OS39 and Fast IDE controller driver ATA3.driver problem!

[jonssonj]

Hello!

I have one more issue that I needs help with. When I have installed OS3.9 and installs the drivers for the Elbox Fast ATA controller, all colours on the icons disappears. All the icons in all directories becomes 2 coloured, blue and grey or something like that. The Screenmode is still my Mediator/voodoo setting on 1024x768 RGBA, It is either 24 bit or 32bit colours.

I think it is when I install the CD-Rom driver files from Elbox's discette, that this happens.

Is there anyone else that have had problem with this? Is there anyone out there, that can tip me on where the problem is?

Thanks in advance!
/Jörgen


--- Edit ---
The cd-rom driver from elbox is the AllegroCDFS V3.3

[jonssonj]

You are right, I have had no luck with my amiga setup lately...  :-) but I'm keeping trying...  :-) Some day I will succeed... I won't give up...  :-D

I have not had the time to test SFS again. I think I want to have my OS setup properly before I test to install SFS again.

No, I have not tried to erase all the .prefs files in env. If I do, my mediator and voodoo setup will dissappear, do I have to reinstall the mediator files then?

I thought it was some old library that overwrites a new version of that library or something like that, when I install the allegrocdfs V3.3 files. I can't understand how this installation can affect all my icons in all folders. Can't I overwrite all my .icon files with the .icon files from the os39 cd? But that is a real horsework...  

Well I will try your tip anyway. Anybody else have some clue?

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Hello all, and thank you very much for your support. Without you I would have come nowhere.

When I started to upgrade my A1200, I had the goal of being able to play Quake II on my Amiga. I have also bought the nightlong 68k version and Myst that I also want to play. So, my complete Hardware list is this:

A1200
Fast ATA controller from Elbox
SD/FF Internal 2 chip
hypercom 3+
BPPC 603e/210 w. 060/50
256MB RAM
Elbox Tower
Mediator SX
Voodoo 4 4500
Fast ethernet card 10/100
Terratec soundcard 512i
WD harddrive 20GB
and a CD/RW on the second channel

So, what I want to do, is to install my OS39 with BB1 and BB2 on a partition of about 1,9GB that is using the SFS filesystem. Then I want to have the rest of the harddrive as one partition. There I want to install my three newly bought games, Nightlong, Quake II and myst.

I have also bought the Storm V4 C++ compiler that I want to use and I have also bought the Dopus magellan II that hopefully is in my mail this week.

Right now I have a working system on a partition with FFS. But all the colours on my icons is gone. This is what I have installed:

OS39
BB1
Picasso96
Mediator drivers
Fast ATA drivers
AllegroCDFS and here my Icons becomes two coloured and I have not installed anything since then.

I have'nt had any time to try your tips yet. I have a girlfriend also, that needs my attention But hopefully I will have time this weekend to try a new installtion from scratch.

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Hello Thomas!

Yes there is an install script that I executed. How do I create a mountlist manually? I have my CD-ROM on my second IDE channel. I think it has ID 3 so it would be the secondary slave then. What file do I copy to the L: directory?

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Hello!

I am now writing this message on my Amiga...    

But I have run into more problems. Now I can´t get my soundcard Terratec 512i to work properly.

I installed AHI 4.18 but I could not open the AHI prefs program so I installed the AHI V5.11 over V4.18. Now i could open up the prefs program, but no sound output from the soundcard. I rebooted my computer and tried again.

Now It wants openpci.library? Why? I tried to reinstall the Version 4.18 of AHI but with the same result. As soon as I press the play button in amplifier V2.34 then my Amiga wants the openpci.library...


What have I done wrong?

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Hello Thomas!

And thanks for all your help.

I uninstalled all the AHI files and then I reinstalled the AHI 4.18. I can´t still open the AHI prefs so I have to copy the prefs program from version 5.11.

Now the request for openpci.library disappeared. So something in AHI wanted openpci.library.

Anyway, now I can open the AHI prefs and I can start the amplifier without problem, but I hear no sound. Where is the sound? and yes, I have tried every output from the soundcard and I have tried all 4 units in AHI prefs.

I am a little confused though, because all the sliders in AHI prefs program are dimmed, except for the frequency slider and channels slider. Should I not be able to adjust the volume?

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Hello again!

Your help is very much appreciated...

Ok, I have already tested the AHI output in Amplifier, but I have missed the mixer thing... I will test it tonight.

By the way, I followed your description about installing SFS, but it seems to refuse to work on my amiga... Well for now I have one 1,9GB partition with FFS and the rest of the harddrive remains unpartitioned until I can get the SFS to work.

I did exactly as you described, and the drive shows up and seems to work, but as soon as I try to create a directory on the new partition the AOS freezes. I can still move the mouse but nothing happens when I try to click on things on the WB screen.

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Hello!

Sorry to mix you two up...  :-)

It was doctorq that described the SFS installation.

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

@Thomas

Hello!

Well, I copied the mixer program from the CD from Elbox yesterday and run it, but all sliders where dimmed. I could only change the volume. There was no sound. There must be some sort of missing files somewhere. I will do a new installation from scratch. I will not install SFS at this time. I will do it in this order:

* Install OS3.9
* Install BB1
* Install BB2
* Copy allegrocdfs to my L: dir
* Copy the CD3 mountlist to DEVS:Dosdrivers
* Install MUI V3.8
* Install Picasso96
* Install AHI 4.18
* Install Mediator drivers from the CD from Elbox
* Install Sounddrivers from the CD from Elbox
* Install Networkdrivers from the CD from Elbox
* Install Graphics drivers from the CD from Elbox
* Install the Mediator_UP_39 files from Elbox
* Install the MM_CD_UP1.25 files from Elbox
* Rename the Cybervision 64/3D to Voodoo
* Change the Boardtype in Icon Information from Cybervision to Voodoo
* Start the picasso96 prefs program and create my screen modes
* Start the AHI prefs program and select my sound output
* Start Mixer and adjust the volume
* Start amplifier and change output to AHI
* Play mp3, and I should hear sound, right???

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

There is a lot of modes to choose from in AHI prefs which refer to my Soundcard, the FM801 (I think). I have tested some different modes, and I have tested the "...HIFI stereo++" mode both on lower frequencies and higher frequencies.

And yes, If I connecte my speakers to the A1200 original soundoutput and if I select some paula mode in AHI prefs, I can hear the sound that Amplifier generates. But as soon as I select some FM801 mode in AHI prefs, and connects my speaker to my soundcard there is no sound at all even if amplifier is still playing.

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

Ok, Now I have mp3 sound... tjohoo....  :-)

/Jorgen

[jonssonj]

It was really silly. For some reason I can't see the checkmarks, either in HDToolBox or in the Mixer program. So, because I could not see the checkmarks of the mute box in the mixer program I never pressed it. But now when I reinstalled everything I pressed the mute button, and suddenly there was a very LOUD song coming from the speakers, the volume on the speakers was nearly on full volume...   :-)

/Jörgen

[jonssonj]

I have a Voodoo 4 4500 card.

why?