How to install Aros For Amiga onto an amiga?

[carvedeye]

Hi I started another thread but feel I should have started it with the title above, I would like to know how to install AFA onto my setup (see my siggy for specs) and have a more modern look for my workbench, if anyone could give me a step by step I will be very grateful.

[carvedeye]

Any one?

[carvedeye]

AFA is easy to install if you use blizkick.

I install the morelibspace_module with blizkick and (it's one of the first lines in my startup-sequence) and after the c:AddDatatypes line i have "C:AFA_OS_Loader"

I can't remember that i have done anything else to install it, it's quite a long time since i installed it but i probably just used the installer, modified my startup-sequence as above and patched dopus magellan.

Do I need to install dopus magdalen for it to work? Do I need to install any other software?

[carvedeye]

AfAOS 4.7 has an included installer, but I have never gotten it to work right.  

The way I got things to work was to try running the installer, which copies some files over (but not all), then go to the guide and look in the section called Manual install, and follow those instructions.  I'd also go through and make sure that the files in the subfolders are copied to the corresponding folders on the HDD.  After a restart, then you should be able to run the two prefs programs (one is for the window frames, the other is to install TTF fonts for use by the Fonts prefs program).

I have ran the installer but I will also try the manual way as well.

[carvedeye]

are there any other skins I can use that are easy to install that will give me a more modern look on my amiga?

[carvedeye]

There may be more skins on amiga-look.org.

I like the one that makes it look like Amiga OS4.x (blue version).

Have you got a link for it? and how do I install it?

[carvedeye]

Every skin that was painted for Afa, except for one, comes with it. Have you tried running the Afa prefs program and selecting a skin? You won't see any changes until you start configuring it.

http://www.five-star.com/kens_icons/screenshots/themes_all.png

I tried to run afa prefs but an error came up, I have done fresh install of amigaos and will try the installer again and let you know,

[carvedeye]

@ klesterjr
   
Do I need to install any other software prior to installing afa?

[carvedeye]

So I have done a fresh install of OS 3.9 and configured my voodoo card etc... Is it just running the installer and rebooting and going into afa prefs and configuring it or do I need to add something to the start-up sequence?

[carvedeye]

Ok so I have installed afaOS and rebooted my system tried to open afa prefs but it says

"No AFA OS running" ? I also noticed that at the end of the installer that I need to add something to the start-up sequence as well?

[carvedeye]

Here is my start-up sequence but I think I went wrong somewhere as my system on reboot gives me errors?

I have also attached a pic with the errors on it

if someone could edit the sequence at there end and paste it back here that will be great


If Exists C:IDEFix
  C:IDEFix
EndIf

C:SetPatch QUIET

C:Version >NIL:
C:AddBuffers >NIL: DF0: 15
FailAt 21

C:MakeDir RAM:T RAM:Clipboards RAM:ENV RAM:ENV/Sys
C:Copy >NIL: ENVARC: RAM:ENV ALL NOREQ
C:morelibspace reboot ;

Resident >NIL: C:Assign PURE
Resident >NIL: C:Execute PURE

Assign >NIL: ENV: RAM:ENV
Assign >NIL: T: RAM:T
Assign >NIL: CLIPS: RAM:Clipboards
Assign >NIL: REXX: S:
Assign >NIL: PRINTERS: DEVS:Printers
Assign >NIL: KEYMAPS: DEVS:Keymaps
Assign >NIL: LOCALE: SYS:Locale
Assign >NIL: LIBS: SYS:Classes ADD
Assign >NIL: HELP: LOCALE:Help DEFER
Assign AfA_: Sys:Afa_os_libs ;

BindDrivers
C:Mount >NIL: DEVS:DOSDrivers/~(#?.info)

C:LoadMonDrvs

;IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors
;  IF EXISTS DEVS:Monitors/VGAOnly
;    DEVS:Monitors/VGAOnly
;  EndIF

;  C:List >NIL: DEVS:Monitors/~(#?.info|VGAOnly) TO T:M LFORMAT "DEVS:Monitors/%s"
;  Execute T:M
;  C:Delete >NIL: T:M
;EndIF

SetEnv Language "english"
SetEnv Workbench $Workbench
SetEnv Kickstart $Kickstart
UnSet Workbench
UnSet Kickstart

C:AddDataTypes REFRESH QUIET
C:Afa_os_loader
C:IPrefs
C:ConClip

Path >NIL: RAM: C: SYS:Utilities SYS:Rexxc SYS:System S: SYS:Prefs SYS:WBStartup SYS:Tools SYS:Tools/Commodities

SYS:System/REXXMast >NIL:

IF EXISTS S:User-Startup
  Execute S:User-Startup
EndIF

Resident Execute REMOVE
Resident Assign REMOVE

C:LoadWB
EndCLI >NIL:

[carvedeye]

Any one? I really want it get this up and running

[carvedeye]

Before starting AfA_OS make sure that your screenmode is set to truecolor (24bit). Afa_os_iconlib and skinning won't work without. It is likely that your system crashes badly if you try though.

Move "c:morelibspace REBOOT" to top of file, just to be sure nothing else interferes here.

I've checked the wrong assignment you set to Afa_. Surprisingly this doesn't stop AfA.

There must be a typo elsewhere, if a "wrong argument" pops up.
I don't know what causes Iprefs to crash.

For error checking please set a ";" (no quotation marks) infront of every line from AfA setup.

e.g.:
;c:morelibspace
;Assign Afa_ .....
;c:Afa_os_loader

this marks the following as a comment so this command won't be executed

Reboot and check if WB starts correctly.


What's your Kickstart version? 3.1 is required.

Cybergrfx or P96 running fine?

Check files and folders. Are all AfA files copied properly?

And a personal note:
If you copy&paste scripts, batch files or code snippets then use "#" from toolbar to wrap it for better readability.

And finally, this a forum. It's not a chat, instant messenger, hotline or your personal help desk. If you impaciently insist on help or answers you'll get quite the opposite of that. Nobody will help.

I manage to take out the lines for afa and it is now booting fine, I will re-type the lines into the corresponding parts of the sequence and let you know how I get on.

[carvedeye]

Well I think I have come to realise that I don't have a clue what I am doing so I'm just going to give up, I really appreciate all the help but think I will just stick with what I have.

[carvedeye]

Sorry, if it's me driving you out, sometimes i tend to sound "rude".

No, you can't give up that easy :quickdraw:

I'm struggling with Amithlon for about 4 years now. I NEED HELP. :uzi:

What should we do with our discontinued machines, if not trying to make the impossible possible?

And don't take me too serious. In most cases i'm not :biglaugh:

Cheers :drink:

Thanks for being patient with me, i entered the required lines that you gave me and put them In there right places (I think) and I have just the one error now which is "wrong argument" on an amiga dos screen so at least we are getting somewhere, going off the start-up sequence I have pasted where exactly should I bring putting the lines?