nzv58l wrote:"Be sure to use only 512 sectors for those SFS formatted partitions."
Not sure where you set this? I see Blocksize, Buffers, Maxtransfer, Mask for SFS\00. Is it just a size limitation? I also tried it with the FFS, still same thing.
It's the blocksize. On SFS, only a blocksize of 512 is tested and recommended.
In addition, I found out flipping the SWAP volume on and off does not always work. In fact it rarely works. It always seems to die at the same spot and the AmigaOne has already displayed things it has loaded from the HD.
I'm pretty sure it has nothing to do with having a SWAP partition or not. It just happened to look like that for your first attempts.
It is not unusual to have the system stop booting without any visible error message, and then a restart lets it boot correctly. Unfortunately, the only sure way to find out what is happening, is to rig up a serial link to another computer.
Never did this before. Besides the AmigaOne, I also have a Windows XP desktop and a Windows 7 laptop. Do you have any good recommendations for what software to use for the PC to do this with, and what cable I need?
All you ever wanted to ask aout serial debugging is to be found here:
http://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/Advanced_S ... ging_Guide (don't let the word "Advanced" scare you off, BTW, it's not that bad).
The screen is not actually black, but has the AmigaOS final edition 4.1 displayed at full brightness.
Yes, this means it has stopped/failed somewhere in the Startup-Sequence. If it is a crash, the serial link will display the crash log. If not, another way to pinpoint the problem can be to insert debug messages in various places in the Startup-Sequence, so the serial link can show how far it ran before stopping. I believe there are commands on OS4Depot to "print" a string to the serial debug link.
Also, Do you know if there are any different versions of AmigaOS4.1 CD? I am going to download the CD from the Hyperion site and see if that does not work any better.
For each hardware platform (e.g. AmigaOne), there is only one Final Edition CD.
Are there any suggestions for which file system I should use and what settings as follows:
FastfileSystem,OldFileSystem,Plain,International,Long filenames, Blocksize, Buffers,Maxtransfer, Mask, boot priority...etc
Currently, I believe the general recommendation is to use SFS\0 unless you use large partitions (> 120ish GB) or large files (> 4 GB), in which case you should use SFS\2 and take extra precautions about backup (because there are no repair tools for SFS\2). If you insist on using FFS, definitely use Fast, international, long filenames. Never use directory caching on a hard disk, it was only for floppies. And as mentioned, blocksize 512 on SFS. On FFS, you can use larger values as well. Buffers defaults to 600, I usually set it to 1000, but it's not that important. The rest is probably best left at the defaults. Boot priority determines which bootable partition the system uses first to boot from. You should probably leave those at 0, unless you know of a good reason not to.
Best regards,
Niels