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Offline nicholas

Re: A4K New OS - Drivers etc
« on: April 15, 2011, 11:34:01 PM »
Quote from: LordSpunky;630820
Hi chaps, I am confused to what to do. :confused:
My A4K is running WK3.0 with 3.0ROM's. I want to put WK3.1 so I can have a Deneb USB [Yes I give in!], in an ideal world I would get an Amigakit 4GB CF HDD and just install WK3.1 [Can I do this with 3.0 ROM's?]

If you are going to get a Deneb then you don't need a physical 3.1 ROM, as you can have Kickstart 3.1 running directly from the Flash on the Deneb.

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But what about all the drivers and things that is installed on the current HDD? I can move them across? I don't have any software with it, none for the Cyberstorm / CD-ROM / Picasso / CD32 Em etc.......I don't want to install the new OS and then things don't work, but on the other hand it doesn't 'feel' like my computer I wanna WHDLoad it like I have my A1200 and have some fun
Installing 3.9 over the top of your existing Workbench 3.0 is your best bet, or even just Workbench 3.1 can be installed in the same way.

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Additional, Amigakit want something like £30+ for a USB - Ethernet adaptor is there anything special about them? I can find them for less then £10 on ebay!
I bought a USB Ethernet dongle for about £3 IIRC just a few months ago.

I've got my A4000 in pieces atm, waiting to be setup properly with my Picasso IV, Cyberstorm 060 Mk2, Deneb + USB Ethernet all running from a 4GB SDCard connected to a IDE to SCSI adapter on the Cyberstorm SCSI card.

Once I've got it all set up nicely I can send you an archive of the SYS: partition if you want?

I've got bugger all free time atm so it'll be a couple of weeks at least before it's up and running though.
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Offline nicholas

Re: A4K New OS - Drivers etc
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2011, 11:40:50 PM »
IIRC the machine you bought from ebay recently has a Cyberstorm 040 card in it.

Before you part with the cash for a Deneb, you can just remap a Kickstart 3.1 ROM image to Fast RAM using Blizkick, no need for physical 3.1 chips at all.

http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/BlizKick
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Offline nicholas

Re: A4K New OS - Drivers etc
« Reply #2 on: April 15, 2011, 11:56:44 PM »
Quote from: LordSpunky;631914
And yes I do have a Cyberstorm 040 MK2. Remapping...hmmm....is that difficult.

Nope, it's very easy.

Just download and install Blizkick and tell it which Kickstart image to use.

First line of your S:Startup-Sequence is usually the best place for it.

It maps the ROM and then reboots into KS3.1.
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Offline nicholas

Re: A4K New OS - Drivers etc
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2011, 12:03:23 AM »
Quote from: LordSpunky;631922
Coolness, sounds fab! I assume remapping ROM won't affect Workbench in the meantime?

You can run WB3.0 on a remapped 3.1 ROM with no problems that I am aware of.

Buy a copy of Amiga Forever for the 3.1 ROMS and installation disks, or just google for them. ;)
“Een rezhim-i eshghalgar-i Quds bayad az sahneh-i ruzgar mahv shaved.” - Imam Ayatollah Sayyed  Ruhollah Khomeini