Problems with first-time setup of WinUAE

[garyg]

OK, thanks again Thomas. It seems I had "Workbench 3.1" as hd0: and my hardfile as hd1:  I just deleted the Workbench volume and renamed my hardfile as hd0: and it boots into Workbench (although it doesn't allow me to give the volume a name).
I also installed the Help file so I have a lot of reading to do.
Right now, the only problem seems to be that I can't access Amiga menus in the emulation: I launched Diskmaster, but can't access the drop-down menu to quit the program - I have to quit the entire emulation.
I also played with the RAM settings a bit, bumping them up to 2 Mb chip and 8 Mb fast. I'd like to be able to use the A4000 motherboard fast ram settings to get some more RAM but I guess I'll have to explore the helpfile to do that (I've got a 2.4 Gb CPU and about 1.7 Gb of RAM dedicated to the Windows 7 emulation; perhaps I should try Hi-Torro and just do the emulation directly in Mac OSX?

[Daedalus]

You give the volume a name from within the Amiga - you only need to dive it a device name in WinUAE setup, that is, DH0: or whatever. You could have probably sorted it out by just rearranging the boot priorities of the drives, this is in the WinUAE preferences section for the hard drives.

[Thomas]

Right now, the only problem seems to be that I can't access Amiga menus in the emulation: I launched Diskmaster, but can't access the drop-down menu to quit the program

Not sure how much you still know. You have to use the right mouse button and you have to hold it down all the time while you navigate the menu. Lifting the right mouse button selects the highlighted menu entry. It's a good idea to move the mouse pointer to the top left of the screen before you open the menu because some programs use the right button for different functions when clicked while in the middle of the window.

I'd like to be able to use the A4000 motherboard fast ram settings to get some more RAM

There is no reason to use those settings. Use the Z3 Fast slider to get up to 1536 MB RAM. All kinds of RAM are equally fast in emulation anyway. Make sure that the JIT checkbox is ticked on the CPU page and that emulation speed is set to fastest possible.

Chip RAM cannot be extended beyond 8 MB.

[garyg]

Not sure how much you still know. You have to use the right mouse button and you have to hold it down all the time while you navigate the menu. Lifting the right mouse button selects the highlighted menu entry. It's a good idea to move the mouse pointer to the top left of the screen before you open the menu because some programs use the right button for different functions when clicked while in the middle of the window.

Hmm, still can't quit DM. Wil have to re-read the help file. Not a big problem to quit the
emulation and re-enter it anyway

There is no reason to use those settings. Use the Z3 Fast slider to get up to 1536 MB RAM. All kinds of RAM are equally fast in emulation anyway. Make sure that the JIT checkbox is ticked on the CPU page and that emulation speed is set to fastest possible.

Thanks! What about 68060 vs 68040. On my A4000/060 it requires some additional software. Do I risk crashes if I set the CPU to 68060? What about MMUs and FPUs?
I'm not planning on doing any heavy-duty graphics anyway. It seems I can set the WinUAE window to any size in the Display menu

Also,

Chip RAM cannot be extended beyond 8 MB.

Sure beats 2MB!