Video Toaster 4000 card autoboot?

[Matt_H]

It's a software option which I think was removed in later versions of the Toaster software. Neither my 3.5 nor 4.2 Toaster installations start the switcher automatically, nor was I given the option to do so during installation.

You can just drop Start_Toaster into WBStartup, though. I think that's exactly what the older versions did.

[Matt_H]

OK, how do I find that file? I tried connecting an ATAPI CD-RW drive (Sony CRX120E) but the computer doesn't recognize it. I can't install the Toaster software as a result. Is there any way I can retreive it from the floppy? I have the Toaster/Flyer 4.2 software disk and CD.

EDIT: I was given the option to install so that it would boot into the switcher at startup, but like I said I couldn't finish installation because of the CD-ROM issue.

If you're using OS3.1 or below, Get IDEFix and use its included atapi.device instead of scsi.device to get your CD drive working.

The Toaster floppy only contains the install script and a few other files. Absolutely everything else is on the CD, so you need both.

Start_Toaster is what you use to (not surprisingly) start the Toaster and will get copied to your hard drive during the installation.

EDIT: It's a good sign that the install script asked you about autobooting. Once your CD drive issue is solved, you should be up and running as expected. The script never asked me, but that might be because I'm using 4.3 (which is a compilation of a slightly modified 3.5 and 4.2). I guess autostart is one of the modifications.

[Matt_H]

atapi.device alone won't suffice. Install the entire package on the Amiga. I just meant that when you're configuring your CD0 mountfile, use atapi.device and not scsi.device. There are other tools in that package you need, too. Fortunately, the installer should guide you through everything.

And make sure you have the file 'Installer' in C: or SYS:Utilities before you begin. Hopefully you do, since the Toaster instal script started up, but it's possible the Toaster disk had a local copy. If that's the case, just copy that one to one of the above places on the hard drive.

[Matt_H]

It's probably easier to extract it to Ram Disk from the Amiga itself - your files won't get truncated that way and you won't have to wait for the extra-slow floppy drive (Amigas read high-density floppies at half speed).

Other options: CrossDOS version 7 (a commercial product) supports long filenames; fat95 (Aminet) does as well, although I've never used it with floppies.

[Matt_H]

The CPU card is the one that most commonly comes loose.