Red then blue screen when booting OS4 Classic from CD

[Framiga]

ok perfect!

Once you have installed the whole AOS4, you can use your buffered interface.

It "seems" that the problem arise only during the installation (on some machines)

Theres a option to enable it.

look at the file SYS:Kickstart/KickLayout-A1200 at the line

; The IDE scsi.device can not autodetect IDEFix/IDEFix97/IDEFix Express
; IDE port doubler hardware. When you have such hardware installed,
; uncomment the following line by removing the leading semicolon,
; then the IDE scsi.device can use IDE drives on the second IDE port.
; CAUTION: Dont forget to add the semicolon again before removing the
; IDEFix or compatible IDE port doubler hardware or your machine may
; not boot anymore!
;
;MODULE Kickstart/A1200/ATAPIismajik

uncomment "MODULE Kickstart/A1200/ATAPIismajik" and it "should" work.

[motorollin]

Hmm, so if I could make an image of the CD, change that file, burn the CD and boot from that, could I use the buffered interface during installation?

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moto

[Framiga]

i don't think is possible since the problem with the buffered interface, is during the installation.

It worth a try!

Anyway during the installation only the first channel is seen (ID0 and ID1).

[motorollin]

I'll try it, since the "problem" seems to be just that it can't tell whether there is an IDEfix is there or not, so it is disabled. If you *know* there is one there, hopefully enabling it will allow you to use it during installation. I'll try it!

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moto

[A4000_Mad]

moto

Further to my first post in your thread, I've amused myself by putting the file 'IDEfix' into the C drawer of the OS4 boot floppy disk. I then made the top of the floppys startup-sequence read like this:-

C:Assign T: Ram:
If exist C:IDEfix
C:IDEfix
EndIf
set MACHINE 'checkA4K'


After booting into the floppy my OS4 CD was then found as unit 2 on the secondary channel of my 4 way interface.

Just thought I'd share that with you :-D

[motorollin]

Thanks! Does it still work even after it has rebooted and actually tried to boot OS4 from the CD?

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moto

[A4000_Mad]

Erm..... As stated in my previous I was experimenting using my A4000/060 as I don't have a CDrom on my A4000/PPC at the mo :oops:

[motorollin]

Oh ok. Well I built a CD image with all of the files from the OS4 CD except the A1200 kicklayout, then added a modified version of that file with the ATAPI device line uncommented. It's just finalising the CD then I'll try it and see if it works!

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moto

[motorollin]

Well that didn't work. Much as I hate to do it, I think I'm going to have to buy a 44->40->40 way IDE cable just to get the OS installed :roll:

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moto

[Lorraine]

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[Framiga]

sorry for the OT but i have slowness accessing here to AORG
Can you please test if trying to access here with the IP works for you?

http://68.90.68.98/

thanks

ps i get the cPAnel saying

ATTENTION!

 If you are seeing this page instead of the site you expected, please contact the administrator of the site involved.

[motorollin]

Framiga wrote:
sorry for the OT

NP - there was a good chance you'd catch me on this thread ;-)

Framiga wrote:
but i have slowness accessing here to AORG

It's fine for me (England).

Framiga wrote:
Can you please test if trying to access here with the IP works for you?

http://68.90.68.98/

It works, but I also get that warning page (only when using the IP address though).

Edit - 7000 posts :-D

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moto

[Framiga]

ok thanks moto!

how are going your experiments! :-)

btw ... is your A1200 an Amiga Technologies a1200?

; Some A1200 from Amiga Technologies have a hardware problem.
; Or in fact some floppy drives designed for PCs have it.
; When disk.resource checks for the internal floppy drive it doesnt claim
; to be present. When you have such a model and you miss the DF0: device,
; uncomment the following line by removing the leading semicolon,
; then disk.resource will always report that DF0: exists and is a 3.5"
; drive when it could not be found.
;
;MODULE Kickstart/ATechA1200Fix

i don't think thats the problem, anyway interesting thread!

[motorollin]

Framiga wrote:
ok thanks moto!

NP! :-)

Framiga wrote:
how are going your experiments! :-)

I'm waiting for an IDE cable so I can get OS4 installed (without it I can't have a HDD and CD-ROM connected at the same time unless I use the IDEfix, which of course doesn't work).

Framiga wrote:
btw ... is your A1200 an Amiga Technologies a1200?

I don't know since it's in a tower. Is it shown on the mobo? Thanks for the info though. I'll keep trying to make a modified OS4 install CD to get around the problem, though my motivation to do so will probably disappear when I've got the OS installed ;-)

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moto

[Framiga]

"I don't know since it's in a tower. Is it shown on the mobo?"

unfortunately i never own an A1200 so i really don't know.

Better thing is to wait for the IDE adapter :-)

 

[motorollin]

Yeah that's probably going to be the easiest option. I've asked Amigakit to make me a 44 female -> 40 male cable which will allow me to plug any IDE cable in to the A1200. Should make things much easier!

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moto