AROS-Max-0.2.2 (Stable) is now online

[Holley]

New features in version 0.2.0 include install scripts, graphical grub bootloader, improved sound support for play, lbreakout, lmarbles, circus, a redesigned contrib directory and a working version of summvm!

Download file size is also much smaller than before, without sacrificing features, so be sure to try it out :-)

Non-booting can often be fixed by choosing 'e' at the grub screen and adding the -nofdc switch to the startup line, or switching off the DMA (also at the grub command line).  Unfortunately some chipsets just won't work right, like some i810 machines only show 4 colours and will only boot from floppy.

If something appears to not work, it often needs to be run, or started from a script, on the command line - we don't have IconX functionality yet!

Thanks for the feedback everyone :-)

[Holley]

Oh yeah, and please keep a bookmark of www.AROS-Max.co.uk rather than the long URL posted by Dammy, just in case we move in the future ;-)

[Holley]

Mozaic works ok already ;-)

[Holley]

On some systems, when booting from CD, it seems to have problems accessing more than the CD buffer at a time, meaning it is booting, just veeeeeery slowly.

It's worth trying the 'failsafe' boot mode, if that works try removing DMA from the preferred grub boot line by pressing 'e' and removing the relevant switch.

[Holley]

is your 2100+ a 64 bit jobbie?  Some people are running on the 32bit Athlons ok, but IIRC there's an issue with the 64bit ones ...

I'm afraid hardware support at the mo only caters for really 'vanilla' setups, anyone's welcome to start writing more drivers though :-D

[Holley]

Putting the files direct onto the CD should be ok, as long as you make sure to make it bootable ;-)

This may be whats missing, what CD burning software are you using?  On most you choose to burn an ISO right onto the CD (cutting out any involvement from yourself) and it'll set all that fine.

Also check that the Bios is set to boot from CD over HD when available, and it's just possible that if it's an old machine it doesn't support the graphical version of Grub we're running (in which case booting from the base AROS found at www.AROS.org and then warm-resetting would probably work ok).

[Holley]

Best carry this on in the forums ... I've posted there :-)