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[Dary]

Official AmigaSYS English forum topic.

[Photon]

Hehe, is that a Metallion type colorcycle-pic as background?

Hmm, I thought clicking on Forum would go to your forum.... but I guess you're using a few threads here as forum instead?

Anyway, cool that you develop for the good old Amiga, keep it up!

[Graham Humphrey]

Perhaps there should be an AmigaSYS sub-forum here on EAB...

[HOL2001]

Originally Posted by Graham Humphrey

Perhaps there should be an AmigaSYS sub-forum here on EAB...

Nice idea !

[Dary]

AmigaSYS news: Make a wallpaper! Where are the Italian users???

I look around for an eager graphician, who would like to make an AmigaSYS wallpaper! Anyone can send (this goes for Rolpho too ), who has the mood and thinks he can make a wallpaper. One condition: it has to be an Amiga inspired theme... Minimum 1280*960, but 1600*1200 is recommended. PNG (drop me with a mail)!

To the Italian users:
I have to write again, maybe too few people read the news, but you won an opportunity to implement your language into AmigaSYS installers, scripts, system language, etc. Unlike the Poland guys (they sent several dozens mails, thx), from the Italian side, only 1 guy wrote, but he is disappeared too... I would like to ask every Italian user, who can speak English, please drop me a mail, the translation file is only 10Kb. If there won't be a response in the next days, i will offer the opportunity to the 6th place wich is France. Visit the webpage continously for further information.

First post here....

I got a strange problem when i try to upgrade my AmigaSYS install to AmigaOS3.9.

I get a notice saying "Please insert Volume OSFIR in any drive"

And .. i dont know that to do... :/

I start WinUAE with CDROM enable and i have also tried to enable cdrom with the Hardrive setup ---->cd0 and "AmigaOS3.9" as label and E:\ as device ... and i get into AmigaOS3.9 upgrade at both time's

But i get the same error at both times also... PLEASE help me..

/Mattias

[CountRaven]

Hello there! Got a question.I want to install AmigaSYS on my PegII Euae. It says that I must have the original commodorw Workbench disks to install however my PEg2 does not support disk drive. An option is Amiga Forever. But I have only an old 2.0 version. I sitll got AmigaOS 3.9 and AmigaOS 3.1 + 35 on CD from my 1200. Will it do the trick? Thanks.

[NovaCoder]

Hi,

When will AmigaSYS 4 be released?

[T_hairy_bootson]

So I installed AmigaSYS using wb3.1 on KS3.1 it worked fine, then I upgraded it to 3.9 it asked for OSFIR I pressed deny and this is what my amigasys install looks like, what have I done wrong?

[Dary]

Originally Posted by T_hairy_bootson

So I installed AmigaSYS using wb3.1 on KS3.1 it worked fine, then I upgraded it to 3.9 it asked for OSFIR I pressed deny and this is what my amigasys install looks like, what have I done wrong?

Sorry

next version coming soon and...:
- Fixed AmigaOS 3.9 installer bug (First-Install OSF error)

Dary

[T_hairy_bootson]

Thanks for the quick reply.

[NovaCoder]

Yep, thanks Dary....great looking product btw

[Fingerlickin_B]

Hi Dary,

I've got AmigaSYS on my 1200 (one of my selectable boot drives) installed over 3.1.

I really like it, but cannot get it to see my Zip drive. If I run the IDEfix install I get the option "add IDEfix to start-up sequence?" and if I choose yes the machine won't boot up. If I choose no, I still can't access the Zip drive.

Any ideas what the problem is?

PZ.

[alanwall]

Originally Posted by Dary

Sorry

next version coming soon and...:
- Fixed AmigaOS 3.9 installer bug (First-Install OSF error)

Dary

ok I have it installed and working but it does not like it when I chose 060 in the config and I do have all the 060 parts installed.Yam and Ibrowse guru with a 8---b. This is strange as I can use the 060 option with Amikit and don't get the guru ? Thanks !

[Dary]

Originally Posted by alanwall

ok I have it installed and working but it does not like it when I chose 060 in the config and I do have all the 060 parts installed.Yam and Ibrowse guru with a 8---b. This is strange as I can use the 060 option with Amikit and don't get the guru ? Thanks !

To the 68060 supports does not burn if you set the emulator. Special "library" is needed, that real 68060 processors emulate. You claim it vain 68060 CPUS emulation, if is not into the system the equivalent driving. You may take it to reason when the system comes in , in a header CPU:68040, yet 68060 settings. With what they are not the suitable driving programs.

This totally normal if he is 68060 with a setting, and you rehearse it in the deficiency of a driving program. Like that as if PC ATI/NVIDIA you would want to look at a 3D mark without a driver

What you have to make:
Download:
http://amiga.resource.cx/install/P5-SystemDisk-431.dms

Start AmigaSYS 4 with 060 setting, wait and booting system. Added P5-SystemDISK431 into df0:, start filemaster left side:

System:Libs

Right Side:
DF0:Libs

Copy 68040.library, 68040new.library, and 68060.library Df0:->System:Libs.

Put floppy, and reset emulation. And looks at the header CPU:68060

This an neat REAL 68060 emulation!

But why you want 68060 one on an emulator to emulate? (special 68060 program or other?)

[NovaCoder]

Hi,

Just wondered why you can't install AmigaSYS 4 (WinUAE version) on to a real Amiga? Obviously I'm talking about an upgraded one (Mediator, GFX card, accelerator)...is it possible?

[turrican3]

dary, linux live doesn't work for me, it boots the cd (the dvd in fact) after it write many times buffer error and after stop and write press f1 for help and an another message that i don't remember.

[Dary]

@turrican3

He is talked over with the maker in that manner if there is a mistake would like to know about him, and helps.

The maker's availability:

nebulah[]nebulah.nl or nebulah[]amigasys.nl.

[]=@

Dary

[_ThEcRoW]

The installation always stop at the point that it says it is not a valid aforever cd. I have copied the contents of the cd to the folder as you explained in the installation help, but it stays the same. I have given access permisions too as suggested but the install still says the same. I'm desperate now. If only it were as easy as on win.
I'm using latest euae under mac os x, using the frontend hi-toro.

[_ThEcRoW]

I forgot to say that the problem it appears when it asks if you want to install the aforever extras, then without let me selecting yes or no it automatically selects yes and then try to install. Then it says that is a wrong cd and then a not found error.
What it could be??????

[alanwall]

a friend from TeamAmiga sent me a file that allows Linux partition to be accessed from Windows,so if you have AmigaSys installed on Windows,
AmigaSys will also see those partitions and allow you to move files to/from each other.Get it here:
http://home.comcast.net/~amiga/Ext2.exe

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by alanwall

a friend from TeamAmiga sent me a file that allows Linux partition to be accessed from Windows,so if you have AmigaSys installed on Windows,
AmigaSys will also see those partitions and allow you to move files to/from each other.Get it here:
http://home.comcast.net/~amiga/Ext2.exe

http://www.fs-driver.org/

Looks less suspicious than previous url

[Dary]

Originally Posted by _ThEcRoW

The installation always stop at the point that it says it is not a valid aforever cd. I have copied the contents of the cd to the folder as you explained in the installation help, but it stays the same. I have given access permisions too as suggested but the install still says the same. I'm desperate now. If only it were as easy as on win.
I'm using latest euae under mac os x, using the frontend hi-toro.

Sorry for answering lately, but i've never met a problem like this. In theory this error never ocurres, because the installer checks before the installing, meanwhile it is only stops if one of the files are damaged. i do not think the installer is wrong, because no one reported similar errors. try the install in another language.

Dary

[foody]

@Dary

Dary this is very urgent message I need you to read before releasing AmigaSYS 4 AGA to real system. I am an Amiga game developer and I am using AmiBlitz 3 http://amiblitz3.amiforce.de to make my games. It is very urgent that I use this program but I also need to use AmigaSYS for my A1200 as well. If I had to choose between either AmigaSYS or AmiBlitz3 I will be force it to not to use AmigaSYS in order to use AmiBlitz 3. You are going to start to wonder what the hell I am talking about it? Please read the problem I am facing below and hopes you will fix it, in your later releases:

AmigaSys have a problem when it comes with AmiBlitz 3. As soon as I install AmiBlitz 3 in the environment of AmigaSYS I get this problem below:

Well actually I am using AmigaSYS in an WinUAE emulation. I am not sure if you are familiar with AmigaSYS, here are the things that happens when I enter the keys in the keyboard:

If I press space bar I get a dialog box "Select file to save as ASCII" I have to press ESC to close the window and a space command commences.

If press the Enter key I get Print dialog box where I specify the port number every time I press enter and I have to hit the ESC key to close it.

If press the <-- Backspace I get a dialog box Project Settings before the Delete command is commenced. If press Delete key it erases everything before it in one shot.

The problems above happen every single time I press the key stroke, it is annoying and render development to be difficult.

It is of dire urgency that this problem is fixed, thanks in advance.

[Dary]

@foody

The mistake a system a file causes. The system windows be added 2 plus icons (right side). AmiBlitz3 these are out of order in that manner in a window than in Workbench. I cannot repair this unfortunately. Systemwise useful, would be harm to delete. But there is a solution! Delete/rename it System:S/AmigaSYSU-Startup file, and reboot. You disabled the program with this, in AmiBlitz3 will not be a mistake!

[Steve C]

I'm afraid this will not work for me. I d/l'd the package to put on my A4k ec030 and successfully transferred it to my amiga. I put everything in the root of SYSTEM: as directed.

On reboot all I get is a DOS prompt. It refuses to go any further. I know the package works, because I made a fresh profile in winuae with the same specs as my Amiga and it went perfectly.

Everything is present and correct. The Miggy will boot from the drive when i do a simple install of Workbench off the floppies.

I'm out of ideas and patience ( ) - Can anyone help?

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Steve C

I'm afraid this will not work for me. I d/l'd the package to put on my A4k ec030 and successfully transferred it to my amiga. I put everything in the root of SYSTEM: as directed.

On reboot all I get is a DOS prompt. It refuses to go any further. I know the package works, because I made a fresh profile in winuae with the same specs as my Amiga and it went perfectly.

Everything is present and correct. The Miggy will boot from the drive when i do a simple install of Workbench off the floppies.

I'm out of ideas and patience ( ) - Can anyone help?

Sounds like your drive is not set as bootable.

[Steve C]

It is. As previously mentioned I did a quick install of workbench off the floppies and it booted just fine.

The archive was downloaded into winuae and un-lha'd there. I used nero to put it on cd and copied it off there onto the a4k. All long filenames are present and correct, and individual files appear to have copied over intact - I can read text files and programs run ok.

It just does not want to boot into the initial installation script.

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Steve C

It is. As previously mentioned I did a quick install of workbench off the floppies and it booted just fine.

The archive was downloaded into winuae and un-lha'd there. I used nero to put it on cd and copied it off there onto the a4k. All long filenames are present and correct, and individual files appear to have copied over intact - I can read text files and programs run ok.

It just does not want to boot into the initial installation script.

Very odd. Maybe burning them using nero is the problem?

What about using ISOCD (From the CD32 dev kit) in winuae, and making a iso, then use nero to burn that. So basically nero does'nt touch the files then. This is the way I have make all my disc's Amiga wise, as I know windows can screw with the files and mess some up. I have even had windows mess up startup-sequence files in the past. Which would cause it not to boot, once copied to HDD of Amiga.

[_ThEcRoW]

The problem i said threads below is still happening. The only way to make te installation on a mac os x machine(at least for me) was to install amigasys on a pc, then move the installed environment directly to the mac and configure it via hi-toro. Now i have it running on my mac os x machine, but i had previously to install it on my pc.
If anyone has mac os x and want to try amigasys4, hope that you will have another machine(a pc, preferably), because the installer supplied for mac os x don't work, at least for me.
Thanks in advance!!!

[Steve C]

So - stick the drive in the PC and copy the filesystem over -it's simple, right?

Wrong.

Drive is recognised by BIOS, then by Vista as new hardware, then driver is installed by "New Hardware " wizard. So far - so good.

Into Explorer - the drive only shows up as a CD-ROM. WTF????

Same sh@t with 2 different drives, a Quantum Fireball 3.2 gig and a fujitsu also 3.2 gigs.

I'm REALLY PO'd here - 3 nights fannying around with this and I'm still in a worse position than when I started. Looks like its back to ClassicWB for now.

DAMN!!

[Dary]

Originally Posted by Steve C

So - stick the drive in the PC and copy the filesystem over -it's simple, right?

Wrong.

Drive is recognised by BIOS, then by Vista as new hardware, then driver is installed by "New Hardware " wizard. So far - so good.

Into Explorer - the drive only shows up as a CD-ROM. WTF????

Same sh@t with 2 different drives, a Quantum Fireball 3.2 gig and a fujitsu also 3.2 gigs.

I'm REALLY PO'd here - 3 nights fannying around with this and I'm still in a worse position than when I started. Looks like its back to ClassicWB for now.

DAMN!!

This DOS promt I was not worth a thing. If you undo it properly then the startup-sequence runs down. Would you write a more detailed description?

Single flat LZX from unpacking there is a word. An can be booted partition. After a reset it S/Startup-sequence would need to run.

Startup-sequence always the first. If Dos is promt only is. Like that as if that file would not turn up. He is there though.

I am asking you look at it. If you undo it. it S/Startup-sequence a file is found. And write the first 2 rows in here.

I looked at it and totally well working. Immediately the install presents himself.

[Dary]

Originally Posted by Steve C

So - stick the drive in the PC and copy the filesystem over -it's simple, right?

Wrong.

Drive is recognised by BIOS, then by Vista as new hardware, then driver is installed by "New Hardware " wizard. So far - so good.

Into Explorer - the drive only shows up as a CD-ROM. WTF????

Same sh@t with 2 different drives, a Quantum Fireball 3.2 gig and a fujitsu also 3.2 gigs.

I'm REALLY PO'd here - 3 nights fannying around with this and I'm still in a worse position than when I started. Looks like its back to ClassicWB for now.

DAMN!!

Install:WinUAE Windows:

Put the Amiga formatted HD into the PC.
Extract the AmigaSYS3PlusAGA.zip file to the WinUAE dir.
Start the emulator and click once to the AmigaSYS configuration and load it. Go to the ROM section and add the Kickstart Rom file (3.x). Then save the configuration and start the emulation.

Install AmigaSYS, follow the instructions, you can change disks with F12. When you finished and the system boot up, quit from the emulator.

Start the emulator, load the AmigaSYS configuration, at the HDD section, add your harddisk (check the read/write option!). When you ready, start the emulation.

Description may help a lot.

http://amigasys.extra.hu/amiga.html#Install:

[Amilord]

Hello guys.
I just did a fresh install of Amigasys4 and upgrade to 3.9, just fine.
Next I decided to install BoingBag 1 & 2 and it seems, after the installation of BB2 that it trash the system a little. For example every prefs utilities are not displaying properly. It is still usable but i do not have borders for the buttons nor for panels. Someone knows about it ?

[NovaCoder]

Button borders are controlled by your Workbench prefs, give that a go.

[Amilord]

thanks, but did not resolve the problem

[blade002]

I would really like to install AmigaSYS but the install guide on the webpage seems about as clear as mud to me Plus i have zero time to sort through it all. My CD drive is not working because my IDE Buffer Device didn't do what it was supposed to do when i bought it so transferring a file bigger than 720k from formatting a HD floppy on the PC is about the best i can do right now.

If i wasn't flat out busy doing other crap, i would get down and dirty with my Amiga again. Any of you guys over here in a Australia want to set it up for me?.. i will pay you $50

I feel like setting the Amiga up in the old way like i used too with just installing a basic workbench and installing each program bit by bit and configuring them. It might take me a hell of a lot longer but at least i know it will all work in the end. the last time i did a complete reinstall and reconfig manually though, would have been about 1996 !!!!.. lol..

[Dary]

Originally Posted by Amilord

Hello guys.
I just did a fresh install of Amigasys4 and upgrade to 3.9, just fine.
Next I decided to install BoingBag 1 & 2 and it seems, after the installation of BB2 that it trash the system a little. For example every prefs utilities are not displaying properly. It is still usable but i do not have borders for the buttons nor for panels. Someone knows about it ?

Can you show me a picture?

here or my mail...

[wizard66]

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[mingle]

Hi,

Just playing with AmigaSYS 4 AGA at the moment, but I'm having a bit of trouble locating the prefs/settings for things like the on-screen Workbench clock/calendar and also how to make the border/title of the active window a differnt colour from inactive ones (and in good old Workbench 3.1).

Any help or pointers appreciated!

Cheers,

Mike.