So what's the deal with OS3.9 BB2?

[StevenJGore]

I've just upgraded to OS3.9 and installed BB1. On these forums I've read that plenty of people are using OS3.9 with BB2, so I did a Google search and downloaded it from Haage&Partner.

I've yet to install it because the google search also found some message boards with vague references to problems with BB2, and I am assuming that this is why BB2 cannot be downloaded from the official Amiga site.

Can anyone tell me what problems exist with BB2, and if there is anything I have do whilst installing BB2 to avoid these problems?

Thanks!
Steve.

[elendil]

I cannot (heh, this is becoming a standard post introduction from me really help you out with the errors, but I am using BB2 and have not discovered anything out of the ordinary bugs-wise.

It works fine here, but apart from updating vinceed, I am not really sure what it actually updated.

Sincerely,

-Kenneth Straarup.

[mendark]

I have to admit that after BB2 my system dramaticly slowed down and became pretty unstable. Could'nt find and explanation why or how. But what I did know is that I had to re-install my complete system :-x

Let's wait for BB3 :-D

Cheers,

[StevenJGore]

Found these on Aminet:

Update Os 3.9 BB2 Shell to 45.11:
"This patch fixes some bugs of the 45.7 shell that was published with BB2."

Unofficial patch for the 45.13 FastFileSystem (3.9 BB2):
"The FastFileSystem shipped in OS 3.9 BB2 (V45.13) has a bug in the disk validator code. A memory buffer that is allocated for the validation is later freed with a wrong smaller size, causing a memory leak as well as a mismatched FreeMem() report from debugging tools like MuGuardianAngel and MungWall."

...I'm starting to get the impression that BB2 was released in a hurry and/or untested.

Oh, and to answer elendil's question:
(from the H&P wesbite):
"Boing Bag 3.9-2 contains many bug fixes, small enhancement and new features in the areas multimedia (AMPlifier, PlayCD, sound datatype), shell, Workbench (Find, AsyncWB, UnArc, XAD v10), ReAction and harddisk support."

[SilvrDrgn]

I run OS 3.9 with BB2, and I don't have any problems at all.

[Mouse]

I use OS 3.9 with BB1 & BB2 installed and I no problems what so ever. :-D

[DaveP]

i upgraded to OS3.9 and it stopped detecting half the partitions on my hard disk.

I upgraded to OS4.0 beta and they came back again.

Sometimes, life sucks.

[duesi]

BB2 works just fine for me :-)
It also fixes a bug in the Unarc Tool