OS39 and Fast IDE controller driver ATA3.driver problem!

[Thomas]

Could you make a complete list of features/programs you want to install ?

As I have almost the same setup as you and it is running fine, I perhaps could give you a step-by step instruction on how to get it all going.

My machine:

A4000D in a Mirage 4000 tower case
CSPPC 060/50+604e/233
128 MB RAM
Mediator PCI
Voodoo3 3000
FastATA 4000
eFlash 4000
X-Surf Ethernet
HyperCOM 3
Highway USB
10 GB Maxtor HDD on the first FastATA bus
DVD-ROM on the second FastATA bus
40 GB Quantum Fireball with SCSIDE-Adapter on the CSPPC
4x Yamaha SCSI CD-RW
external SCSI scanner
OS3.9 (first CD series)
PFS3

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

AllegroCDFS and here my Icons becomes two coloured and I have not installed anything since then.

Was there an installer script for the CDFS ? If yes, what did it do ?

IIRC my copy of AllegroCDFS consisted only of the file itself which I copied to L: and then created a mountlist for my CD-ROM drive.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

AllegroCDFS. This is the program file, the only file needed.

How to create a mountlist ? Well, take the AmigaDOS manual, go to the section where the Mount command is explained and go through all the options available. Obviously options like Baud rate are not necessary for a disk device ;-)

Now that I think about it, there were also four ready-to-use mountlists in the AllegroCDFS drawer (CD0 to CD3, for each unit one). You should use CD3. Perhaps you need to change Device=scsi.device to Device=2nd.scsi.device if your FastATA uses 2nd.scsi.device.

BTW, you should not run a slave device alone on one IDE bus. If you have only one drive on a cable, it should be jumpered as master.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

I am really astonished how someone can create such a mess !

It does not matter whether you install AHI 4 or 5. Both should allow the prefs program to open (AHI even comes with its own version of the prefs program) and neither of them contains a driver for a Terratec soundcard nor a reference to openpci.library. The Terratec driver should come from Elbox and use pci.library. If you installed another Terratec driver you shouldn't wonder that it needs another library.

Well, if the Terratec driver comes from Martin Blom himself or another free programmer, it probably does not use a dedicated PCI library but the generic openpci.library which should work with many PCI boards. But AFAIK support for Mediator by openpci has been dropped.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

In the Amplifier configuration, go to the X-Audio/AHI output configuration and choose AHI. Default is X-Audio which uses the Amiga custom chips.

Then use the Mixer from the Multimedia CD to check if the volume is set correctly.

In AHI only features supported by the driver are enabled. To set the volume, use the Mixer.

In order to check if AHI sends its output to the sound card you can enter the following Shell command:

copy s:startup-sequence audio:

A short crash should come from the loudspeakers.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

I followed your description about installing SFS

Erm, "your" does not refer to me, does it ? I cannot remember any such description. Could you point me to it, so I can check it.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Ok, I'd also do the following:

On the "Change..." view, change Mask from 0x7fffffff to 0x7ffffffe and change MaxTransfer from 0x1ffff to 0x1fe00.

Also I wouldn't first install the OS on an FFS partition and then change it to SFS, I'd create SFS partitions at once. Create an emergency disk, copy pci.library to it, then boot from it. If it works, copy SmartFileSystem to it. Now use HDToolbox to partition your drive. You may also want to copy the latest HDToolbox (that from Boingbag2) to a floppy disk, so you don't have to fiddle around with the Heads/Sectors/Cylinders values by hand. (I think there is not enough space on the emergency disk for HDToolbox, so it has to be a seperate disk).

Oh, if your HDD is connected to the FastATA, you also need fastata.driver and fastataprefs in order to deactivate the split mode.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

Looks good to me. Do you have loudspeakers connected to the sound card ? Do you also have speakers connected to the Amiga audio output ? Does Amplifier play sound if you choose Paula in AHI prefs ?

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

One more question: which modes does AHI prefs offer for the sound card ? AFAIK for Amplifier you need one which ends in "++".

And another idea: do no set the frequency in AHI prefs higher than 44100 Hz.

Bye,
Thomas

[Thomas]

What was the solution ?