Startup-Sequence issuse!!! Will not boot! ***HELP***

[MaDDuck]

Oh man!!
 My main Amiga 4000 (as mentioned in the last post 'Amiga 4000 woes...) will not boot up now, I cleaned the SIMM socket even better and now leave it empty and it will pass the MLB test and boot up normally.
 
 I installed a standard IDE CDrom into it and set it for slave and rebooted.
 It booted up fine
 
 I then installed ASIMCDFS and proceded to copy the reccomended files to the reccomended directories.
 
 THEN I read that I should of run IDEFIX97 instead as this is an IDE CD drive.

 So I removed all of the files that the docs told me to copy, and rebooted.
 
 NOW I get a :
 Setpatch: Unknown command
 Setpatch failed returncode 10
 1>_
 
 I then searched T:, C:, S: and could not find setpatch at all!!
 
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 THEN I tried 'ED STARTUP-SEQUENCE' and put a ';' infront of the setpatch command and it booted but it did not see the AGA set and would not run cross-DOS! I'm sure that there are other issues those are just the ones I noticed.
 ANY suggestions?
 I don't have the original 3.0 floppys anymore, burried, etc. I do have the 3.9 CD but I can't save any files to disk (on another computer) because cross-DOS won't work.
 I do have a WB 1.3 disk though! Is there a setpatch there? Will it work just well enough to get it to boot with cross-DOS??
 thanks!

[Hooligan_DCS]

If there is a Setpatch in WB1.3 it will definetely not work. You need the correct setpatch I'm afraid. I'm sure people at #amiga.org can help you with this.

[MaDDuck]

ouchie!
That's what I was affraid of.
I have the 3.9 CD and on it is the complete 3.0 WB set. BUT I can only read it on my eMac and it cannot write to a disk that the A4000 will read as cross-DOS will not run!

I did not delete the setpatchmgrcop file, it is still in the correct directory where it has always been!!

[Argo]

Do you have it networked?
if not you could setup a serial connection to a PC to get the needed file(s) off the OS CD.

[lempkee]

simple

type a ;  infron of setpatch in your s-s , then try again to start the system.

if it still doesnt, just try and mount cd as normal from cli like this:

assign env: ram:
assign t: ram:
mount cd0:
os3.9 should then be readable.

make sure you mount the unit u are supposed to,
to check that , go to devs:dosdrivers/
and list that dir.

incase u meet probs let me know r use this thread as you aint in deepshit just yet.

cheers

pps:reason is prbably as stated earlier you got an way old setpach installed..

[MaDDuck]

Sorry no!
Just the A4000, an eMac and a G5 tower.

but, again, the file seems to be there..... :-o

[MaDDuck]

lempkee wrote:
simple

type a ;  infron of setpatch in your s-s , then try again to start the system.

I'll try it, but I never got a chance to install IDEfix yet...

[MaDDuck]

It failed......
It prompted me to insert a:
I slid in the 1.3 disk (on a lark) and it did not work
Upon hitting cancel- it gave the same message as before!!!

[MaDDuck]

ALSO-----
It is asking for setpatch, but the closest I could find is setpatchmgrcop!
what's the difference??

[MaDDuck]

I did try a ';' infront of the setpatch command as stated earlier and it booted.
But it did not see the AGA set or cross dos, etc....

I misread your earlier post and tried 'a:' instead of ';'
opps!!!

[Madgun68]

I seem to recall setpatch needing to run in order for workbench to find AGA. Anyway, setpatch should be in your C directory.

I think your best bet right now would be to continue trying to get the cdrom drive running since the machine is at least booting (aga or not). If you can manage that, you can get setpatch from cd.

[MaDDuck]

yes---
But I can't get IDEfix97 off of the floppy because it is PC formatted!!

[Madgun68]

So try going with the AsimCDFS then.. Some of the more recent (heh) versions should work with atapi drives.

[seer]

It is asking for setpatch, but the closest I could find is setpatchmgrcop!

Never heard of setpatchmgrcop, have you tried running that command ? Or tried  "setpatchmgrcop ?"

Could be mistaken, but maybe setpatchmgrcop is setpatch, but somehow you renamed it ?

[Revener]

Had setpatch problem myself once on my A1200. I just took the setpatch file from my Deluxe Painmt IV disk, since its AGA comptible..........

Also didn't DP an some other progs/games boot into a WB screen.......... helped me a couple of times when I have had trouble........
and if you really need to read PC disk aren't there other programs than crossdos aviable on Aminet than can do it........

hmm..... maybe I should install my shiny new OS 3.9 myself b4 trying to help other ppl with problems :-)