No post with sam400ep?

[Duce]

I currently use a 750 watt Power PC and Cooling PSU and 1 TB HD on my SAM with zero issues, and have used many different HW configs with the SAM with 0 issues.  Everything from a 100w PSU to a 1000w Ultra PSU, 80 GB to a 2 TB HD.

Only issues I ever had with it were the SATA port issue that Slayer suggested above.  Make sure you have all the drives on the right ports as per the SAM manual and it is set to boot off the CD.

[slayer]

I mean you'd use your OS4.x cdrom to boot up then you'd use the tools on the cdrom to prepare and format your drive (this is when you'd discover where your drive is recognised or not) you install OS4.x and away you go (eject your cdrom and this time boot of your HD)

Don't try and use any template (not sure if they fixed it or not) just follow the instructions in the manual about what partitions to setup... since you have so much space it's up to you what size you make things but I wouldn't get too carried away with your SWAP partition (I don't even have one LOL) eg if you have a 512meg SAM then have a 1gig SWAP for example...

also, I think the default mask value for the SWAP or one of them is incorrect, check it after you've created it...

good luck! time for a shower and out for dinner for me!

[carvedeye]

I have made some progress (well sort of) I went and purchased a new sata2 hard drive and hooked it up to the Sam booted up and managed to get go the workbench screen followed the onscreen stuff like setting up the languages and stuff got to the hard drive part tried to partition hard drive but an error came up saying it could not format the drive so I restarted the system to start over again and now every time I try to start the installation it hangs on the amigaos 4.1 screen any ideas ?

[Puni/Void]

I have made some progress (well sort of) I went and purchased a new sata2 hard drive and hooked it up to the Sam booted up and managed to get go the workbench screen followed the onscreen stuff like setting up the languages and stuff got to the hard drive part tried to partition hard drive but an error came up saying it could not format the drive so I restarted the system to start over again and now every time I try to start the installation it hangs on the amigaos 4.1 screen any ideas ?

Hi Carvedeye,

I've found a step-by-step installation guide that might be of help. You can find the link below:

http://www.ngi-info.com/downloads/AmigaOS_4.1_Installation_Guide/Installation_AmigaOS_4.1_Sam440EP_English.pdf

I believe this is more detailed than the guide in the manual that came with the OS.

Hope this was of help.

Cheers!

[carvedeye]

That's great but my problem is that when I first tried to install amiga os 4.1 I got all the way to the partition screen try to format cd0 (which I forgot was the DVD drive not the hard drive) so decided to restart the system and start over again but when it is finished installing the kickstart config and I'm presented with the amiga Os 4.1 screen it hangs, I'm getting no drive. Activity at all.

[carvedeye]

Puni/Void am i doing something wrong? did i do something to the hard drive?

[Puni/Void]

Puni/Void am i doing something wrong? did i do something to the hard drive?

I don't think you've caused any damage to the harddrive. Can you select "boot from CD-ROM" in the boot-menu? Then it should boot straight off the CD and you can install the OS again. Be careful when partitioning and follow the guidelines.

You can also try holding down both mouse buttons during startup to see if you can enter the Amiga boot menu, just like on the A1200 for example. By doing this, you can check if it works without startup-sequence.

[carvedeye]

im trying to boot from the cd rom it loads all the kickstart files etc.. but when the amigaos 4.1 screen appears the cd-rom spins for few seconds and hd led then i get no activity i have left it for a 10- 15 mins at a time to see if carrys on spinng but nothing happens it just hangs. i tried holding both mouse buttons down but it just continues to boot from the cd drive?

[carvedeye]

what if i was to install linux debian for the sam and then install amigaos 4.1 from there?

[Puni/Void]

Once the system has loaded the Kickstart into memory and it resets, please press down both mouse buttons. This should bring forth a preboot menu.

Please also try to disconnect the Ethernet cable to see if that works. If I'm not mistaken, the boot-sequence stops until a net connection is made. Might be wrong down, but worth a shot.

im trying to boot from the cd rom it loads all the kickstart files etc.. but when the amigaos 4.1 screen appears the cd-rom spins for few seconds and hd led then i get no activity i have left it for a 10- 15 mins at a time to see if carrys on spinng but nothing happens it just hangs. i tried holding both mouse buttons down but it just continues to boot from the cd drive?

[carvedeye]

Ive made a video of the sam booting up and the amigaos 4.1 trying to install, uploading it to youtube

[Puni/Void]

I've found this on another forum:

"-HD goes in J20, DVD in J23
- make sure to plug your ethernet cable into port0 (one at outer edge of MB)
- the USB keyboard must be installed on the higher/upper USB connector at rear of MB"

[carvedeye]

yeah thats how its setup but still just hangs? all i want to do is play on my new miggy

[carvedeye]

heres a link for the sam video ive made http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6dVXVnwKrQ

[carvedeye]

did anyone check out the video?

[kolla]

I saw the video just now. How about booting without startup-sequence, type "set echo on" in the shell and "execute s:startup-sequence" and then see where in the startup-sequence it hangs?

I don't have a SAM or OS4.1, but that's what I would do on OS3, OS4.0, MorphOS, AROS etc.