!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! MorphOS Public Beta Version !!! !!! Copyright Ralph Schmidt, Frank Mariak !!! !!! 2001 !!! !!! !!! !!! Backup your HDs before you do anything !!! !!! Beta means...*NOT* finished...*MAY* have obvious Bugs !!! !!! It`s meant for experienced developers and users !!! !!! !!! !!! Don`t make prejudgements about the finished product`s !!! !!! stability. !!! !!! !!! !!! If something doesn`t work the way you think it should work !!! !!! please *NOTIFY* us through email or through bugforms at !!! !!! !!! !!! www.morphos.de !!! !!! !!! !!! It makes no sense to post bugs to usenet as we may !!! !!! miss them, may cause misperceptions to normal users and !!! !!! may cause unnecessary mud slinging and flame wars. !!! !!! !!! !!! And a last word.... !!! !!! This product is very complex. It has to emulate the 68k, !!! !!! provide a new PPC/68k interface, several native drivers !!! !!! and has to handle all kinds of unknown hardware and !!! !!! software which may have all kinds of sideeffects, may !!! !!! contain hidden bugs and we aren`t perfect either. !!! !!! So don`t expect miracles about handling all your prefered !!! !!! hardware and software combinations. !!! !!! !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o Which Hardware should work and which doesn`t ? !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! You MUST read the file before going on. !! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! o Does it need a different partition ? No. You can run it on your standard boot partition. But we are not responsible for any data loss if you do so. o What do i have to care for when i want to try it. o OS 3.5 users Add this to your startup-sequence failat 21 c:version >NIL: "MorphOS" IF WARN C:SetPatch QUIET ; SKIPROMUPDATES "NCR scsi.device" ELSE C:SetPatch QUIET NONSD NOROMUPDATE ENDIF to avoid that it causes a reset and installs some messy drivers. o MorphOS contains PPC SFS 1.87 which is compatible to 1.84. So if you use a SFS partition better make sure you use the latest 68k version. o Install CyberGfx 5 as P96 drivers may run into gfx glitches caused by timing issues. Not to speak about the performance degration. o Install the new ppc 8n1 serial.device replacement because the old serial.device does NOT yet work. o If you use an Ariadne2 you must patch your ariadne driver to fix a synchronizing problem. Otherwise your network connection doesn`t really work. o Install ixemul.library.elf from the Ixemul archive *if* you use ixemul programs. 68k ixemul.library crashes under MorphOS. o Remove system extensions like o every MMU toy like FastExec, QuickRom, rom2fast, VM, Enforcer, Mu#?... DROP ALL THAT MorphOS doesn`t allow the 68040/68060.library to load so that should catch most MMU software but you never know. o WarpUP and programs or datatypes using it. MorphOS doesn`t allow the powerpc.library to load to avoid serious crashes. So WarpUP datatypes won`t work. o executive or any other program which plays around with exec's internals. o Avoid unnecessary lowlevel system patches like and . They may collide and patch ppc code with slow 68k code. o poolmem May collide and patch ppc code with slow 68k code. o stackattack May cause real havoc o Be careful with MCP and simular system "enhancers". Some sane people call them "Multiple Crash Plugins". Be aware that all these patches may replace PPC system functions with slow 68k functions. o Avoid Oxypatcher,Cyberpatcher...it makes no sense under MorphOS. o "Secure" system extensions are "Arq", ClickToFront, MagicMenu ToolManager, TWA, DynamiCache, NewMode, SwazInfo and if you know what you`re doing...also MFR. If you use ToolManager 2.1 instead of 3.0 you should update because the PPC icon.datatype speeds up newicon loading a lot. You can also make a startup which handles 68k and PPC mode this way. failat 21 c:version >NIL: "MorphOS" if WARN 68k mode start the hacks endif o What is the demo limitation ? It only runs fast for roughly <90> minutes, then shows a requester which warns you and shortly afterwards it slows down to an A500 level. I'm sure you'll enjoy the great old times:-) o How do i start MorphOS ? 1) First check if you have the following roms o A4000 Kickstart 40.68 or 40.70 o A4000T Kickstart 40.70 o A3000 Kickstart 40.68 or 40.70 o A1200 Kickstart 40.68 If not you can also overrule the rom by the command which you must add to the script. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE OF THE ABOVE KICKSTARTS MORPHOS WON'T WORK. 2) The std script is configurated for 38400 Baud *serial* debug output and the startup program itself gives output to the serial by . The serial is *NOT* captured by sushi. If you don`t care for the startup debug output remove . If you have no serial terminal add where you can get potential debugoutput after a crash by qstartup/debugramdump 3) stop all kinds of hd activity. 4) If you have a CyberstormPPC 68040 you probably have to set and do a manual reset (yes..by your hands:-)) after startup loaded everything and shows no activity for some time. 5) Enter in the shell. 6) If nothing happens for a while you MUST read startup.doc about . You should also set all kinds of debug options to determine where the problem is. HDebugFlags="Init Log" QDebugFlags="Init Log EmulMapping" EDebugFlags="InitResident" is a good start.* If you run debug output be aware that the emulation isn`t smooth as during debugoutput the exec task scheduling is disabled. 7) Since the 2nd Public Beta release Exceptions are shown through the LogServer in a Window or if you want them for sushi, or in a file there are the following options. EDebugFlags="NoLogServer" disables the LogServer so that *ALL* exceptions are captured with the old serial,ramdebug method. The LogServer is mainly targeted to endusers which don`t wanna play with serial, or ramdebug. As it`s not a direct serial output it may fail in serious crashes where the the amigaos enviroment isn`t really functional anymore. In such cases you should always use "NoLogServer" and use the old "safe" way. EDebugFlags="NoLogWindow" disables the LogServer Window output. Default is LogWindow on. You should use a console replacement like cnc(WShell) to get a propscroller. You can also click away the console as for the next log output it reopens automaticly. EDebugFlags="LogFile" tells the LogServer to output the log into the file which is defined by "env:MorphOS/LogPath". If this filepath doesn`t exist "ram:.morphoslog" is used. EDebugFlags="LogKPrintf" tells the LogServer to output the log through the exec serial API so that programs like sushi,sashimi can capture the output. You can also activate all options so that you get output in the Window, on the serial and also in a file. **NEW** 8) Since the 3rd Public Beta release we support external resident modules. This means developers can create ppc/68k *rom* resident replacements or additions by putting them into extmodules/ and tell startup where to find these. Example: extmodules=extmodules/#? So now people could port AROS`s work to MorphOS if they want. If certain libraries can handle romstarts you could also move them into this directory. This could lead in the future to MUI in the "rom" and being there instantly without any loadtimes. You should have got the idea by now:-) 9) You can also load the AmigaOS 3.5 Rom Update file resident by telling startup where to find it. That way you can get the new IDE scsi.device and NSD filesystem if you really need this. romupdate=AmigaOS_ROM_Update 10) There are more resetlevels now for people which still have trouble. o What should I do when it hangs during booting ? In this case please boot up with a fresh WBStartup, uncomment programs in the startup-sequence and user-startup until you found the trouble maker. Please notify us in such cases.