A600GS Updates

[AmigaOldskooler]

@IStartedSomething

Hi, and welcome to Amiga.org! Congrats on the A600GS!

Which Kickstart 3.1 are you using? And which version of Workbench does the HDF contain? I think you get a red screen if you combine the wrong Kickstart with the Workbench you are using (for example A500/2000 Kickstart 3.1 with Amiga 1200/4000 Workbench 3.1).

[SkulleateR]

@IStartedSomething
Which Kickstart 3.1 are you using? And which version of Workbench does the HDF contain? I think you get a red screen if you combine the wrong Kickstart with the Workbench you are using (for example A500/2000 Kickstart 3.1 with Amiga 1200/4000 Workbench 3.1).

Don´t think it's the kickstart, it must have something to do with the things that get loaded after boot !

I got these problems also, with all kind of HDFs I throw at the A600GS but it´s weird, because if I install the same OS with the same Kickstart ON the A600GS itself everything works !

Example :

Installed OS3.9 on a 1GB HDF with Kick 3.1 A1200 (40.068) on WinUAE, put it on the A600GS -> Red Screen
Used an EMPTY HDF 1GB with the SAME Kick 3.1 and installed OS 3.9 on the A600GS -> works

I always wanted to deep dive into bug search but I have very minor spare time in the moment

[notel98]

I believe that a hdf containing multiple partitions will also give a red screen

[F0LLETT]

Also depends on filesystem. If its not in rdb or rom, it will give red screen.

[ernsteiswuerfel]

Have tried copying my workbench hdf file to the A600GS as a custom system, sadly when booting I get a red screen. I have copied kick31, just wondered if anyone else had experienced a similar issue and found a fix? 

One thing causing the red screen is if your HDF files got "Full drive/RDB mode" enabled.

I wanted to do a OS 3.2 reinstall anyhow, so I setup the new system on Amiberry with all HDFs "Full drive/RDB mode" not enabled. These worked perfectly well on the A600GS.

If you use OS 3.1 please keep in mind your HDFs need to stay smaller than 4 GB. You may get around that limitation by using a modified custom ROM with suitable scsi.device (needed that on my original A1200 at least) and/or other stuff like the filesystem you want to use but that is rather cumbersome. As you need to stick to "Full drive/RDB mode" putting the filesystem in RDB via HDToolbox won't help.

[ernsteiswuerfel]

Maybe it´s a problem with "newer" P96 drivers ? I just installed OS3.2 with the P96 Archive from Aminet and I can use the 1GB Z3 Mem without a problem (as already stated above) ...

Tried v2.0 from Aminet just now (deleted v3.5.0 and uaegfx first, v2.0 install afterwards + reboot) but for me it doesn't work with 1 GB Z3. Interesting... 

[SkulleateR]

Tried v2.0 from Aminet just now (deleted v3.5.0 and uaegfx first, v2.0 install afterwards + reboot) but for me it doesn't work with 1 GB Z3. Interesting... 

Works for me (see screenshot) ... did you try on a fresh install of OS3.2 yet

[IStartedSomething]

Thank you everyone for your feedback, really appreciated.