02 December 2008, 15:50 | #1 |
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Deneb USB Question
If a buy a Deneb, can I remove my compact flash to IDE adapter?
I mean, does Deneb boots from the start making Amiga not need anymore A-N-Y IDE connected? If the answer is yes - I have no way to do anything in Amiga, no IDE and no floppy drive, so everything will have to be done with winuae - is it possible to make deneb usb work in Amiga via uae (workbench with possible deneb drivers) ? I passed my weekend trying to format a cf card and then a 4gb fujitsu - ALL frustastion. My Amiga 4000 has a buster 9 rev, kick 3.1 rom and a4000 040 3.0 accelerator. Tks in advance. |
02 December 2008, 16:08 | #2 |
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Yes, you can boot from usb drives. Just put poseidon into the flash rom.
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Ask Michael Boehmer of E3B about compatibility. I think that rev9 buster + A3640 3.0 might introduce some Zorro III issues which *MIGHT* affect Deneb. |
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02 December 2008, 17:53 | #4 |
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But to put poseidon in the flash rom, I have to do that in Amiga, right? - Or the flash rom will be in the USB disk?
Well, probably I will have to ask the vendor to put the Poseidon in Deneb. I think my hd is working bad and the compact flash refuses to work now. Spending for 30€ for another flash that can work or not is more crazy than buy a deneb without sure it will boot. Tks for helping |
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If you have a FIXED (i.e. non removable) CF card and an IDE->CF adapter I am sure I can talk you through the steps to get a working WB3.1 system whereby you can transfer files from the PC to the Amiga using WinUAE or ADFView.
For me the MAX TRANS was the main problem. With it set wrong everything SEEMS to work and you slowly get CRC error corruption. You need to set it to 128 sectors (0x1fe00) to get it to work well. Last edited by alexh; 02 December 2008 at 18:04. |
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Same errors... disk validation - Then I pick a 4gb fugitsu, works more or less ok, but in Amiga says 'not a dos disk'. So I tried to make a usb disk workbench in uae and it works great. no errors. I think if deneb starts the usb disk without anything, thats G-R-E-A-T. Got to buy one really quick. Quote:
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I use a very light OS3.9 I tried with Rom Updates, and without, last winuae, winuae 1.4.4 (worked before), winuae 1.4.0, etc. - I think the problem comes from XP updates because the Compact Flash now is very fast. tried also affs in linux - worked but same validation errors after a while. Formating the CF in XP shows no errors, so I'm completely tired about that. If you are telling me that deneb works from scratch: just plug the deneb in zorro, plug a usb drive with workbench, and that's all - I'm very interested in buy one. |
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02 December 2008, 18:11 | #8 |
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We are currently offering the exclusive EAB DISCOUNT again against the DENEB USB card
This week, VAT has been reduced by 2.5% and we are offering a further 2.5% EAB reduction by using the coupon code EABDISCOUNT when going through checkout. Hope this helps. Offer for limited time only. E&OE. |
02 December 2008, 23:56 | #9 |
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I'm not telling you that. I dont own one. While they are more than capable of it, I have no idea in what state they are "out of the box".
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Ok, now I have a Deneb
I had to install by hand, because workbench 3.1 (the only floppys I got) dosnt have install. Maybe serial.txt needs to be somewhere? Trident wont work, it says 'cannot open window' - it's one of the few software that dont run. MUI installed. so with addusbhardware remove all, then addusbhardware devs:usbhardware/...usbdma...device (dont remember the name now) it works, but still dont work from Boot Installed all the classes in flash via lucifer, plus podeidon.library, dma.device, input.device, the psbstackloader (i think thats the name) but the usb 4gb is still not recognized at boot. To make it even more difficult, my PC is brokened so no winuae. Any help? |
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Nope sorry.
You sort of shot yourself in the foot. Getting a Deneb with no hard drive and only limited floppy disks wasn't a great idea. Chris Hodges and Michael Boehmer of E3B are your only hope. http://www.e3b.de http://www.platon42.de/poseidon.html |
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No - It was a great idea
I have a fujitsu drive, then I formated the drive and installed wb3.1 I had the os ready to run in a usb pen so it was just copy paste. My goal is now to make Amiga run without harddrive or floppy. I think it's possible, but still dont know very well how the flash-deneb-memory works, probable the problem is called 'trident' that configures psdstackloader, dont know, another strange thing is that multiview cant read the help.guide... weird! |
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http://aminet.net/package/misc/emu/winguide
http://www.platon42.de/files/usb/PoseidonV4.lha http://www.e3b.de/usb/main_manuals_e.html Quote:
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I read it with Diropus 4 (with the little code between the text) My PC is brokened - burned. |
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Tks Alex
Yes, the problem is called trident It says 'cant open window' I have mui and all of the libs updated Never had problems with mui or multiview. Thats because why I'm asking if serial.txt is needed... psbstackloader is in the flash rom already. I will pass some time tonight around Amiga, but it will be very difficult. Tks again, Alex |
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Email Chris and Michael and they will help you.
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http://aminet.net/package/util/moni/SnoopDos It'll hopefully show what's causing Trident to fail. DOH!,I just remembered that too small a screenmode will cause it to fail, Tridents main window is pretty big. Quote:
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