New AmigaOS 4.1 Classic Users

[dangermouse]

OK.

Got OS 4.1 Classic from AmigaKit (thank you) and the install was relatively painless with one exception - my Deneb.

I looked at some instructions here - http://www.hd-zone.com/2011/06/optimizing-poseidon-for-amigaos-4-1-classic/ and they say installing Poseidon 4.4 is straightforward and I can accept the defaults and have it start automatically.

Trouble is during the install I elect to start it automatically whereupon the installer generates a Grim Reaper exception. Tried three times and each time the result was the same. Tried again by saying 'no - don't start by default' and the installer went through fine.

Rebooted the Amiga - all OK so far. Installed Trident and got that to come up and added the Deneb manually. Mouse was detected (USB wireless) and it all started to work. Rebooted again and got a Poseidon error message at bootup but my mouse was working still. Attempting to start the Trident GUI also throws an exception now so I can't actually configure it - but my mouse is working.

System is as follows:

4000 with a Mediator 4000Di w/Radeon 9250 from Elbox
CyberStorm PPC 233MHz / 128MB RAM
Realtek RTL8139 NIC (works in 3.9, sadly not supported in 4.1)
Deneb
Indivision AGA
16GB CF card for HDD

and that's all..quite a basic system in terms of addon cards (limited by space )

Any help would be appreciated if you know what could be causing the problem. Can provide more specific error messages if required but the Miggie isn't with me as I'm writing this.

Thanks!

[dangermouse]

No worries. I'll get the exact text of the Grim Reaper and post it here.

Where might I find the crash log? (sorry, not up to speed on this stuff sometimes)

[dangermouse]

Attached a screenshot of the Grim Reaper and the associated dump file.

Steps I performed are:

1. Install a fresh OS 4.1 (this takes a few installs to actually get a bootable install - 4/5 installs result in a system that hangs on the 4.1 Classic boot logo...waiting 5 minutes or so does nothing)

One I got a system again that would boot -

2. Installed Poseidon 4.4

3. Crash when electing to autostart the USB

And that's all I did. Nothing more. I may be doing something wrong or have something misconfigured not sure...only thing odd I could see was it crashed doing something with a Subway (driver??) in a 4000 :confused: Only other thing that may be of interest is that my clock isn't set in the 4000..it's 1978 where it lives :p

Any insight appreciated

Thank you sir!

DM

[dangermouse]

Thank you both for the support.

I'll get onto it again probably tomorrow evening and let you know how it all goes.

[dangermouse]

Had a crack at it last night with your suggestions and she's all good.

Had to use the z2 driver as my Deneb is configured that way otherwise she won't boot into 3.9.

Thanks again guys

[dangermouse]

Aye I'll get onto that on the weekend.

Meanwhile I've also noticed that if I set the region to New Zealand OS 4.1 won't boot. I had a similar problem with 4.1 on an AmigaOne a while back so it could be the same fault. Installation of preferences would fail on the A1 unless I opted to use the defaults.

If I set NZ as the locale then I get stuck at the loading screen for 4.1...this happens either with a fresh install or with a system that's been happily running with the default locale for many reboots.

I've also got an outstanding issue with Poseidon although I'll have to revisit it on the weekend to get more information. Poseidon is installing without error now but every now and then upon loading the 4.1 desktop Poseidon will display a Grim Reaper...if I see that I also know that I won't be able to get into Trident. I'll post more info on this if interested when I can find the time.

But on a happy note I installed Wipeout 2097 on 4.1 classic and she's running like a peach Shadows under the cars are black squares on the Radeon but, other than that, it's running very nicely in windowed mode (hangs at the 'Digital Images' loading screen in full screen mode).