OS 3.9 BB2 ROM Updates

[NovaCoder]

Can someone tell me what the BB2 ROM update contains, is it just the scsi.device update?

Thanks

[thomas]

The main new part compared to BB1 is exec.library V45.

[NovaCoder]

Well my exec.library is running at version 45.2 which I assume is the BB2 one?

I assume then, that the startup-sequence command 'SetPatch SKIPROMUPDATES "scsi.device" will only skip the the "scsi.device" part of the ROM update?

If I want to use a newer version of something that will be patched (eg the exec.library) do I just copy the newer version into my libs 'L' folder?

[StevenJGore]

No, you need to make it resident using a tool such as (for Blizzard boards) Blizkick or LoadModule, or (for Apollo boards) RemApollo.

IIRC, the BB2 ROM update is made up of 9 components. These can be split into seperate files using a tool that comes with RemApollo, I'm sure there must be others. You can then load these updates into memory seperately, replacing any of the components with your own as required.

For example, I use RemApollo to replace the shell and ram-handler modules with updated versions from Aminet (later than BB2), but keeping all the others as they come in BB2. Using this method, you can also replace exec.library with (for example) Piru's exec.library.

Steve.

[NovaCoder]

Originally Posted by StevenJGore

No, you need to make it resident using a tool such as (for Blizzard boards) Blizkick or LoadModule, or (for Apollo boards) RemApollo.

IIRC, the BB2 ROM update is made up of 9 components. These can be split into seperate files using a tool that comes with RemApollo, I'm sure there must be others. You can then load these updates into memory seperately, replacing any of the components with your own as required.

For example, I use RemApollo to replace the shell and ram-handler modules with updated versions from Aminet (later than BB2), but keeping all the others as they come in BB2. Using this method, you can also replace exec.library with (for example) Piru's exec.library.

Steve.

Cool thanks Steve, this is the kind of thing I want to do with mine. I'll have to looking into setting up Blizkick

[hit]

you can use romsplit (v0.97) for extracting bb2 romupdate and remus for rebuilding rom file:
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