Problems loading OS3.9

[Thomas]

the CDROM in it is connected to a buddha card

Put the emergency disk back into your deskop A4000 and edit Devs/DosDrivers/EMERGENCY_CD with a text editor.

Look for the lines reading Device=xxx and Unt=nnn.

For the unit number use one of these, depending where the CD drive is connected to:

primary master = 0
primary slave = 1
secondary master = 2
secondary slave = 3

The device name depends on whether there are devices connected to the onboard controllers of the A4000. If there is nothing connected to the onboard controllers, use scsi.device. If there is at least one device connected to the IDE *or* the SCSI controller (not both), use 2nd.device and if devices are connected to both the IDE and the SCSI controller of the A4000, use 3rd.scsi.device for the Buddha. Speaking only about IDE and SCSI on the A4000 mother board, not about the Cyberstorm SCSI. The CyberSCSI has its own driver which does not influence the name of the Buddha driver.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Will the boot disk be able to see the CDROM drive connected to the buddha card without loading additional drivers?

Yes, the Buddha has a firmware ROM which contains the driver.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Just found the installation software here: http://amiga.resource.cx/exp/buddha

After looking at it, it should work as I described. If (2nd./3rd.)scsi.device does not work, you could try buddha_atapi.device instead.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

when OS3.9 boots it complains it cant access the two resources.

Please quote the exact error message. Or post a hardcopy.

Try to insert and install one board after the other.

Check early-startup menu if the cards are listed there.

Run ShowConfig and see if the cards are listed.

Micronic board could be faulty?

IMHO the Micronik board is of low quality anyway. Try to get hold of a Mediator4000 instead. It replaces the Micronik board completely and offers working PCI slots in addition.

(Note that I changed from a Micronk tower+board to a Mirage tower+board, so I cannot tell if the Mediator board fits into the Micronk tower mechanically. But IMHO it should.)

[Thomas]

Use "Save" button instead of "Use" to make the change permanent.

If you did and it didn't work, make sure that Sys:Prefs/Env-Archive/Sys/screenmode.prefs is not write protected.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

I went into picasso96mode and tried testing it with interlace unticked but the tft then can't display the image.

Check the frequencies which are shown at the bottom of the page and make sure that they are still inside the monitor's specs. Deactivating interlace doubles the horizontal frequency. You have to decrease the pixel clock accordingly so that the frequency gets back into the supported range. However, changing the pixel clock influences both, the horizontal and the vertical frequency. So you probably have to experiment with the sync values, too, to stay inside the specs.

Bye,
Thomas