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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Wulfman on September 23, 2003, 01:32:33 AM
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I am trying to install OS 3.5 on my A4000D, it is not going well. After installing 3.1, I reboot and my machine GURU's before loading work bench. It executes the User-Startup lines and then crashes shortly after (when trying to load wb?)
It has also come up with a requestor saying that the Sys drive is not valid.
I am running an 8 gig IDE drive from the Amigas IDE controller (formatted with only two 2 gig partitions). My CD ROM drive is a SCSI II drive controlled by my Warp Engine 040/40.
This sytem works great under 3.0, but I'd like to get it updated to 3.5. I would greatly appreciate an help!
Thanks
SC
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@ Wulfman -
Say - I recognize that car you're using as your avatar!! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D Ooh-ah!
But on to you're problem, this could be a couple things. First, when you did the fresh install of 3.1, did you do it on a new drive/fresh partition? If so, did you format it with DC-FFS? IF SO, then you're f*d, and you're best option is to reformat it with standard FFS-INTL and reinstall 3.1 again.
I've been where you are - Workbench starts to boot, volume SYS: (or whatever, in my case, it was Workbench3.9:) invalid, then bam - red screen of death. There's a long technical reason for this, which is still a thorn in my side to this day.
Other option might be that it's a software problem. Have you tried isolating each line in S:Startup-Sequence and S:User-Startup? See if you can determine - is it a specific program that it's crashing on? AFAIR a fresh install of 3.1 shouldn't install anything that would make your system unstable, but maybe for your 4000 system it's missing some crucial driver or something?
Good Luck,
Mike
PS - I'm driving a dog-gone '72 Buick right now, the last of my Olds'es is up on blocks out in the garage with only half a transmission in it. Darn Buick, that thing breaks down on me about every other week - thought I was getting a good deal - should've stuck with Oldsmobile! :-o
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Hi Mike,
I don't remember how I formatted the drive. I can't remember how execute the startup, user-startup one line at a time.
I may clean it off and start over with a freshly formatted HD and 3.0, although I would prefer not to.
I have Oldsmobiles since my first car in 1975. My first car was a '68 Hurst Olds, really, no kidding! I've had the 68 in my avitar for 8 years. I picked up a 67 CS three years ago and converting it into a 442 clone.
Love those cars!
SC
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@Wulfman -
Are you anywhere near Northern Virginia? I've only met one other Olds collector around here, his name was also Mike, and he had 3 Oldsmobiles, one of which was a convertible (same as my collection - sniff - used to be). I called him "my evil twin." :-o :-D
Ok, as far as the startup, I'm sure somebody else besides me probably has a better idea, but how I do it is like this:
Since I'm frequently changing stuff, I keep several backup copies of my Startup-Sequence and User-Startup in a subdirectory. When I want to see my system boot like Linux, diagnostically, I copy something like the following as the main S:Startup-Sequence:
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Echo "Making directories..."
C:MakeDir RAM:T RAM:Clipboards
Echo "Mounting ENV data..."
C:MountENV
Echo "Starting FBlit..."
C:FBlit
Echo "Starting MCP..."
C:MCP
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Etc. Sorry, that's not exacly the whole thing, but I'm at my PeeSee right now, staring wistfully at my Miggy, and wishing it were a Pegasos. :-D
But the point of all this was, now as it's executing the Startup-Sequence, it first displays a line saying what it's doing. Then if you see it crash, you should have a pretty good idea what line caused it. Then, going back into Ed, try commenting out that line (with a ; character at the beginning), and see if it then will boot.
Good Luck,
Mike
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Check to see if your 68040.library is the correct one for your Warp engine. If your card requires a special library it's possible that the 3.5 installer replaced it with a standard one.
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Ok, I got it going.
The AsimCDFS was causing the trouble (or more likely, the install messed it up). So, after installing 3.1, I booted without a Startup-Sequence, then put semi-colons in front of the User-Startup lines. 3.1 would then boot to Workbench.
I reinstalled Asim CDFS version 3, removed the semi colons from the Startup-Sequence, and rebooted. It works! Wahoo!
Mike, I live in Arizona. Do you still have the W-30 convertible? If you are still into the Olds thing, go here: http://www.realoldspower.com/
Thanks for the help guys.
SC