FS-UAE standalone USB

[nobody]

It could be due to a lot of reasons:

Your PC doesn't support loading from USB HDD
Bios settings are wrong
Bios not supporting USB HDD for boot
USB HDD has a filesystem that is not compatible with syslinux live boot
No boot mbr in USB HDD

It could be anything. But the purpose of amilator is not to boot from external HDD but from a pendrive.

PS. Windows XP and aros are INSTALLED to the hard disk so they inject their boot loader. This is a live USB.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Originally Posted by nobody

It could be due to a lot of reasons:

Your PC doesn't support loading from USB HDD
Bios settings are wrong
Bios not supporting USB HDD for boot

No, same PC other USB HDD are booting, see screenshot AROS Start USB HDD

USB HDD has a filesystem that is not compatible with syslinux live boot
No boot mbr in USB HDD

On VMWare Payer boot Work (with the help of plpbt.iso)

It could be anything. But the purpose of amilator is not to boot from external HDD but from a pendrive.

I believe that Hardisk it's faster and you handle it better

[Fanne]

nobody

Thank you for the hint. Works great on 4.12-3. I must be blind.

[Dunny]

Has anyone got FS-UAE to start up with a USB joystick specified? There is the option joystick_port_1 = <stick name> but it doesn't work for me - but then, I don't know what FS-UAE thinks it's called as the name is too long to fit in the sidebar...

It states it's "A SPEED-LINK COMPETITION P" but what comes after that is anyone's guess - setting that in joystick_port_1 in the config file certainly doesn't work (Nor does A SPEED-LINK COMPETITION PRO" or "SPEED-LINK COMPETITION PRO" ) - no host device on startup.

Anyone managed to get it to work? Or know how to list connected sticks?

uae-configuration lists the joystick_port_1 option as "nothing" even when the stick is selected and working.

[FrodeSolheim]

Hi, the device name can vary depending on OS. You can check in fs-uae.log.txt what the full name is (since it’s too long for the UI). You’ll see something like this:

...
[INPUT] fs_ml_input_init
[INPUT] fs_ml_mouse_init
[INPUT] Adding system mouse
[INPUT] Joystick device count: 1
[INPUT] SDL_JoystickGetDeviceGUID(0) = 030000000b0400003365000000010000
[INPUT] SDL_JoystickOpen(0)
[INPUT] Joystick device #01 found: MOSIC      SPEED-LINK COMPETITION PRO
[INPUT] 4 buttons 0 hats 2 axes 0 balls
[INPUT] Joystick instance ID = 0
[INPUT] Initialize
...

So, on my system,

joystick_port_1 = MOSIC      SPEED-LINK COMPETITION PRO

should work fine (it’s case insensitive).

(Note: with only one joystick connected, it should also automatically be inserted into port 1 if you don’t specify devices for ports…)

[Dunny]

Yep, got it. Thanks Frode.

Now to see if I can build a complete Launcher option for the main menu with screenshots and box art... There's a lot of space left on that USB drive

Wow, 20GB+ for a (nearly) complete set - that's insane! Is there any way for FS-UAE to import only the files it needs into its portable directory structure, leaving the files that are not necessary for the Arcade front end out of the distribution?

[Genlock]

Hi Guys,
Has anyone set this up on a dedicated Linux Pc yet?
I was wondering if it would be best using one of the light distro's that are used for the raspberry pi3, then install it on a Hardrive and using the configs that #nobody has created to get it to run ?.
Iam pretty new to linux but willing to try if it is ,at all possible ?
I hope to get a Pc booting straight into a A1200 style config, then link it up to my 1200 with serial connection.

#nobody .. thanks for the time you have spent getting it this far

Edit:just want the lightest and quickest system to run it on..

[Dunny]

I'm currently looking (on and off, I'm pretty busy with work atm) getting this running from HD. Looks pretty simple to do, but I've not actually tried yet.

I'm also looking to have a boot option for FS-UAE Arcade with a full gamebase set - I'm close to getting that now, but still missing some of the education titles.

We also need to start looking at a proper boot system to replace the menu. GfxBoot from syslinux/isolinux looks to be able to fit the bill.

[FrodeSolheim]

Originally Posted by Dunny

I'm also looking to have a boot option for FS-UAE Arcade with a full gamebase set - I'm close to getting that now, but still missing some of the education titles.

Some disk sets in GameBase Amiga ("variants" in openretro.org terms) are not yet matched to any game. There is a omplete list here: https://openretro.org/reports/orphans (also includes WHDLoad variants not yet associated with any game).

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Ciao FrodeSolheim, sorry if I bother you, i'd like to ask you some questions

- On FS-UAE you can use a WebCam as on WinUAE?

- How to activate UAE 16Bit HiFi Stereo in AHI Prefs on FS-UAE ?

- Why can not I set up a UAE Zorro III video card with OS4 on FS-UAE?

[FrodeSolheim]

Seems off-topic for this thread, but:

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

On FS-UAE you can use a WebCam as on WinUAE?

No, this is not implemented in FS-UAE.

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

How to activate UAE 16Bit HiFi Stereo in AHI Prefs on FS-UAE ?

UAE AHI sound card is not implemented in FS-UAE.

Originally Posted by AMIGASYSTEM

Why can not I set up a UAE Zorro III video card with OS4 on FS-UAE?

It cannot be used until FS-UAE gets an updated emulation core from WinUAE 3.4.x or 3.5.x. See http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=85313 for more information about status.

[AMIGASYSTEM]

Thank you very nice

[Dunny]

Originally Posted by Genlock

Hi Guys,
Has anyone set this up on a dedicated Linux Pc yet?
I was wondering if it would be best using one of the light distro's that are used for the raspberry pi3, then install it on a Hardrive and using the configs that #nobody has created to get it to run ?.
Iam pretty new to linux but willing to try if it is ,at all possible ?
I hope to get a Pc booting straight into a A1200 style config, then link it up to my 1200 with serial connection.

#nobody .. thanks for the time you have spent getting it this far

Edit:just want the lightest and quickest system to run it on..

I've got this working from main HDD. Note that it's still running from a squashfs filesystem, if that matters to anyone. I'm also working on a completely clean 500GB HDD, so partitions present. You may want to delete or move any currently active partitions.

Here's the process I used:

Exit FS-UAE after boot using F12 and then up arrow key to get to the "X" icon, and then Enter to exit.
Back at the Debian Live prompt, enter root and then root to gain access to the terminal.

NOTE: You may have to exit FS-UAE a few times. This is because the system is set to restart FS-UAE after exit,
but most times you'll have a couple of minutes before it restarts. When it does, just use F12 to exit again - the
terminal you're working at is multi-tasking and you'll not even lose your command line.

Prepare the HDD -

ls /dev/sd*

Which will probably output /dev/sda as one of the options. If the drive is already partitioned, then /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 etc may be listed.

fdisk /dev/sda

then n, p, 1
then t to change type, then c to set Win95 FAT32 (vfat)
then a, 1 to set it bootable
then w to save all changes.

Now install the boot loader -

dd conv=notrunc bs=440 count=1 if=/usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda

Now copy everything over -

cd /
mkdir /media/disk
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/disk
cp -a /amiga/* /media/disk

Now install Syslinux -

syslinux -i /dev/sda1

Now power off, remove the USB drive and reboot.

[nobody]

Good but squashfs is a frozen filesystem so fs-uae cannot be upgraded. The proper way is to install a basic commands line Linux (Debian) and install fs-uae and create some scripts to do the rest

[Dunny]

Yeah, I know. But Baby Steps for now. At least it works.

[malko]

Hi there.
I just discovered Amilator (owned Amithlon in the past). After a little configuration of the FS-UAE side, it runs perfectly like an old A500. Will try it more but actually want to thank you for the job done !! :-)

[Genlock]

Originally Posted by Dunny

I've got this working from main HDD. Note that it's still running from a squashfs filesystem, if that matters to anyone. I'm also working on a completely clean 500GB HDD, so partitions present. You may want to delete or move any currently active partitions.

Here's the process I used:

Exit FS-UAE after boot using F12 and then up arrow key to get to the "X" icon, and then Enter to exit.
Back at the Debian Live prompt, enter root and then root to gain access to the terminal.

NOTE: You may have to exit FS-UAE a few times. This is because the system is set to restart FS-UAE after exit,
but most times you'll have a couple of minutes before it restarts. When it does, just use F12 to exit again - the
terminal you're working at is multi-tasking and you'll not even lose your command line.

Prepare the HDD -

ls /dev/sd*

Which will probably output /dev/sda as one of the options. If the drive is already partitioned, then /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 etc may be listed.

fdisk /dev/sda

then n, p, 1
then t to change type, then c to set Win95 FAT32 (vfat)
then a, 1 to set it bootable
then w to save all changes.

Now install the boot loader -

dd conv=notrunc bs=440 count=1 if=/usr/lib/SYSLINUX/mbr.bin of=/dev/sda

Now copy everything over -

cd /
mkdir /media/disk
mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/disk
cp -a * /media/disk

Now install Syslinux -

syslinux -i /dev/sda1

Now power off, remove the USB drive and reboot.

Thanks for the detailed help with this .. Dunny
at the moment its all above my head, but i am slowly picking some linux up,having
dumped windows when Ver 10 hijacked my win7 and then they dropped W7..

Cheers

[fstltna]

Ok, I read further and got the syslinux toolchain set up and used it to init and setup my MBR, and now it does boot and shows the splash screen but when it starts to load fs-uae it just hangs then complains about a file being corrupted:

XZ-Compressed data is corrupt
-- System Halted

After like 5 minutes of waiting...

Any ideas?

[fstltna]

Just for the heck of it I tried a 64gb drive and it worked fine, as far as booting up goes. But I see a message about the HD not being found. I copied the WB 3.9 files into the harddir/Workbench folder, is there something else I am supposed to do?
--- update ---
I tried adding on a .hdf hard drive and the error about the hard drive (which was a cdrom, not a hd) and enabled the real cdrom to use a .iso of wb3.9, and that is being seen properly too, but none of the drives actually start up - I just get a black screen. What do i need to check next? the floppy /floppies/mount folder works so-so, enought to let me see it is seeing the files in it.

And lastly when booting up or restarting fs-uae I get a message:

NOTIFY_USER MSG# 2

What does this mean?

[fstltna]

Anyone want to do a USB thumb drive swap? I will send you a brand new 32gb drive and you can send me one that is already set up... Would like to get this working soon...