X-Amiga is here!!! - Page 5

NewDeli · 26 March 2009, 15:21

The author is (was ?) busy doing things for Amiga Forever project. He took notice of the few problems with his distro, like the difficulties to be inserting the roms in the specified paths, during setup.

The premises of X-Amiga are great, agreed.

KONEY · 29 March 2009, 15:06

Installed everything to a dedicated bootabel primary partition on a second harddisk and configured the Bios to boot from there but I get a "BOOTDISK FAILURE!" notice. Nothing I can do, nothing I can know. It's not my first attempt on installing a linux and everything usually was working.

alexh · 31 March 2009, 19:27

I'll mail them and see how dead this project is

arnljot · 17 February 2010, 00:17

How dead or alive is or was it alexh?

EreWeGo · 23 March 2010, 09:07

I too would love an update on this project, be a real shame if it's dead!

I managed to get it installed, but have NO idea how to get it to "read" my .hdf with WB pre-installed, or an OS Folder with the WB files and folders extracted...

I've tried numerous commands and different syntax, (the hardfile, hardfile2, filesystem2 etc etc), but always fails to find or mount the files/folders...

Also, the GUI install doesn't work very well, so I used the cli install, seemed to work okay. It definitely boots pretty fast, but can't really do much with it unfortunately... Anyone else manage to get a .hdf with WB installed working? If so, care to share your procedure/e-uae config etc?

vk3heg · 25 March 2010, 01:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by EreWeGo

I managed to get it installed, but have NO idea how to get it to "read" my .hdf with WB pre-installed, or an OS Folder with the WB files and folders extracted...

Anyone else manage to get a .hdf with WB installed working? If so, care to share your procedure/e-uae config etc?

You got it to work! Installing it here was never a problem. It was booting after that always died...

Try this in the .uaerc file

hardfile2=rw,DH0:/home/uae/AmigaSYS4E-UAE.hdf,32,1,2,512,0,
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,/home/uae/AmigaSYS4E-UAE.hdf
hardfile2=rw,DH1:/home/uae/work.hdf,32,1,2,512,0,
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,/home/uae/work.hdf
filesystem2=rw,DH3:Files:/home/uae/files,0
filesystem=rw,Files:/home/uae/files

The filesystem options are to allow direct access to the underlying linux file system.

klx300r · 25 March 2010, 03:23

looks interesting but I'm so very happy with glUAE for Amiga OS4.1u1...it integrates E-UAE so beautifully that I don't even know its there

EreWeGo · 26 March 2010, 00:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by vk3heg

Try this in the .uaerc file

hardfile2=rw,DH0:/home/uae/AmigaSYS4E-UAE.hdf,32,1,2,512,0,
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,/home/uae/AmigaSYS4E-UAE.hdf
hardfile2=rw,DH1:/home/uae/work.hdf,32,1,2,512,0,
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,/home/uae/work.hdf
filesystem2=rw,DH3:Files:/home/uae/files,0
filesystem=rw,Files:/home/uae/files

The filesystem options are to allow direct access to the underlying linux file system.

Thanks mate, I knew it had something to do with the "filesystem" options, but I still can't sort it... I have an ".hdf" called "a1200.hdf. It's stored on /hda1/amiga/hdf/a1200.hdf

What I tried in my config:
hardfile2=rw,DH0:/amiga/hdf/a1200.hdf,32,1,2,512,0,
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,/amiga/hdf/a1200.hdf

This didn't work, but what would I use for the "filesystem" options? In your example above, it looks like you have a folder called "Files" - as well as having an hdf, do I need to have an extracted version of the WB drive in a folder?

Sorry for the stupid questions, I'm just not very familiar with Linux and it's "quirks"

vk3heg · 26 March 2010, 12:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by EreWeGo

I have an ".hdf" called "a1200.hdf. It's stored on /hda1/amiga/hdf/a1200.hdf

What I tried in my config:
hardfile2=rw,DH0:/amiga/hdf/a1200.hdf,32,1,2,512,0,
hardfile=rw,32,1,2,512,/amiga/hdf/a1200.hdf

Is the file name a1200.hdf in all lower case? Linux knows the difference between uppercase and lowercase. Does your emulator setup also have access rights to the hdf file?

Quote:

Originally Posted by EreWeGo

This didn't work, but what would I use for the "filesystem" options? In your example above, it looks like you have a folder called "Files" - as well as having an hdf, do I need to have an extracted version of the WB drive in a folder?

No. The files setup is to allow files that have been placed on my hd in my linux setup. This allows the Amiga emulation to get access to them. The hdf's are one big file system stored in a single file. The filesystem keyword allows access from the amiga side to the linux file system.

Winuae has the same function, the GUI calls it (going from memory) directory access/being able to use a directory containing Amiga files as if it was an Amiga hd.

EreWeGo · 27 March 2010, 23:32

@ vk3heg - thanks mate! I checked the config and changed the "a1200.hdf" to being case-sensitive, (it is actually "A1200.hdf"), and also reset permissions on the file, and e-uae finally loaded it! I knew you Aussies occasionally came in handy

Seriously, cheers mate, it was driving me mad! Now all I have to sort is getting my head around configuring things in e-uae and x-amiga like usb gamepads, sound settings etc...

vk3heg · 29 March 2010, 02:53

Just make sure that you leave the money on the fridge on the way out.

EreWeGo · 30 March 2010, 00:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by vk3heg

Just make sure that you leave the money on the fridge on the way out.

hehehe, will do mate.

I now have sound working too, just need to figure out how I can get USB joysticks/gamepads working?

Anyone managed to get a joystick or gamepad working in X-Amiga? If so, what is showing in your config file?

Hewitson · 17 May 2010, 04:14

Is there still issues with the kernel for this project? I'm sure I could whip up a very compatible one in the space of an hour if there was any interest..

26 March 2009, 15:21	#81
NewDeli Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paris / FRANCE Age: 50 Posts: 1,248	The author is (was ?) busy doing things for Amiga Forever project. He took notice of the few problems with his distro, like the difficulties to be inserting the roms in the specified paths, during setup. The premises of X-Amiga are great, agreed.

29 March 2009, 15:06	#82
KONEY OctaMED Music Composer Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Venice - Italy Age: 49 Posts: 666	Installed everything to a dedicated bootabel primary partition on a second harddisk and configured the Bios to boot from there but I get a "BOOTDISK FAILURE!" notice. Nothing I can do, nothing I can know. It's not my first attempt on installing a linux and everything usually was working.

31 March 2009, 19:27	#83
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	I'll mail them and see how dead this project is

17 February 2010, 00:17	#84
arnljot Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 76	How dead or alive is or was it alexh?

23 March 2010, 09:07	#85
EreWeGo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tauranga/New Zealand Posts: 202	I too would love an update on this project, be a real shame if it's dead! I managed to get it installed, but have NO idea how to get it to "read" my .hdf with WB pre-installed, or an OS Folder with the WB files and folders extracted... I've tried numerous commands and different syntax, (the hardfile, hardfile2, filesystem2 etc etc), but always fails to find or mount the files/folders... Also, the GUI install doesn't work very well, so I used the cli install, seemed to work okay. It definitely boots pretty fast, but can't really do much with it unfortunately... Anyone else manage to get a .hdf with WB installed working? If so, care to share your procedure/e-uae config etc?

25 March 2010, 03:23	#87
klx300r Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,593	looks interesting but I'm so very happy with glUAE for Amiga OS4.1u1...it integrates E-UAE so beautifully that I don't even know its there

27 March 2010, 23:32	#90
EreWeGo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Tauranga/New Zealand Posts: 202	@ vk3heg - thanks mate! I checked the config and changed the "a1200.hdf" to being case-sensitive, (it is actually "A1200.hdf"), and also reset permissions on the file, and e-uae finally loaded it! I knew you Aussies occasionally came in handy Seriously, cheers mate, it was driving me mad! Now all I have to sort is getting my head around configuring things in e-uae and x-amiga like usb gamepads, sound settings etc...

29 March 2010, 02:53	#91
vk3heg Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Age: 55 Posts: 222	Just make sure that you leave the money on the fridge on the way out.

17 May 2010, 04:14	#93
Hewitson Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 41 Posts: 3,772	Is there still issues with the kernel for this project? I'm sure I could whip up a very compatible one in the space of an hour if there was any interest..

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