bootable WinUAE USB stick (Debian based)

[Colani1200]

Hi all,

inspired by the benchmarks I conducted in this thread, I created a WinUAE USB stick which automatically boots into a full blown OS 3 environment. The stick is based on Debian 7.1 with WINE, WinUAE 2.6 and a modified ClassicWB. I made a short demo video, have fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP2Oh3ARkY8

There's a small problem you'll notice in the end of the video: If you open the WinUAE configuration with F12, you can't close it anymore, no matter if you click OK or Cancel. Not sure who is to blame, probably WINE...

[Colani1200]

Why not just use FS-UAE?

Because it is very slow. Look at the benchmarks I made (on a different machine):

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showpost.php?p=746617&postcount=14

[Colani1200]

It's fast here.

Make a benchmark then.

Are you sure you enabled the JIT?

Yes.

[Colani1200]

Why? It works for me.

To compare, just out of interest.

Have you spoken with Frode about it? He might be able to identify the problem and fix it for you.


The support forum for it is here.

http://eab.abime.net/support-fs-uae/

I'm not registered there...

[Colani1200]

What do you want me to run to test it? I'll do it over the weekend sometime.

lame AKsack.wav (as shown in the video).

You can find the wav file on Piru's site:
http://sintonen.fi/temp/AKsack.wav

Some more benchmarks for comparison on NG machines:
http://www.meta-morphos.org/viewtopic.php?topic=1245&forum=51

It's a great site with lots of very knowledgeable people there, I really recommend joining. It's also the official support site for both WinUAE and FS-UAE.

I know, I've been lurking there every now and then. Maybe I'll register one day.

[Colani1200]

Video looks good, will you be making this downloadable

Well in fact I already thought about that, but then the usual problems arise. Kickstart ROMs may not be included + I am even unsure if I could include the modified ClassicWB...

or a list of instructions if its not that many?

I found it pretty straight forward actually, but you'll need some good knowledge about Linux. Mayby I'll make a guide, but I would have to do the install all over once more so I don't forget anything...

[Colani1200]

WOW!  According to your benchmarks, E-UAE is massively ridiculously faster than FS-UAE.

Did you wait a while and then repeat the benchmarks?

I did. I even tried FS-UAE on different computers with different versions of Ubuntu, it was always slow for me, at least compared to the other UAE derivates.

Because either FS-UAE just plain sux

It doesn't suck, in fact it is a great piece of software. The features are all there, it could just use some speed optimization I guess.

or your computer had launched some sort of high priority background task at that moment, like an update-checker or virus checker

Nah, no antivirus, it's Linux dude.
That said, I am also using WINE, so maybe I should install one... :lol:

[Colani1200]

How can I make one, or where can I get a copy?

Be patient... I've got to sort out the configuration window issue first. Plus I'm thinking of creating a new version which is easily usable for the Windows users amongst us.

[Colani1200]

What do you want me to run to test it? I'll do it over the weekend sometime.

Any results yet?