Hi everyone,

After being able to get hold of a Sam460 second hand I am going to be able to join the OS4 party.

Although I am not a coder as I mentioned in a thread I started Sept 2011 Link I am willing to offer my services to anyone who wants an installer writing

It will probably take me a few days to get used to using Workbench again and then I will need to start to relearn what I knew about writing install scripts but if anyone has any need for an installer script please let me know & I will work on it as I learn.

It's been along while since I last had my 1200 with OS3.9 on so I am looking forward to seeing and feeling the difference in performance. I am also looking forward to whether I can be of any use to the OS4 community.

Last edited by Amiboy on 14-Jun-2013 at 12:06 PM.

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@Amiboy

Hope you enjoy your new system.

@Amiboy

Again a new user for AmigaOS 4 - good decision man

Makes the people who put their money on the line belive - and that's good.

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@Amiboy

Cool, I hope your going to enjoy your AmigaOS4,

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@Amiboy

Welcome back. Has it been that long? I certainly welcome a friendlier way to install software. If we had some kind of default place to store programs it would help. I'm thinking a set of applications installed from a particular installer that automated things would help. So for example anything needing paths or assigns would be catered too without a need to mess up systems files. And programs depending on another could work together. As well as an easier way to upgrade programs.

Just some ideas I've had. Some scripts could be built up for existing software to integrate them into the system or even to add them from an existing install, A program or guide file could be written to chose software that is then downloaded if needed and installed. Just part of the EasyInstaller system I'm thinking about.

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Amiboy wrote: Hi everyone, After being able to get hold of a Sam460 second hand I am going to be able to join the OS4 party.

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@Rob

Thanks, currently just getting to grips with it but everything is going well so far.

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@Amiboy

Glad you have it running already and hope you put it to better use then I was able. I will be watching to see what you do with the old girl. :)

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@Aslak3

No problems, I will take good care of her!

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@Hypex

Thanks

Tell me about it! Doesn't feel like almost 2 years since I wrote that post, how time flies.

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@Amiboy

Welcome (back), and I hope you get as much pleasure from your new AmigaOS system as I enjoy with mine!

So, tell us about your new system. Got it in nice/cool case? What kind of graphics card?

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My system is:

Full Sam460
1TB 3.5" HDD
Using Onboard sound
PCI-E Radeon HD6570 graphics card
SATA DVD writter
SIL3114 4 port SATA card
AmigaOne keyboard
Coolermaster Centrurian 5 case

Currently putting on the hard drive what I can from the CDs I have lying round, but I need to try and recover the data from my towered 1200's hard drive. I currently have no way to access it since my 1200 decided to not play nice.

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Welcome :)

I use my Sam440 based system on a daily basis to test various portals I program.

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There's a party?

@Amiboy

great to hear this!.

oh and welcome back even though you never left .

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@Toaks

Better late than never!

Sorry to go off topic, but are you going to get a PS4 Toaks??

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Welcome aboard :)

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yes i will, if it will be day 1 or late (next year) depends on a contract.

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Amiboy wrote: Currently putting on the hard drive what I can from the CDs I have lying round, but I need to try and recover the data from my towered 1200's hard drive. I currently have no way to access it since my 1200 decided to not play nice.

Is your old HD an IDE one? If so, it should be possible to mount it as a drive in your Sam via a SiI0680 card; this will of course have to use the PCI slot where your SATA card is currently (I assume), so to be able to use your main hard disk at the same time, you'd have to switch it to using the built-in SATA port temporarily. See the manual; you have to both move a jumper and make a change in the UBoot menus. But from there, you should be able to copy all your data over to the main HD.

Another possibility (which I haven't tested myself) could be to use an external USB-connected HD enclosure, if you can find one for IDE disks, and put your old HD in that. Saves you making changes to the Sam's configuration.

Best regards,

Niels

@nbache

Thanks Niels I think the external caddy idea would work best & I may even have one lying around my house somewhere! Cross fingers and hope I find it

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