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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Everblue on June 04, 2008, 05:16:14 PM

Title: Surf Squirrel and Amiga OS 3.9 Woes
Post by: Everblue on June 04, 2008, 05:16:14 PM

Today I got myself a surf squirrel to use with my Amiga 1200.

First I formatted my A1200 and installed Workbench 3.1, then installed the Surf Squirrel drivers and during installation my SCSI CD-ROM drive was correctly detected under squirrel.devices.

I then copied OS3.9 contents to a partition, formatted DH0: and went on to install OS3.9. So far so good.

Unfortunately, when installing the Surf Squirrel drivers under OS3.9, I got to the section where it detects my CD-ROM Drive (just like under 3.1), but I got the 'timer' and it stayed like that :(

When I reset my Amiga, it did not boot, the screen would stay black, with or without Surf Squirrel attached.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Regards


E'Blue

Title: Re: Surf Squirrel and Amiga OS 3.9 Woes
Post by: on June 04, 2008, 06:32:08 PM

I only tested the card under 3.1 before I sent it to you; I don't have 3.5 or 3.9. Can you get an early boot menu by holding down both mouse buttons?

Title: Re: Surf Squirrel and Amiga OS 3.9 Woes
Post by: Everblue on June 04, 2008, 07:01:01 PM

Hi,

This is something to do with the software, not with the surf squirrel itself. EMptying the USER-STARTUP fixed the OS3.9 and now it can boot again, but I cannot get the software to detect the Drive on OS3.9 :(

Title: Re: Surf Squirrel and Amiga OS 3.9 Woes
Post by: DoogUK on June 04, 2008, 08:28:02 PM

Have a look here at the os3.9 FAQ...they explain how to get the surf running properly.

Linky (http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/compatibility.html)

Title: Re: Surf Squirrel and Amiga OS 3.9 Woes
Post by: Everblue on June 04, 2008, 08:49:39 PM

Thanks DOOG for the link... Now I have sort of fixed the problem, here is what I did:

1. Formatted HDD
2. Installed 3.1
3. Installed SurfSquirrel
4. Edited startup-sequence as suggested in the link in previous post
5. Installed OS3.9 on top of 3.1 (no reformatting)
6. OS3.9 boots fine and CD-ROMs are displayed... except that:

As soon as it loads up it complains that the dock cannot be run because its missing reqtools.library, I installed it manually and then it worked fine. After a while I went to do something else and OS3.9 complained that tool INSTALLER was not installed either, so I also installed that manually from CDROM. I assume that there are other missing files that I will have to find out as time goes by.

How's this happening?

Thanks again!

Title: Re: Surf Squirrel and Amiga OS 3.9 Woes
Post by: DoogUK on June 05, 2008, 10:47:16 AM

Hmm strange, i followed the instructions to get my squirrel running in 0s3.9 and it worked perfectly with no problems.

I've since done the internal cd mod to my 1200 and sold the squirrell :)