OS 3.9 romupdate causes autoconfig data to dissapear, how to resolve that?

keropi · 15 January 2005, 19:50

So, the damn thing worked, but...

I use os3.9 on my a1200, and all was fine with my hardware. Until I bought a PicassoII card. The amiga recognises it OK on the early startup menu, along with my 1260... but on the 1st time the romupdate is applied, only the 1260 is recognised. I have to reboot the amiga (with the keyboard) in order to make the picassoII appear again... what else can I do? is there an alternative to setpatch, or can I completely disable the romupdate? any help?
The full specs of my miggy are on my signature, thanx!

Jope · 16 January 2005, 09:08

the rom update can be disabled by running setpatch with the noromupdate switch.

However if you're running a large disk in your internal IDE channel, then you need to install IDE-Fix..

keropi · 17 January 2005, 15:03

a friend suggested I should try running "prepareemul a1200" (from shapeshifter package) after setpatch on my SS, because it does another reboot, so there will be no need to manually do a reboot. I have read that all prepareemul does is that it leaves the first 8kb of chipram free, so shapeshifter can use them...
What do you think of that idea?

Jope · 17 January 2005, 16:46

If that makes it work, then go for it. :-)

15 January 2005, 19:50	#1
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	OS 3.9 romupdate causes autoconfig data to dissapear, how to resolve that? So, the damn thing worked, but... I use os3.9 on my a1200, and all was fine with my hardware. Until I bought a PicassoII card. The amiga recognises it OK on the early startup menu, along with my 1260... but on the 1st time the romupdate is applied, only the 1260 is recognised. I have to reboot the amiga (with the keyboard) in order to make the picassoII appear again... what else can I do? is there an alternative to setpatch, or can I completely disable the romupdate? any help? The full specs of my miggy are on my signature, thanx!

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16 January 2005, 09:08	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,911	the rom update can be disabled by running setpatch with the noromupdate switch. However if you're running a large disk in your internal IDE channel, then you need to install IDE-Fix..

17 January 2005, 15:03	#3
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040	a friend suggested I should try running "prepareemul a1200" (from shapeshifter package) after setpatch on my SS, because it does another reboot, so there will be no need to manually do a reboot. I have read that all prepareemul does is that it leaves the first 8kb of chipram free, so shapeshifter can use them... What do you think of that idea?

17 January 2005, 16:46	#4
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,911	If that makes it work, then go for it. :-)

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