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Offline FraccyTopic starter

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X-Amiga beta release
« on: November 07, 2007, 04:08:57 AM »
X-Amiga is a minimal Linux environment for E-UAE. Here is an alternative to the massive overhead of Windows/OSX/Ubuntu/[other Linux flavours] - a sleek, fast OS that acts solely as a host for Amiga emulation. A CD-based installer is now available for x86. The website is: http://www.xamiga.net

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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2007, 05:37:33 AM »
Awsome!
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2007, 08:48:51 AM »
AWESOME news! :-D

The download is *really* slow. I wonder how many people are downloading :-)

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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2007, 10:14:17 AM »
Hmmm trying to install this.. but wont install GRUB correct .. ?! .. I'll get a "No Boot" after i reset.. ?!..
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2007, 10:51:06 AM »
Excellent!

I would guess quite a few people are trying to get a look at this.  I will just TRY be patient for a few more days.

Perhaps this weekend, I admit I'll probably be up early to give it a go.

I'm sure there has been a lot of work put into this project.

Thanks for sharing your hobby with us.
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #5 on: November 07, 2007, 11:06:08 AM »
The installer looks amazing! Thanks for this! :-) I haven't got it installed yet since I need to put a kickstart ROM on to a CD first. Also, will it install the Workbench files from an OS3.9 CD?

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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #6 on: November 07, 2007, 12:08:01 PM »
Some really nice touches on the installer.  I admire your work. :-D


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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #7 on: November 07, 2007, 02:22:17 PM »
@patts:

GRUB not loading the boot-image can happen for a number of reasons. It did install though, as you got an error message.
It seems that it might be looking at the wrong partition for the linux boot image.

I don't know how well you know Linux, but GRUB will give you a minimal command shell. You can find information on available commands here:


http://www.linux-sxs.org/administration/grub-cmd.html


It may also fail because your PC is set to handle a large harddisk as "LARGE" in your BIOS instead of "LBA". Try changing that setting.

Hope this helps a bit...
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #8 on: November 07, 2007, 05:27:01 PM »
Can't get the HD image to boot after install on Qemu, so I'm going to make space on my 2nd drive.

 BTW, if I wanted to put my ROMS and ADF Work Bench files on the X-Amiga CD-ROM, how would I go about doing that?
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #9 on: November 07, 2007, 07:17:54 PM »
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #10 on: November 07, 2007, 07:58:26 PM »
This is a very exciting project.  I can't wait to give it a whirl at the weekend.

But please, for pity's sake, rename it to something that isn't going to be sued into oblivion by ScAmiga Inc.
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #11 on: November 07, 2007, 08:08:33 PM »
And the files will just show up if I drop them in the ROOT of the CD?

 Anyhow I installed to my second partition, rebooted, no grub.

 Made 2nd drive bootable, rebooted went to BIOS told it to boot from 2nd drive, but only got Black screen like I was booting in Qemu.
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2007, 08:50:22 PM »
Well, I only used MagicISO, but UltraISO is more popular.

First you open the virtual CD under the application, then you basically drop the whatever folder/files you want into some folder in the CD (including the root folder, I'm however only familiar with MagicISO), then you burn your CD, more or less.
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2007, 03:18:51 AM »
So is this what one would use if they wanted to convert an old PC into a machine that boots straight  into UAE? The closest thing we had prior to this was Amiga Forever's Live CD, correct? Too bad there isn't some ultra tiny version of Windows available to use in combination with WinUAE. WinUAE is so good now its scary.
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Re: X-Amiga beta release
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2007, 05:51:43 AM »
It's more like something for if you want to pick up a cheap yet fast machine to dedicate as an Amiga box, only under the hood it's actually Linux.

It's cheaper than an Coldfire, and more compatable I guess considering you can get something that's about 2ghz for under $200 anymore.



Personally I'd like to see it running on a Tablet PC with touch screen.


 Of course I still can't get it to boot on real or virtual hardware. :/
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