Amiga 1200 slow boot

HymnsomniaK · 29 April 2006, 14:12

I need some help from you guys. I recently bought an AT A1200 with Kick 3.1 40.068 and it takes a long time to boot. From the darkgrey/light grey screens to the disk loading screen it takes about 20 seconds. It has no harddrive. I was wondering if anyone could help plz. Thank you

BippyM · 29 April 2006, 14:23

The amiga is checking for the presence of hard drives and also doing some diagnostic tests!

It is perfectly normal.. If you whack in a HD the time should decrease dramatically

quahappy · 29 April 2006, 14:30

Still fast compared to how long it takes for my PC to boot!! I've optimised it as much as possible an' all!! Sorry for hijacking the thread but just out of curiousity, how much did you pay for your setup?

HymnsomniaK · 29 April 2006, 14:44

Is there no way I can reduce this delay? I've dumped my kickrom file and when I boot it on winuae there's no delay so I got a bit worried.

Brand new , I paid €170 including p&p.

Toni Wilen · 29 April 2006, 14:57

It is normal with KS3.1 + no harddrive, unfortunately.

WinUAE does not have this problem because there is no emulated IDE bus (or any other hardware HD interface), harddrive emulation is AmigaOS device/filesystem level in WinUAE.

HymnsomniaK · 29 April 2006, 15:01

Thank to you all for your help. I guess I'll just have to buy a harddrive just to get rid of the delay.

patrik · 29 April 2006, 22:13

You can build this, but you have to use a 44-pin 2.5" IDE-connector instead.

It tricks the computer into skipping the wait completely.

adgloride · 01 May 2006, 17:12

I can't imaging using a miggy now without a harddrive. Its great storing most amiga games on the harddrive and using WHDLOAD.

29 April 2006, 14:12	#1
HymnsomniaK Onezay Riendfay Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portugal Age: 45 Posts: 119	Amiga 1200 slow boot I need some help from you guys. I recently bought an AT A1200 with Kick 3.1 40.068 and it takes a long time to boot. From the darkgrey/light grey screens to the disk loading screen it takes about 20 seconds. It has no harddrive. I was wondering if anyone could help plz. Thank you

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29 April 2006, 14:23	#2
BippyM Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Derby, UK Age: 48 Posts: 9,355	The amiga is checking for the presence of hard drives and also doing some diagnostic tests! It is perfectly normal.. If you whack in a HD the time should decrease dramatically

29 April 2006, 14:30	#3
quahappy Born again WinUAE user Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: South Yorkshire, UK Age: 55 Posts: 1,667	Still fast compared to how long it takes for my PC to boot!! I've optimised it as much as possible an' all!! Sorry for hijacking the thread but just out of curiousity, how much did you pay for your setup?

29 April 2006, 14:44	#4
HymnsomniaK Onezay Riendfay Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portugal Age: 45 Posts: 119	Is there no way I can reduce this delay? I've dumped my kickrom file and when I boot it on winuae there's no delay so I got a bit worried. Brand new , I paid €170 including p&p.

29 April 2006, 14:57	#5
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,505	It is normal with KS3.1 + no harddrive, unfortunately. WinUAE does not have this problem because there is no emulated IDE bus (or any other hardware HD interface), harddrive emulation is AmigaOS device/filesystem level in WinUAE.

29 April 2006, 15:01	#6
HymnsomniaK Onezay Riendfay Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Portugal Age: 45 Posts: 119	Thank to you all for your help. I guess I'll just have to buy a harddrive just to get rid of the delay.

29 April 2006, 22:13	#7
patrik Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Umeå Age: 43 Posts: 922	You can build this, but you have to use a 44-pin 2.5" IDE-connector instead. It tricks the computer into skipping the wait completely.

01 May 2006, 17:12	#8
adgloride Amiga Mod Chipper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Age: 51 Posts: 229	I can't imaging using a miggy now without a harddrive. Its great storing most amiga games on the harddrive and using WHDLOAD.

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