X-Amiga beta release is available now!

[Demon Cleaner]

You never let lose, I should know that. Perhaps I'll try it next week, as I don't have the patience to test this after 22h this week.

So if I'm right, you boot directly in an Amiga environment and you use your Catweasel as Amiga floppy drive?

And I don't know if Virtual Box supports the Catweasel drivers.

[Harrison]

Well, not when you are the only one here with a CatWeasel

I think Virtual Box has direct hardware access to all hardware in the host PC so it should work.

[Harrison]

Hmm... I've just been trying to get X-Amiga to work but so far no luck.

I didn't want to install it on a real PC until the final version is out, so just to give it a try I setup a new virtual machine using VirtualBox. The install ISO booted fine and I gave the GUI environment on the disc a try which is very nicely done as it has the look and feel of Workbench, but with Linux tools. And I proceeded with the X-Amiga install. I partitioned the virtual HD, setup everything and proceeded with the install. This all seemed to go smoothly, but then I got stuck. It completed the install and then asked if I wished to setup the Amiga files, which I did. But it wouldn't accept any of the kickstart roms I tried to load in.

This is therefore where I've got to at the moment. I will try some more later.

[Tiago]

In the FAQ:
Why is the display flickering?

It's a 'feature' ;-) The refresh rate is hard-set to 60Hz, so X-Amiga is currently suitable only for LCD monitors.


?? ??

[Harrison]

Yeah, I noticed that one too. Maybe he just hasn't got around to that part of the development yet. Would be quite annoying for any CRT monitor owners though, although it does add a certain extra "retro" element to the package.

[Bloodwych]

Hmmm, seems to be a few issues...

Won't have chance to test this myself anytime soon, but reading through the site and looking at the size of the ISO it can't have a Workbench (like AmigaSYS, AmiKit, ClassicWB etc) environment included, so I wonder what exactly does it boot into once installed?

Is it just a light Linux install that has a Workbench theme, with EUAE available for use? Or will it boot or can be made to boot directly into a EUAE environment without user intervention, like I initially thought?

I'll have to do some more research to find out.

[Harrison]

That is actually exactly what I need to know.

The point I've reached in the installation and setup of X-Amiga is that I've gone through the whole setup process, added the Amiga files (kickstart roms), and then it asks if I would like to load any existing OS setups into the installation, and then any adf file images. I skipped both of those steps without doing anything to see what the default package would do, and the installation said it was complete. I therefore reset the system and it booted to a completely blank screen with a cursor in the corner, but it wasn't flashing and I couldn't do anything.

So does this mean we have to setup and load our own Workbench environment while we are installed X-Amiga? I'm now at a lose.

There definitely needs to be more detail in the installation guide too as it is very vague. At the moment I don't thing many people would even get to the installer if they haven't used a commandline or Linux before.

[Tiago]

I try to install in VMPlayer (virtual machine):






After installation, he said it was ok, i wass not able to do nothing.... the same screen as before instalation, and if i reboot, linux just say that i dont have a Operating system.

He said before install that i must format hd in mode 83.... ?! What is mode 83????
I try to format in many different ways... ext2/ext3/ntfs/ all of them the result was the same....

Harrison was it same with you?