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- | Follow either real hardware or WinUAE installation, | + | As for any early 90's OS, installing Amix is not completely straight-forward. Here are some notes to help you thrue the process either on real hardware |
+ | or in WinUAE Amiga emulator on a PC. | ||
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+ | Follow either real hardware or WinUAE installation, | ||
====== Real hardware installation ====== | ====== Real hardware installation ====== | ||
- | Get yourself [[tape-creation|an installation tape]], install and boot floppies and [[requirements|compatible hardware]]. | + | Get yourself |
+ | This is for the hardcore-fans :) | ||
====== WinUAE installation ====== | ====== WinUAE installation ====== | ||
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This article gives basic information on installing Amiga UNIX in WinUAE emulator. Users of Mac OS X and Linux can also run WinUAE with WINE. | This article gives basic information on installing Amiga UNIX in WinUAE emulator. Users of Mac OS X and Linux can also run WinUAE with WINE. | ||
- | Videos: [[https:// | + | Videos |
==== Requirements ==== | ==== Requirements ==== | ||
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- | * WinUAE emulator, at least version 2.7.0 (http:// | + | * Working installation of {{http:// |
- | * ADF disk images of the AMIX Boot and Root floppies | + | * ADF disk images of the Amix 2.1 {{http:// |
- | * ZIP-archive of the original Amix 2.1 installation | + | * ZIP-archive of the original Amix 2.1 {{http:// |
==== Configuring WinUAE ==== | ==== Configuring WinUAE ==== | ||
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Configure WinUAE to use the following options. Options not listed explicitly should be left at their defaults. | Configure WinUAE to use the following options. Options not listed explicitly should be left at their defaults. | ||
- | * CPU and FPU: 68030, | + | * CPU and FPU: CPU: select 68030 + MMU + 68882 + FPU. CPU Emulation Speed: Fastest Possible. |
* Chipset: Full ECS, Chipset Extra: A3000, Wait for Blitter, Collision Level: Sprintes and Sprites vs Playfield | * Chipset: Full ECS, Chipset Extra: A3000, Wait for Blitter, Collision Level: Sprintes and Sprites vs Playfield | ||
* ROM: "KS ROM v2.04 (A3000) rev 37.175 (512k)" | * ROM: "KS ROM v2.04 (A3000) rev 37.175 (512k)" | ||
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=== Other settings you might want to try === | === Other settings you might want to try === | ||
- | | + | * Chipset / External Display Hardware: A2024 (built-in support for 256-color X-Window) or Picasso II. |
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* Expansions: A2065: an Ethernet card supported by AMIX that can be used to connect AMIX to a real network under WinUAE. Windows users will also need to install WinPCAP if they wish to connect AMIX to a real network (note: WinPCAP does not and cannot work under WINE). | * Expansions: A2065: an Ethernet card supported by AMIX that can be used to connect AMIX to a real network under WinUAE. Windows users will also need to install WinPCAP if they wish to connect AMIX to a real network (note: WinPCAP does not and cannot work under WINE). | ||
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Finally, you will be asked if you are using a high resolution monitor. If you are not using an A2041 board, at this point always answer NO to this and to the following "X windows for a color graphics card" question. If you're running 2.1 you will be prompted about Netnews... answer appropriately (probably no). At this point configuration of the system is completed and it will finish booting to a login prompt. | Finally, you will be asked if you are using a high resolution monitor. If you are not using an A2041 board, at this point always answer NO to this and to the following "X windows for a color graphics card" question. If you're running 2.1 you will be prompted about Netnews... answer appropriately (probably no). At this point configuration of the system is completed and it will finish booting to a login prompt. | ||
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**Congratulations**, | **Congratulations**, | ||
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+ | ==== Common errors during installation ==== | ||
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+ | **sort: fatal: line too long** during package installation: |
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