Error 80000008 at boot Quickpack 060 desktop

[Heiroglyph]

I'm getting an A4000D going again from parts found around my office, including a desktop version of the Quickpack(?) A4000-060 XP with SCSI option.

The CPU is a 66Mhz 060 and the crystal on the board is a 33Mhz, so I assume this is running at 66Mhz, I can't tell for sure until I get to sysinfo or something.

It has WB 3.1 and Kickstart 3.0.  I have pre-installed a Quickpack 060 disk (possibly for the tower version)

With an A3460, the system boots fine, so I feel like the system is stable.

With the 060, I get a software failure (not a guru, the WB style error) that mentions the IDE drive attached to the A4000 IDE connector:
SDH0
Program Filed (#80000008)

• I have set the 060 jumpers to the best of my knowledge according to the manual I found.
• I have tried my best to make sure the connections are all clean and well seated (RAM, CPU card, etc)
• It makes no difference whether I install the QP060 disk or not, I get the same error both with and without.
• It will not boot without some memory installed on the 060 card, is this expected?
• I have tried several sets of SIMMs, but all are of questionable reliability.  I have nothing else that will accept them to run a memory test.
• Booting with no startup-sequence or CPU caches gives the same result.

I can remove the IDE drive and boot with no startup-sequence from an Install 3.0 floppy and get a guru followed by a reboot to the floppy with a working command line.  Both the early boot menu and this command line seem stable.

Um, help?

Thanks,
John

[redrumloa]

QP060 disk? Is that the libraries? I'd suggest manually setting up the 060 libraries, including the dummy library. If the libraries are not set up right, it won't boot right.

It has been too long for me to explain more. I'm sure someone here will be more helpful.

[Heiroglyph]

I'm not sure exactly what to do by hand, it's been a while since I did anything on Amiga.

Are the libraries generic, or do they need to be for the correct 060 card?

Thanks,
John

[Colmiga]

That error would appear to be a privilege violation error which could mean there is code that is being attempted to run that is not compatible with the CPU. What filesystem is the boot partition of the IDE Hard Drive formatted as? If you can, attempt to create a boot floppy (ie Workbench or the Install floppy) and copy the 68060 library files to it and see how far you can boot with the IDE drive attached.

If you have no luck I suggest erasing the RDB from the IDE drive (after first copying any needed data from it if there is any) with another computer and starting over with HDToolBox from an Install disk.

With the memory, if there is any RAM on the A4000 motherboard, try taking a stick from there and using it on the card by itself to see what happens.

[matthey]

Are the libraries generic, or do they need to be for the correct 060 card?

Most are generic and should work if your accelerator is designed properly. The Phase5 versions as well as Thomas Richter's Mu versions work on most setups. The Mu versions are probably the best but the P5 versions are easier to install and work well. The C= versions should work too but aren't as good IMHO. The tricky part to installing is copying the correct 68040.library to Libs:. You should copy the 68040dummy.library and rename it to 68040.library with a 68060. The 68040.library should be small (like 748 bytes) if done properly as it only contains stubs to the 68060.library. This step is unnecessary with the newest SetPatch and AmigaOS 3.9. Copy the 68060.library to Libs: as is.

[rockape]

Hi John,

See  http://phase5.a1k.org/index.php?id=0

For the Phase5 Libs.

Regards, Michael

aka rockape