07 August 2009, 11:22 | #1 |
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WHD Load Problems with PCMCIA reader and Elbox 1200
Hi All,
Hope someone can offer advice. I have installed WHDLoad and some games. I can get some games to run straight off the CF card but I must take out the elbox as it does not like to run with the CF reader in the PCMCIA slot. This means I have no fast mem so only a few smaller games run. So I copied some of the games to the hard drive took out the CF reader and put back the elbox, now I can load more games but the graphics are corrupt, is this a known issue with the eblox? By the way its an Elbox 1200/8 with 68882 fpu. Also can anyone clarify where I put the kickstart roms and rtb files? Is its c:/devs/Kickstarts/ or or c/whd/devs/kickstarts ? I don't understand when they say 'devs:kickstarts/' Many thanks, Steve. |
07 August 2009, 11:25 | #2 |
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It's "sys:devs/kickstarts"
"sys:" will always point to your root drive, no matter what you named it (DH0, Workbench etc.) |
07 August 2009, 11:44 | #3 |
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Hi mine is called 'workbench'
So its workbench/devs/kickstarts right? Thanks, Steve. |
07 August 2009, 11:49 | #4 |
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yes, it will be then
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07 August 2009, 12:05 | #5 |
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08 August 2009, 00:03 | #6 |
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Hi Killergoriller,
Fixing the kickstart path fixed some of my problems so thanks for that. Also reducing graphic settings and removing the enhancement at startup and freed up some memory so I can get most of the games I want to play running without the need for the Elbox. However I still have trouble running any whdload installed game that has a disk image, they all say that they cannot find disk1 etc. I dont think its memory related as most of the games suggest they need approx 1mb and I have freed up 1.7mb Any help appreciated, is it becuase I extracted the files on the PC and not the Amiga? I am not sure how to unzip on the Amiga, I can extract an lha but not a zip. Thanks, Steve. |
08 August 2009, 00:35 | #7 |
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Hi Steve,
I'm uploading an Amiga UnZip archive to the Zone for you. Edit: Zoned! BTW, it came from here: ftp://ftp.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/tool...A/unz550xA.lha |
08 August 2009, 01:05 | #8 |
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Thanks, I shall try that tomorrow. Still keen to here if anyone else has had and overcome this problem, upon googling quite a few people have it but no solid solution.
EDIT. I tried the games in an emulated enviroment and they are fine. It must just be a memory issue there musn'tbe enough memory to mount the disk image and run the game. Would be interested to hear if anyone has got whdload games with a 'disk1' etc image file to run on a stock 2mb A1200 Will probably sell my Elbox and put the money towards a blizzard or something hopefully that will be compatible with the PCMCIA slot. Steve. Last edited by fitzsteve; 08 August 2009 at 12:12. |
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the mask/maxtransfer of your cf disk is probably broken. |
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08 August 2009, 16:09 | #10 | |
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DOS-Error #205 object not found on reading "Disk.1" I am in the process of installing classic workbench on a spare 2.5hdd I have, was a nightmare to get it partitioned but its currently unzipping the system.zip on my real amiga so fingers crossed and hopefully I get better whdload results now as I have preinstalled all the games in the installation in winuae. It might even be elbox friendly so I can use the fast memory! Steve. |
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08 August 2009, 18:57 | #12 | |
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The only problem now is the amount of memory it uses. I will probably go post in the classic wb section to see if they can tell me how to cut some of the usage, but first I am going to read the faq's With my elbox in I just get random crashing so I am guessing there lies the problem. Will have to look for anouther ram board Steve. |
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