OS3.9 install

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by Burseg
My final decision is NOTHING beats the real thing ever.

I was aware of that years before you Burseg What I ment is, that this wasn´t possible with any WinUAE Version before, it´s allmost perfect (thx Toni, this is AWESOME) ! I still prefer my A2000/060/50Mhz/128MB Ram and my A1200/030/50Mhz/64MB Ram but I will for sure install this on my PeCe at work, so I don´t have to work with WinBlows anymore

*Wipes Akira from his Christmas Card list*

[andreas]

Originally posted by RetroMan
What I ment is, that this wasn´t possible with any WinUAE Version before, it´s allmost perfect (thx Toni, this is AWESOME) !

A small stupid question:
WHAT hasn't worked before? Are you talking about that AHI stuff? Or were there other things older WinUAEs (I do NOT mean stone-old WinUAEs, mind you though ) couldn't cope with?

[RetroMan]

In older WinUAE Versions (including 0.8.21R4 btw. ) all wasn´t that good, sometimes you got Gurus/Software Failures, WinUAE just quits or the Software just didn´t work .... on the 0.8.22R1 everything runs like on my real Amiga

[andreas]

Ah I see.
I thought it was just a lack of features that were added in 0.8.22 R1. Speaking of which, did you test out AHI yet?

[RetroMan]

Originally posted by andreas
Speaking of which, did you test out AHI yet?

Not yet, I´m just repairing some Amigas here, maybe I´ll give it a go tomorrow

What I ment is, that this wasn´t possible with any WinUAE Version before, it´s allmost perfect

Actually when I did my 3.1 install with WinUAE 0.8.16something (September 2001) I copied my 3.1 HD directory and installed os 3.9 over that copied dir. It did seem to work well but I spent most of my time with the 3.1 system so I can't insist on this.

[entity00]

After a successful OS 3.9 setup, the proof...

It's not successful entity! Look at those 4 colored corrupt icons!!! I always install 3.9 on top of 3.5 because of that.

[Syko]

for all those eager code munchers out there, here's the icon and install file. Because you can't attach a zip file, my hand slipped & renamed it .nfo instead of .zip, wasn't that silly of me. Why not re-name the file to .zip after you've downloaded it..........

(N.B. :::: denotes new line in requester)

double click on the icon, opens screen then requester pops up:

Error while interpreting script:::: Error: object not found:::: function: GETENV:::: Line 5:::: Char 17

click ignore, start comes up as normal. Select OS3.9 over 3.0/3.1 or empty HD. Click procced. This gives;

Cli window labled "installerNGoutput" with the line install-tools/GuessBootDev failed return code 20

clicking close and then clicking procced twice gives licence text, but the buttons are grayed out and the window won't refresh.

No further progress possible. Personaly I reckon it's the getenv that's causing the rest of the probs, but I'm just a sad h/w teche

Cheers

[Steve]

I bought Amiga OS 3.9 from the Alt.WoA show in Huddersfield this year and I've installed it prefectly fine under WinUAE. Well apart from that annoying Aux problem. Anywho I remember getting that script error and I think I also remember setting Sound to 100% emulated fixed it. I might be wrong though but try it nonetheless. Good luck!!

[LordBug]

Actually, I bet it's InstallerNG that's the problem. I remember now when I was messing with OS 3.5. I couldn't install it on an AIAB system because of InstallerNG (installer errors, I've forgotten them now). Built up a vanilla OS 3.1 system, and OS 3.5 worked fine. I wouldn't be surprised if OS 3.9 is the same way (only tried 3.9 onto a 3.1 system).

Try installing 3.9 onto a plain-ole 3.1 system and see what happens.

[andreas]

@Burseg
Corrupt icons ... where?
Am I blind?

Check shell, editpad and multiview icons on amidock and os3.9 drive icon. Some w4r3Zed os3.9 versions produce such problems when directly installed over 3.1 or an empty hd.

[Syko]

thanks for that LordBug, I figured I might have to do that, but I'm lazy and wanted to fire it onto AIAB and see if I could do it that way.

as I've just been fired, I'll hav lots of time now though

[andreas]

Ah Burseg, you meant this inverse grey background stuff. Thanks for the clarification. Anyway, I think this can be cured by changing some color settings.
I don't think the developers put in this "feature" to identify pirated OS3.9 versions. That's just too silly to imagine.

lol! of course not! You'll make me explain won't you? Ok, I've got "some" pirated versions and whatever I try, I can't fix their icons for their icon .info files are messed up somehow. I never suggested it was a feature, but I assumed it wouldn't happen with the original cd, for the files are not transferred via pcs, archived and unarchived numerous times on different machines and systems etc. Their background is not only grey, the icons have 4 system colors and cannot be transparent.

[stainy]

Well I got 3.9 installed as well, installed P96, and choose 1024 x 768
64k colours.

and my screen is was off the left, I`m about 2 inches missing on the left hand side. How do I reposition my screen to the centre...

any ideas?

Might be something with you monitor's settings or overscan preferences.

[stainy]

If I choose 1280 x 1024 in winuae prefs.. then it`s ok, because thats the same as Windows..
Can`t seem to do alot in overscan prefs.. it just asks me to select a screen mode to use/save ?

I also have a couple of weird looking icons, meaning funny colours, how do I fix that?

If I choose 1280 x 1024 in winuae prefs.. then it`s ok, because thats the same as Windows..
Can`t seem to do alot in overscan prefs.. it just asks me to select a screen mode to use/save ?

Argh! First of all that mode is not in 4:3 aspect as in 800x600 or 1024x768 or 1280x960! You're seeing things wider than you should.

Also if you do not use the recommended refresh rate/screenmode combination by your monitor manufacturer, you may have problems fitting the image on the screen properly.