Trying AOS 3.9 ... this is complete garbage!

[CHR_ZD]

This OS is totally garbage. I tried to install Ibrowse but the software asked for MUI... then I installed MUI and re installed Ibrowse... well the prog still doesn't see muimaster library. What the heck!? Many installers ask to insert "name" volumes without letting you put in another volume or drawer. The Aweb program is unbelievably annoying and it doesn't even show a JPG image alone (it asks for JPGTMP volume). What the heck!?!?!? Is the os40 any different?

[doctorq]

Go back to OS1.3.3 then :-)

Maybe you should consider cleaning your harddrive a bit, or get the hang of how Assign works...

[CHR_ZD]

Clean up the HD? This is a fresh OS3.9 installation. I don't have anything to clear. I'm sorry to say but windows xp is light years ahead of this Amiga OS. Does anyone know if the OS4 is more user friendly?

[MarkAshley]

The OS is working as it should do. If you install software that requires MUI then it tells you to install it first. If it's still not seeing muimaster.library then you haven't installed it properly.

If you don't like OS3.9 then don't use it. And I would suggest you learn how to use the operating system before badmouthing it!

[CHR_ZD]

look. I installed the MUI thing. It did all alone so what am I supposed to do? You want to tell me that this is an advanced OS? Please gimme a break

[doctorq]

If you are having problems with a fresh install, I'm guessing that the fault is not at the OS, but more at the hardware not being setup correctly.

[CHR_ZD]

I am running it under winuae and I did set up the hardware as in this doc

http://web.archive.org/web/20040226210834/http://home.t-online.de/home/thomas-rapp/os39uae.html

[SamuraiCrow]

@CHR_ZD

MUI is a third party patch for the GUI.  It is not part of the operating system.  And in OS 4.0 MUI is included as a third party add-on still so unless you check your user-startup file in S: I'm guessing you didn't install MUI properly or forgot to reboot after installing it.

[CHR_ZD]

well it didn't ask for a reboot (did I have to guess this alone?)... I'll try

[doctorq]

Somehow I doubt that the installer for MUI didn't tell you that a reboot was needed; I'm guessing you just skipped right throguh everything it asked for, without even looking at the text, where it says you need to reboot.

[CHR_ZD]

.. it works now. yet it asks for volume JPEGTMP to open a JPG under the browser. What is this?

[doctorq]

Look in the preferences for IBrowse. It's a temp library to store/download the images.

[SamuraiCrow]

The AmigaDOS command for doing a software reboot was not introduced until version 4.0 prerelease of the operating system so the general idea is to rerun the startup-sequence and user-startup files after they have been modified.  This will correct your first problem since MUI adds several lines to the user-startup file that won't have been executed previously.

-edit- Dang you guys are fast.  :crazy:

[Piru]

@SamuraiCrow

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3.Ram Disk:T> list Install3.1:C/Reboot
Directory "Install3.1:C" on Wednesday 09-Nov-05
Reboot                              84 ----rwed 06-Jul-94 12:42:39


[SamuraiCrow]

Ok I guess it was introduced in 3.1 but the point is that MUI was designed for 2.04 and doesn't include the reboot command in its installer script.