Hi all,

I have been playing around trying to get MorphOS to boot, but it just will not have it.

I have tried all the resetlevels, with no success.

I have a A1200 tower, 040/PPC, 256meg RAM, BVision, CGfx 3D/64, 4 way buffered interface.

I have installed SFS on my DH1 partition, where I put MorphOS, but I just get a blank screen which the monitor recieves no signal.

Anyone got any suggestiions ?

Max. 128 MB RAM is supported atm.

I have taken one of the memory modules out to get 128 meg, but I still get the same problem.

I do have a KVM which the signal has to pass through, I will try directly to a monitor, maybe that is the problem

The monitor will lost signal after MorphOS does the reboot so thats normal. It will take some seconds before the Bootpic will be up. Resetlevel for BPPC is 1.

It doesn't reset, it just sits there with no signal getting to the monitor.


I gather, from your last post, that it should load something, reboot, then the logo should appear on the next boot ?

If you get no signal at all then there is another problem. You should have signal (black screen but power-on) after your Amiga turned on and the card is detected (we are talking about BVision). MorphOS will load the Kernel and does a Reboot. Then there will be no more signal until the bootpic will show up and load into the desktop.

What Flash has your BPPC? Can you post the edited Start-Sequence from MorphOS? Where is the HDD connected on the adapter (which Port)?

I have the HD on the primary channel as master, and a DVD on the same channel as slave.

not sure about the flash, how do I check that ?

My startup looks like this (partition is DH1 and now named DH1 too)
;
; This is the MorphOS loader startup-sequence. If you set the MorphOS partition as bootable,
; this file would cause MorphOS to get loaded on boot automaticly.
;
; By default MorphOS boots without using the ROM contents of your Amiga. If you wish to
; make it use the kickstart contents (to be able to use trackdisk.device for example)
; please follow those steps:
;
; 1) Check if you have a correct kickstart file:
; The Kickstart version required are:
; Amiga4000/4000T/3000 - 40.68 or 40.70
; Amiga1200 - 40.68
; Is is advised that you use the unpatched ROM files
;
; 2) Move or delete fakerom.elf from boot/extmoudles
;
; 3) Change the kickstart variable, remember to tune the file path
;set kickstart "kickstart=Devs:ROM3.1"
set kickstart "kickstart=Devs:Kickstarts/A1200.ROM"
; Bootdevice can be used to specify the MorphOS partition if you have more than one
; bootable partition and the MorphOS one doesn't have the highest boot priority. Remember
; to use partition names, not volume names! This option requires the 'bootdevice' keyword
; like in the example below:
; set bootdevice "bootdevice=DH1"
; Leave the var blank if you want to boot from the default boot partition!
set bootdevice "bootdevice=DH1"
; The resetlevel and delay variables are there for you to tweak if MorphOS startup doesn't
; reboot the machine properly after loading MorphOS files.
;
; The possible resetlevel values are:
; 0 exec/coldreboot (System Reboot)
; 1 MMU switch off + normal reset in chipram (default)
; 2 MMU switch off + double reset in chipram
; 3 MMU switch off + Cyberstorm HW Reset in chipram
; 4 for (;;);..waiting for manual reset by your hands
; 5 MMU switch off + normal reset in fastram
; 6 MMU switch off + double reset in fastram
; 7 MMU switch off + Cyberstorm HW Reset in fastram
;
; NOTE: most common setting for BlizzardPPC is resetlevel 1 and 5 for CyberStormPPC!
set resetlevel 1
set delay 1
; Load the MorphOS loader!
cd sys:boot
startup hal=roms/hal.com1 kernel=roms/kernel.com1 abox=roms/abox2.com1 module=roms/module.com1 resetlevel=$resetlevel ramdebug verbose debug EDebugFlags="NoLogServer NoLogWindow" sumkick disableled delay=$delay extmodules=extmodules/#? $bootdevice $kickstart >NIL:

Looks OK so far. Can you boot from CD? Does it boot from HDD without CDROM connected?

Make a version blizzppc.device and tell me the version.

If i load off the CD then I get the same result.

How do i find the version number ?

Sysinfo doesn't tell me.

Heya...

Please try whit this SS...


-------


;
;StartUp-sequenca for MorphOS 1.4.5 PowerUp edition made by Ivan Teskera,VooDoo (2005)
;
;
; This is the MorphOS loader startup-sequence. If you set the MorphOS partition as bootable,
; this file would cause MorphOS to get loaded on boot automaticly.
;
; By default MorphOS boots without using the ROM contents of your Amiga. If you wish to
; make it use the kickstart contents (to be able to use trackdisk.device for example)
; please follow those steps:
;
; 1) Check if you have a correct kickstart file:
; The Kickstart version required are:
; Amiga4000/4000T/3000 - 40.68 or 40.70
; Amiga1200 - 40.68
; Is is advised that you use the unpatched ROM files
;
; 2) Move or delete fakerom.elf from boot/extmoudles
;
; 3) Change the kickstart variable, remember to tune the file path

;set kickstart "kickstart=Devs:ROM3.1"
set kickstart "kickstart=DH1:Devs/Kicstarts/A1200.ROM"

; Bootdevice can be used to specify the MorphOS partition if you have more than one
; bootable partition and the MorphOS one doesn't have the highest boot priority. Remember
; to use partition names, not volume names! This option requires the 'bootdevice' keyword
; like in the example below:
; set bootdevice "bootdevice=DH1"
; Leave the var blank if you want to boot from the default boot partition!

set bootdevice "bootdevice=DH1:"

; The resetlevel and delay variables are there for you to tweak if MorphOS startup doesn't
; reboot the machine properly after loading MorphOS files.
;
; The possible resetlevel values are:
; 0 exec/coldreboot (System Reboot)
; 1 MMU switch off + normal reset in chipram (default)
; 2 MMU switch off + double reset in chipram
; 3 MMU switch off + Cyberstorm HW Reset in chipram
; 4 for (;;);..waiting for manual reset by your hands
; 5 MMU switch off + normal reset in fastram
; 6 MMU switch off + double reset in fastram
; 7 MMU switch off + Cyberstorm HW Reset in fastram

set resetlevel 5
set delay 1

; Load the MorphOS loader!

cd DH1:boot
startup hal=roms/hal.com1 kernel=roms/kernel.com1 abox=roms/abox2.com1 module=roms/module.com1 resetlevel=$resetlevel ramdebug verbose debug EDebugFlags="NoLogServer NoLogWindow" sumkick disableled delay=$delay extmodules=extmodules/#? bootdevice=DH1: kickstart=DH1:Devs/Kickstarts/A1200.ROM >NIL:

Just tried that SS, but I get exactly the same thing.
Lack of signal on the monitor, the power LED goes a bit dimmer, and nothing else, it just sits there.

This really is a pain in the ass,really wanna see MorphOS running on my Amiga, but looks like i never will

The dimmed LED is a good sign, MOS kernel has been started AFAIK. I
still advice to reduce the system: i.e. try w/o ide adaptor, w/o kick
file and w/o CV64.


To get information about your Blizzard, there should be some 68k
programm called showcgxconfig (try also the attribut 'debug').


[ Edited by Zylesea on 2005/10/7 20:19 ]

Either:
- disable ramdebug and use a null modem cable to log the serial output on another computer
- enable ramdebug and use debugramdump to extract the log buffer from the 68k side (boot without startup or your system could overwrite the buffer in ram)

Then put the debug output online somewhere so somebody can help you :-)
There is some other thread explaining more about all that.

Quote:

If it stays dimmed it doesnt came up from the reboot.

I'm not sure at all but maybe you could try another monitor?

Hi,
use an FFS v40.xx partition and test :

at the beginning of the Startup, add ECHO ON
use the fakerom instead of your rom (is it well the 40.xx8 and not the commonly found 40.xx3 ??)
on the bppc, keep the ram stick that is plugged outside
before "startup", add ramdebug 1 <-- this will make a debug file

Look here too and add "init resident" like i did here :
https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=42&topic_id=3904

Can u post that startup here please ?


btw, where'd my avatar go ?????????

[ Edited by treblesix on 2005/10/11 8:38 ]