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Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« on: March 24, 2008, 07:40:44 PM »
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When I try INSTALLER it says it can't find a disk with 40MB free and RAM doesn't work...


You are using Amithlon (AmigaOSXL). That's for PC only.

Get a real Amiga OS 3.9 CD. It will allow you to create a boot disk with which you don't even need 3.1 any more. You can install 3.9 directly on an empty partition.

Bye,
Thomas

Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« Reply #1 on: March 27, 2008, 08:39:11 PM »
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So I formatted the harddrive, installed 3.1 but then it crashes. When I remove the startup-sequence lines about addbuffers on df0: and failat 21 and the other line then it boots fine.


Do not remove anything from startup-sequence ! Delete 68040.library from the libs directory and install the libraries which came with your 68060 board.

Then make a new emergency disk and make sure that the 060 libraries are copied to it.

Get the latest libs from here: http://powerup.amigaworld.de/index.php?lang=en&page=13

Bye,
Thomas

Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 08:25:37 AM »
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That site doesn't contain any drivers for my cards


It does. The very first file, "System Disk" is for all Phase5 and DCE 060 accelerators.

Your link only has very old versions. And if you compare, it has the same versions for MK2 and MK3/PPC.

Bye,
Thomas

Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 06:14:13 PM »

Try to reduce the MaxTransfer value for all partitions. (HDToolbox / Partition Drive / Change...) Try 0x1fe00 and if it still fails, try 0xfe00.

Try to increase the number of buffers for each partition (HDToolbox / Partition Drive / bottom left). Use 25 buffers per 100 MB, but not less than 80.

Try to increase the file system block size of each partition (HDToolbox / Partition Drive / Change... / right side). Try 1024 or 2048 bytes per block. Note that you have to reformat the partition after changing the block size.

Bye,
Thomas

Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2008, 09:36:59 PM »
Do one at a time. Only the block size change needs reformatting, the other changes are non-destructive. The MaxTransfer change should already cure the problem. The buffers change should be done anyway, because it increases speed and stability (but also memory consumption).

When talking about formatting, quick is sufficient, you don't need a full format. So it shouldn't take such a long time. I just wanted to warn that all files are lost, so you should make a backup before this last change (or be prepared to reinstall).

Doubling the block size will increase the speed again, but it also increases wasted disk space and it dramatically increases memory consumption by buffers. (Memory needed is number of buffers * block size.)

Bye,
Thomas

Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2008, 09:48:59 PM »
Unlike Windows, on AmigaOS you have to press Return or Tab whenever you enter something into a text field.

Why do you still use the OS 3.1 HDToolbox ? You should boot from the emergency disk and use the new HDToolbox. It will take your input without pressing enter.

Bye,
Thomas

Offline Thomas

Re: Help needed on reinstalling from scratch
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2008, 12:54:32 PM »

Perhaps you should try the older versions of 68060.library from amiga.resource.cx.

Bye,
Thomas