Problem installing 3.20 on X5000
  • Just looking around
    Posts: 2 from 2026/8/21
    Hello Folks, I am new here.

    I would like to install MorphOS on an X5000 but I am stuck.

    A couple of years back I had a USB or a DVD and used MorphOS now and then, but I never managed to install it to the internal storage. That's why I never bought a license.
    Since then I did not change anything hardware wise.

    Yesterday I downloaded version 3.20 and successfully wrote the image on a USB stic using "rawwrite", however I can not boot the system. These lines appear on the screen:

    MirphOS boot loader version 1.17
    Select a boot partition:
    * 1. HDIMG0: (boot priority 15)
    2. DH0: (boot priority 0)
    3. DH1: (boot priority -1)
    Timeout, booting from HDIMG0:
    Trying to load "bootcyrusplus.img" from "HDIMG0:"....
    Loaded "bootcyrusplus.img" from "HDIMG0:", booting...

    And then it stops there.

    I can reset the system using CTRL-Amiga-Amiga, so apparently the system does not freeze.

    I re-wrote the image to the USB using "dd" this time, but the results are the same.

    Any idea what I am doing wrong?

    Unfortunately I can not burn a DVD in order to try out the liveCD.

    Any help appreciated!

    Murphy.
  • »21.08.26 - 08:34
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2568 from 2003/2/24
    Might help if you would specify the exact config, which GPU what kinda drives and so on.

    Or just try another USB stick which might make a difference as it seems to fail at a point where MorphOS takes over from the bootloader.
  • »21.08.26 - 08:46
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    jacadcaps
    Posts: 3330 from 2003/3/5
    From: Canada
    If you have 2 Radeon cards, the other one may be picked up by MorphOS now - and if that one is connected via DP it wouldn't work. That port isn't supported at all.
  • »21.08.26 - 10:28
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    Primax
    Posts: 218 from 2021/7/2
    @Murphy

    We have already discussed that problem on discord some days ago.
    I was stuck in the same place. This is not about the USB stick, it is a big which is Frank already aware of it.

    And I hope he is spending nights and days to fix it... ;)

    To make it short: we X5000 users have to wait for the fix.
    AmigaOne X5000 @ 2GHz / 4GB RAM / Radeon X1650 / AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition / MorphOS 3.19
    Amiga1200 / Blizzard 1230 IV PiStorm32-lite / 128 MB RAM / AmigaOS 3.9
  • »22.08.26 - 04:36
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    Kronos
    Posts: 2568 from 2003/2/24
    In that case he might just download 3.19 and try that.

    And wait for 3.21.......
  • »22.08.26 - 04:57
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    Primax
    Posts: 218 from 2021/7/2
    3.19 definitely works!
    But then he cannot use the latest Iris and Wayfarer versions since they require MorphOS 3.20!
    AmigaOne X5000 @ 2GHz / 4GB RAM / Radeon X1650 / AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition / MorphOS 3.19
    Amiga1200 / Blizzard 1230 IV PiStorm32-lite / 128 MB RAM / AmigaOS 3.9
  • »22.08.26 - 05:03
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  • Just looking around
    Posts: 2 from 2026/8/21
    @Primax

    All right, thanks.

    @Kronos
    It's a Fujitsu 00Y21L hard drive and a ATI 9000 Pro graphics card. I took that one out and put in a HIS R7 250X (I know the simple 250, without X are not suppurted) but the system didn't boot with any of the cards.

    @jcaps
    Only one card in the system at a time. One connected via DVI the other one through HDMI to the monitor.

    The old morphos version worked with the exact same hardware. I very stupidly used the same USB stick because I didn't have another one available. I deleted the working MorphOS version (I think it was 3.14 not sure) and wrote the new one to the same stick.

    Thanks for all the replies
  • »22.08.26 - 05:08
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    Posts: 12 from 2021/3/11
    Quote:

    Murphy wrote:
    Hello Folks, I am new here.

    I would like to install MorphOS on an X5000 but I am stuck.

    A couple of years back I had a USB or a DVD and used MorphOS now and then, but I never managed to install it to the internal storage. That's why I never bought a license.
    Since then I did not change anything hardware wise.

    Yesterday I downloaded version 3.20 and successfully wrote the image on a USB stic using "rawwrite", however I can not boot the system. These lines appear on the screen:

    MirphOS boot loader version 1.17
    Select a boot partition:
    * 1. HDIMG0: (boot priority 15)
    2. DH0: (boot priority 0)
    3. DH1: (boot priority -1)
    Timeout, booting from HDIMG0:
    Trying to load "bootcyrusplus.img" from "HDIMG0:"....
    Loaded "bootcyrusplus.img" from "HDIMG0:", booting...

    And then it stops there.

    I can reset the system using CTRL-Amiga-Amiga, so apparently the system does not freeze.

    I re-wrote the image to the USB using "dd" this time, but the results are the same.

    Any idea what I am doing wrong?

    Unfortunately I can not burn a DVD in order to try out the liveCD.

    Any help appreciated!

    Murphy.

    I solved the problem following the instructions provided at the following link.
    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=14223&forum=11
  • »22.08.26 - 16:47
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    Primax
    Posts: 218 from 2021/7/2
    @amigait10

    Eh? What is solved there? Nothing. It is the same problem and he stucks there.
    AmigaOne X5000 @ 2GHz / 4GB RAM / Radeon X1650 / AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition / MorphOS 3.19
    Amiga1200 / Blizzard 1230 IV PiStorm32-lite / 128 MB RAM / AmigaOS 3.9
  • »24.08.26 - 02:20
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    pampers
    Posts: 1070 from 2009/2/26
    Quote:

    Primax wrote:
    @amigait10

    Eh? What is solved there? Nothing. It is the same problem and he stucks there.


    No, that workaround is working for me.
    MorphOS 3.x
  • »24.08.26 - 11:42
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  • Just looking around
    Posts: 12 from 2021/3/11
    It worked for me too, but to install MorphOS I had to remove the SD card where I installed OS4.1 and plug in a SATA DVD and boot from the DVD.
    After installing MorphOS, I removed the DVD and re-installed the SD card with OS4.1.
    My configuration is as follows:
    X5000-20
    PCI-e 16x Radeon RX 570 for OS4.1
    PCI-e 4x Radeon Radeon X1950 Pro for MorphOS
    SATA Port 0 SD OS4.1
    SATA Port 1 SD MorphOS
    If I remember correctly, reversing the SD card order in the SATA ports didn't work.
    Sorry for my English, but I used a translator.
  • »24.08.26 - 17:08
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  • Order of the Butterfly
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    Primax
    Posts: 218 from 2021/7/2
    Hm, obviously I am blind... :(

    Apart from the fact, that I did not have a DVD drive, I cannot see any workaround in the linked thread...?!

    Anyway. I hope, Frank will find a solution soon for the USB way.
    AmigaOne X5000 @ 2GHz / 4GB RAM / Radeon X1650 / AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition / MorphOS 3.19
    Amiga1200 / Blizzard 1230 IV PiStorm32-lite / 128 MB RAM / AmigaOS 3.9
  • »25.08.26 - 07:56
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  • Paladin of the Pegasos
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    pampers
    Posts: 1070 from 2009/2/26
    Quote:

    Primax wrote:
    Hm, obviously I am blind... :(

    Apart from the fact, that I did not have a DVD drive, I cannot see any workaround in the linked thread...?!

    Anyway. I hope, Frank will find a solution soon for the USB way.


    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=14223&post_id=164386&viewmode=flat&sortorder=0&showonepost=1 - here Bruh

    You need to enable debug as it slows down the initiation and then on some machines it helps to get it booted.
    MorphOS 3.x
  • »25.08.26 - 14:27
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  • MorphOS Developer
    cyfm
    Posts: 609 from 2003/4/11
    From: Germany
    Quote:

    pampers schrieb:
    Quote:

    Primax wrote:
    Hm, obviously I am blind... :(

    Apart from the fact, that I did not have a DVD drive, I cannot see any workaround in the linked thread...?!

    Anyway. I hope, Frank will find a solution soon for the USB way.


    https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=11&topic_id=14223&post_id=164386&viewmode=flat&sortorder=0&showonepost=1 - here Bruh

    You need to enable debug as it slows down the initiation and then on some machines it helps to get it booted.


    Yea, it is an unfortunate regression in the MorphOS 3.20 Release that crept into the X50x0 SATA driver.
    We are currently testing some modification that is supposed to remidy the issue.
  • »27.08.26 - 20:34
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