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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Ral-Clan on March 19, 2008, 07:16:06 PM
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I noticed in my DEVS drawer there are TWO AmigaOS Update ROM files. One is named
"AMIGA OS ROM UPDATE" (size 127956 KB)
...and the other is calle:
"AMIGA ROM UPDATE.BB39-2" (size 321768 KB).
Why do I have two? Should I delete the first one and rename the second one?
(this question is related to my problems installing a new Kickflash board, but I thought it deserved it's own thread).
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SetPatch will only kick in the one named "AmigaOS ROM Update". The BB39-2 is current, from Boing Bag 2. Backup the one you're using now, try out the BB2 version (cold reset) and see how it goes.
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The BB39-2 file is twice as large. There seems to be a lot more in there. I wonder how the two got installed....i.e. you'd think that when I installed my OS3.9 it would have automatically updated the file.
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I would keep both as I found sometimes I had issues and had to revert back to the other one. Just rename the one you do not want to use to a different extension like it is now.
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ral-clan wrote:
The BB39-2 file is twice as large. There seems to be a lot more in there. I wonder how the two got installed....i.e. you'd think that when I installed my OS3.9 it would have automatically updated the file.
I think the installer puts the BB39-2 file in there no matter what. Maybe you told the BB2 installer not to install the ROM Update. I did install the ROM Update, and it gave me both AmigaOS ROM Update and AmigaOS ROM Update.BB39-2 with the ~320KB file size you mentioned (identical, in other words).
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Ah, I peeked into the two files:
"AmigaOS ROM UPDATE" is version 44.26 and contains:
console.device, v44.6
ram-handler, v44.21
scsi.device, v43.35
filesystem.resource, v45.7
filesystem, v45.9
"AmigaOS ROM UPDATE.BB39-2" is version 44.57.
All the modules inside are newer versions,
console.device, v44.8
ram-handler, v44.23
scsi.device, v43.43
filesystem.resource, v45.10
filesystem, v45.13
and it contains these additional modules:
shell, v45.7
exec.library, version unknown
bootmenu, version unknown
The exec.library in the BB2 update locks up my system. However I can use the ROM update if I exclude that module.