English - written by TCH.
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AmigaSYS 4 AGA installing
with the help of WinUAE (HDF):
Put
the Amiga formatted HD into the PC.
Extract
the AmigaSYS4AGA.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.
!CPU display in Emulator(WinUAE/E-UAE)!
At the install, look out,
you are recommended to install the system with your real computer's parameters,
because if you use wrong settings, it can cause compatibility problems
on the real Amiga.
At install, the system displays
the current CPU (wich was set in the emulator e.g.:68020), ignore this,
e.g.: if you have a 68030 turbo card, select the 68030 CPU.
I cannot find my expansion
card in the supported hardware list, what should i do?
At every CPU type there
is an option: Other Amiga 1200 card, Other Amiga 4000 card. If you cannot
find your card type in the list, then always use the Other Amiga.... option.
Then the system will install the correct optimalisations, but not the card.
Will the system work properly
in this case?
The system will work properly,
a lot of memory card/turbo card does not have a driver, so you stick it
into the computer and it won't require anything. If you have an install
disk for your expansion card and you don't find it in the list, then you're
recommended to install it. These are recommended at the 68040/68060 cards
to reach the peak performance on your Amiga.
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.
System
will boot up soon, when it is done:
Format
the bootable partition on the Amiga harddisk, name it EMPTY. (System:System/Format)
Click
to FM3.0, it will start after a few moments, open EMPTY at the left side
and SYSTEM at the right side. Click INERT and COPY in the middle menu of
the FM3.0. If everything good ....:

Fm3.0
Copying...
When
the copying finished, rename EMPTY to SYSTEM (DRIVES button on the middle
menu, select EMPTY click OPERATE, erase the name EMPTY and write in SYSTEM.)
Quit
WinUAE, remove the Amiga HD from the PC.
Put
it in the Amiga and enjoy.
AmigaSYS 4 AGA
installing with the help of Linux (HDF):
1.Format
the HD or made partitions on it on Amiga.
2.Remove
the HD from the Amiga.
3.Put
it in the PC.
4.Mount
AmigaSYS 3 Plus AGA HDF with loopback devive like this:
mkdir
~/drive1
mount
-o loop /path/to/AmigaSYS3PlusAGA.hdf ~/drive1 -t affs
5.Mount
the real Amiga HDD:
mkdir
~/drive2
mount
/dev/ ~/drive2 -t affs
6.Copy
the AmigaSYS files to the HD:
cp
-a ~/drive1 ~/drive2
7.Unmount
and delete:
umount
~/drive1
umount
~/drive2
rmdir
~/drive1
rmdir
~/drive2
8.Remove
the Amiga HDD from the PC, put it into the Amiga and install the AmigaSYS.
Thanks
to Cygnus for the description.
AmigaSYS 4 AGA
installing on real Amiga (LHA):
I suggest this installation
whose want to install the AmigaSYS on a real Amiga without any hardware
messing.
I only suggest the real Amiga
(LHA) version installing to advanced users only whose are knows the system
better and can do the instructions without problems. (That's why i do not
explain things like e.g.: extract the LHA file or put the AmigaSYS LHA
on the machine)
I made a short manual to
review how to install the AmigaSYS AGA on a real Amiga.
What are the most important
steps?
1. You'll need an empty,
formatted, bootable partition. (if you have 1 partition and it is not empty,
then read the tips part 2.)
2. Extract the AmigaSYS
LHA file directly to the partition.
3. Rename the partition
to SYSTEM:
4. Restart the system and
follow the instruction of the installer.
Tips:
1. It is recommended to make
a Workbench based boot disk, wich contains all programs wich can be easily
installed by AmigaSYS (WB 3.0 base, FileMaster+config, HDToolBox, Format,
LHA).
2. If you have 1 partition,
but you don't want to delete the old files and you have enough space to
install AmigaSYS AGA, then do the following things:
- Make a dir named AmigaSYS4,
and a dir named !OLDSYS.
- Extract the AmigaSYS4
LHA file to the AmigaSYS4 dir.
- Reboot and press both
mouse buttons. (Amiga Early Startup).
- Select Boot with No Startup-Sequence
option.
- In AmigaDOS mode, type
in: YOURDRIVENAME:AmigaSYS4/FM3.0 (YOURDRIVENAME e.g.: SDH0:, DH0:, QDH:,
DH0.1: etc, i refer to DH0 in the manual)
- In Filemaster open the
dir DH0:!OLDSYS at the left side, and DH0: at the right side, click INVERT
on the middle panel. Ekkor a program mindent kijelöl a jobb oldalon. Deselect
the dir !OLDSYS and press MOVE. The files will move to the !OLDSYS directory.
- If you're done, then you
have to repeat this, but you have to copy the content of !OLDSYS/AmigaSYS4/
to DH0:
- Finally press DRIVES on
the middle panel and select the partition DH0:, click on OPERATE and rename
the partition to SYSTEM.
- If everything is ok, then
after the next restart, the AmigaSYS 4 AGA installer will welcome you...
BOOTABLE PARTITION:
Amiga:
Put
the Install 3.0/3.1 disk into the DF0: drive and when the disk loaded,
start HDTOOLBOX (INSTALL:HDTOOLS/HDTOOLBOX). Check, wich is the bootable
partition, format it and copy the AmigaSYS to there.
You
can make partitions with the program. If you want to use another partition
for the operatong of AmigaSYS then, you only have to uncheck the BOOTABLE
option, and check it on another partition. This is useful, when you want
to keep your current system.
Maprom:
Maprom
function supported on all Blizzard card automatically!
Copy
the Kickstart 3.1 ROM file to System:DEVS rename it to ROM3.1 and thats
it.
If
the maprom isn't enabled on your card, then it will not work.
AmigaSYS 4 AGA
usage with WinUAE emulator (HDF):
You
can use AmigaSYS AGA under an emulator like any real Amiga. For this, there
is the AmigaSYS WinUAE version, but if you prefer AGA then you can use
this version too, without any problem.
!CPU
display in Emulator(WinUAE/E-UAE)!
At
the install, look out, you are recommended to install the system with your
real computer's parameters, because if you use wrong settings, it can cause
compatibility problems on the real Amiga.
At
install, the system displays the current CPU (wich was set in the emulator
e.g.:68020), ignore this, e.g.: if you have a 68030 turbo card, select
the 68030 CPU.
I
cannot find my expansion card in the supported hardware list, what should
i do?
At
every CPU type there is an option: Other Amiga 1200 card, Other Amiga 4000
card. If you cannot find your card type in the list, then always use the
Other Amiga.... option. Then the system will install the correct optimalisations,
but not the card.
Will
the system work properly in this case?
The
system will work properly, a lot of memory card/turbo card does not have
a driver, so you stick it into the computer and it won't require anything.
If you have an install disk for your expansion card and you don't find
it in the list, then you're recommended to install it. These are recommended
at the 68040/68060 cards to reach the peak performance on your Amiga.
If
i mess up the settings at the install, what can i do, or how can i check
them?
In
the loaded system, at the right side, click the AmigaSYS 4 menu and select
the AmigaSYS hardware menu; here you can check your CPU type, the installed
settings, the AmigaSYS version and you can change the hardware settings.
If you installed the system with bad settings and later you modify it,
it won't cause anything. The old settings will lose.
I
get a "ASYS ERROR CODE + ???" error message when i check the AmigaSYS settings:
You
get this message, when the AmigaSYS doesn't works properly and the optimalisations
and extra settings are not installed. In the lowest row, the solution will
be displayed, follow it. |