Right, this is pretty weird (and frustrating).
I haven't used MorphOS on my Amiga 4000 for a while so today I thought I'd boot it up and try out some new apps.
I have had problems with MorphOS and my Algor Pro USB card before, and I was certain I had solved them once and for all with Chris Hodges' new bootloader for the Algor FlashROM, and the previous version of module.com1.
For some strange reason it just refuses to boot up no matter what I do.
Startup gets executed, the modules get loaded, and then the computer reboots. I get a black screen while the hard disk and CDROM get probed, then a pause. Finally, the hard disk makes a noise and appears to load for 1 second, then stops dead, screen remains black.
It will only boot up if I remove the Algor card. It doesn't make a difference if I have the FlashROM empty or filled with my patches, and it doesn't make a difference which Zorro slot I have the Algor inserted into.
Changing between Permanent and Standard MorphOS bootloaders makes no difference. I have tried backing up and starting from scratch with a blank partition formatted with various older versions of SFS - but surely this shouldn't make a difference as my installation works flawlessly when the Algor card is removed.
I have no idea what has suddenly caused my setup to stop working and I just cannot think of a single thing that has changed since it was last working.
Can anyone help me at all? I really want to keep the Algor in the machine and use MorphOS at the same time because I use a lot of patches in FlashROM as well as the USB.
BTW, this is my startup-sequence:
Code:
;
; 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=roms/rom3.1"
;set kickstart "nokickstart"
; 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 5
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
Thanks for your help
[ Edited by d0pefish on 2006/9/25 22:15 ]
[ Edited by d0pefish on 2006/9/27 20:39 ]
