on January 28, 2008, 10:11:40 PM

Keep us posted, I'd like to do this also, and add a few other Rom tweaks too. If you find the Answer, I might try it out at the Lincs Amiga Group meeting this Saturday  :-)

Cheers,

Robert

Title: Re: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: weirdami on January 28, 2008, 10:52:28 PM

what stuff did piru add to the exec?

Title: Re: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: jagoche on January 28, 2008, 10:53:20 PM

Before using RomSplit you have to rename the file you need from Exec 44.4 archive. For instance change exec.bin.a2000 into exec.bin (if you use A2000).

Then you can load exec.bin with RomSplit and extract it for further use with Remus.

Title: Re: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: Flashlab on January 29, 2008, 07:04:57 AM

@jagoche

Excellent! That works!

Will update this thread when I got the whole ROM file ready to be kicked.

Title: Re: How to add Exec 44.4 (Piru's one) into a ROM using REMUS?
Post by: Flashlab on January 29, 2008, 08:47:41 PM

Success!

After I extracted exec.library 44.4 with RomSplit I added all the modules from BlizKick I needed to the rom image. The only one that failed was romfixes. It needs scsi.device in the image to be patches or Remus gives an error. So I added romfixes to the Kickflash program CoyoteFlash instead.

Only other problem was that I needed to patch the ram-handler from BB2 but this is mentioned in the Remus docs.

All is fine now; only gripe is that I can't start MOS anymore. This happens because the starting of MOS maps a custom rom to the maprom I guess. This is then replaced at reboot by the Kickflash and the machine hangs. After rebooting it just loads OS3.9 again. Is there a solution to this?