Clean Install WB Help

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I'm reading that a valid OS3.9 boot partition needs to be in the first 4GB of the HD space.

IMHO if you want to keep it compatible with older and "not so system friendly" software, keep it as the first partition and under 500MB.  Your mileage may vary.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Anyone? Mike? :-)

LOL.  I swear, if I wasn't already working 16 hours a day and could figure out the licensing, I'd start a business of making 3.9 CF cards with all the BB's, already prepped with PFS and other core utilities.  If only.  

Would almost suggest it to AmigaKit as a business model, seeing as they already sell prepped 3.1 CF cards, but with every Amiga system being so different and customized it would be almost impossible to do.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Sounds great!  Glad you got that MUI problem resolved.  

Are you using the latest P96?  AFAIK, here:  http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/Picasso96.htm

I don't know much about Mediator / Radeon 9200, but you might need to go in there and manually tweak some of your screenmodes, or create new ones that more closely match your setup.

Cheers, good luck!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Using the latest avail P96 from the 3.9 CD. I know an Alpha version is available that's unofficial but am a bit scared to install it. Will it update my current install and leave my working screen modes alone?

That is a very good question.  I actually didn't know there was a version of P96 on the 3.9 CD, when I installed mine I went straight to the new version on the web.  Keep in mind that anything on the CD is probably going to be as old as 2001-2002, whereas the one on the web says it was last updated 1-NOV-2014.

Usual disclaimer about updates applies: it probably fixes a bunch of bugs, and adds a bunch more in the process.  

If you're concerned about mucking up your current settings, you could probably make a backup of your ENVARC:SYS/screenmode.prefs and the contents of DEVS:Monitors, just to be on the safe side.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Check out that free FastRAM!! 402.8MB free!!!!

Congrats!  I remember a while back there was some guy who loaded up his system with RAM boards, had something like 1.25GB in there.  I forget who it was, but it was pretty awesome seeing such a long number across the top of the Workbench screen!  :laughing: