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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A2091 + KS1.3 + WB1.3 Floppy = Frustration
« on: June 01, 2015, 08:40:42 PM »
It's asking for your LIBS: directory.  Every Amiga should have one, pretty much needs one to be able to boot.  Do you have that path properly assigned somewhere?

(attached screenshots might help, obviously your path would be somewhat different)
« Last Edit: June 01, 2015, 08:59:28 PM by Oldsmobile_Mike »
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
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Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A2091 + KS1.3 + WB1.3 Floppy = Frustration
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2015, 09:01:13 PM »
As a side thought - are you sure your floppy drive is working correctly?  I.e., you activate the 1.3 ROM and try to boot with a floppy in the drive, and it gives you that error every time?  Can you try booting from a game disk and see if that works?
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A2091 + KS1.3 + WB1.3 Floppy = Frustration
« Reply #2 on: June 02, 2015, 12:00:41 AM »
Quote from: bozimmerman;790374
I also added half a dozen game floppies, which boot fine in other systems, to the list of those that give this error.

If there's a floppy in the disk drive, the Amiga is supposed to boot from it first, every single time.  So unless you've got something really wacky going on with your hard drive controller, that 1.3/3.1 ROM switch, or your boot sequence, I'm going to go with "bad floppy drive" on this one.  Sounds like the system is trying to boot off the floppy, then "loosing it", and going to the hard drive in mid-boot.

Could just be dirty or a loose ribbon cable.

Disconnect the hard drive and see what happens then.  Also try it without the switcher, just the 1.3 ROM plugged into the socket.  Eliminate components until it works correctly, then re-add them one-by-one until the problem occurs again.  Troubleshooting 101.

But I'm still betting on a bad floppy drive.  ;)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A2091 + KS1.3 + WB1.3 Floppy = Frustration
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2015, 09:26:35 AM »
Sometime when you have a chance, check the boot priority on the old hard drive like Matt_H said.  Out of curiosity,  ya know.  ;)
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos
 

Offline Oldsmobile_Mike

Re: A2091 + KS1.3 + WB1.3 Floppy = Frustration
« Reply #4 on: June 03, 2015, 10:07:44 PM »
I hope you are not using ReOrg on a partition larger than 4GB!  Otherwise, it's great software and I have fond memories of it from back in the day.  A bit useless in this era of CF cards and many-GB drives, however.
Amiga 500: 2MB Chip|16MB Fast|30MHz 68030+68882|3.9|Indivision ECS|GVP A500HD+|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|Cocolino|SCSI DVD-RAM
Amiga 2000: 2MB Chip|136MB Fast|50MHz 68060|3.9|Indivision ECS + GVP Spectrum|Mechware card reader + 8GB CF|AD516|X-Surf 100|RapidRoad|Cocolino|SCSI CD-RW
 Amiga videos and other misc. stuff at https://www.youtube.com/CompTechMike/videos