Amithlon Setup Guide

[Vipersan]

Originally Posted by SnkBitten

Interesting, I cover installing Poseidon, ArakAttack and the Fat95 Filesystem in my installation guide and how to attach USB devices in Trident once installed (depending on number of USB inputs available). It's right after the AHI installation section.

https://amithlon.snkbitten.com/snkbittenguide.html

Yes indeed SnkBitten
I downloaded and printed out all the PDFs I could find which you created..
Over 100 pages I think..
and put them in a clear cell A4 binder.
I'm 66 and very old school...I do like paper reference..lol
Thankyou...without this I wouldn't have got this far.
appreciated.
Sadly I'm not smart enough to create drivers etc..only follow instructions...but I hope those that can will keep improving Amithlon.
I discovered it by accident watching Dr Chris youtube videos...and wanted one of my own.
cheers

[dr.zeissler]

Originally Posted by SnkBitten

Interesting, I cover installing Poseidon, ArakAttack and the Fat95 Filesystem in my installation guide and how to attach USB devices in Trident once installed (depending on number of USB inputs available). It's right after the AHI installation section.

https://amithlon.snkbitten.com/snkbittenguide.html

thx! I overlooked that.

[Vipersan]

Details of the 2 port pci usb card that I got working with Amithlon..
Silicon Image
sil0673BCL100
just for reference.
rgds

[Vipersan]

still struggling to get www access on my Amithlon build ..even though my 3com pci card is detected by pciinsmod...
I suspect this should be do-able...but not easy for someone like me who isn't familiar with OS 3.9/Amithlon.
IS DHCP a thing with Genesis ?
cerainly no IP 192.168.x.x obtained from my router.
Not giving up though...but for now taking a break from it and I have what might be a less taxing problem.
Obviously the CD/DVD drive in the system is detected as this is how I installed Amithlon.
..and an icon pops up when a data disc is inserted.
So it is confusing me that when I put in an audio cd it shows up as 2 devices.
CDo:uninitialised
and CDo:CDDA
the latter having a symbol attached showing it to be an audio source.
so I clicked on the CD Player icon which opens Amiga OSXL CD player ..and a message box also opens displaying "could not find a CD-Rom drive please use the options DOSDEV or Device and unit to provide the device to which the cd-rom drive is connected to."

I'm sure this will mean something to one of you guys...but might as well be a foreign language to me.
lol
cheers.

[cloverskull]

I don't remember if DHCP is a thing with Genesis, but you have a couple options. First would be find a different TCP/IP stack, and I recommend Roadshow wholeheartedly. It's commercial but pretty inexpensive and it's modern and is also being maintained and updated.

Second option would be to self-assign a static LAN IP. Just hardcode in the values relevant to your LAN and pick an IP you don't expect another device to land on.

Regarding the CD player stuff, honestly, I have no idea there, sorry. I have never actually listened to an audio CD on any Amiga device, come to think of it!

[Vipersan]

Went back to the drawing board having at least got sound and USB working with added pci cards...but was frustrated that I could NOT use the integrated usb nor AC97 sound.
So..had a dig into my motherboard stash and dug out a Jetway 663AS Ultra.
It uses the Via Apollo chipset...and has AC97 (compliant) audio on board as well as integral USB.
Using the hard drive already built...this was attached to IDE Master...and with 512mb ram fitted I booted it up..
ran PCIINSMOD...and both audio and USB are seen...and sure enough I have audio...and USB functioning.
The mobo was already fitted with a Duron CPU..so no need to swap that out...it just works.
So..that is another motherboard to add to the list of compatible hardware.
This motherboard also has a network port so I will be trying to get that working also.
Now to find a suitable case for it.
I shall be keeping the Amithlon OS in the tray caddy in my multi OS PC (SOFB)...but will build a totally seperate Amithlon Computer with the Jetway Mobo.

[cloverskull]

I am planning to build an Amithlon laptop. Wish me luck hehe

[Vipersan]

Interesting Project Cloverskull...hope you document the process..
I for one will be interested.
Much Luck m8

[Vipersan]

Having built a dedicated Amithlon PC and got Audio (still can't use an audio cd though ?) and USB working which I think I can repeat without referring to the guide now...I am still having no success with getting it online.
This could be because the router provided my ISP allows or requires DHCP for anything connected...but cannot find any way to reserve an IP address specifically for Amithlon.
I dont even think this is 10/100 pci card related ..as I have now tried at least 3 different 3com cards..
All were recognised in pciinsmod but following the guide and simply putting in a fixed IP of 192.168.1.XX...never achieves connection even though it tries..
The response is always the same..regardless of hardware used.
I'm at a loss here...and no guides or youtube videos help.
perhaps Tom can shed some light ..assuming he sees this.

[Vipersan]

Progress was made today..
I'm far to used to things being automatic as in windoze.
I missed a simple step in the genesis wizard setup where although the 3 com card is recognised and physically present..amithlon needs this device to be identified (the step I missed out)
I now have an IP address recognised and accepted.
I can now progress.
rgds