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SinanG 
Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 9:46:51
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For those who aren't aware:

ACube did a new Uboot for Sam460/AmigaOne 500

The new version called 2015.a (Uboot versioning) has the following features:

- new redesigned GUI with an 'amiga' style, enabled via Menu->Video Options->Console->Silent
- unified support for Sam460ex and Sam460cr boards
- support for USB EHCI, now booting from a SD card is very fast
- better support for USB devices
- removed 2 GB limit for USB sticks
- better compatibility with newer Radeon HD graphic cards
- introduced a new menu entry to change the x86 gfx BIOS emulator accuracy. If your graphic card
show some visual problems on startup, try increasing the x86 BIOS emulator accuracy
- new DDR2 boost settings: read, write, read + write (up to 5% speed increase on reads and up to
10% on writes)
- DDR2 boost setup done from a new menu entry
- added support for old Permedia2 graphic cards, for 'history' reasons
- added 'ping' command
- corrected a bug in the serial port GPIO configuration

Link to ACube

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kyle 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 9:50:41
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@SinanG

Great News!

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BSzili 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 10:50:20
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@SinanG

Nothing to make dual booting easier? Tsk!

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Spectre660 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 11:20:52
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@SinanG

Issues with Keyboard navigation in the boot menu and Settings Menu with the new Uboot.
Seems to register multiple key presses for a single one with a A-eon AmigaOne usb keyboard .
Dont have any other USB kebyboard models to try.

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elwood 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 11:34:01
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@BSzili

Quote:
Nothing to make dual booting easier? Tsk!

If you mean Uboot should be modified, note that you can also boot Aros and Linux. It should be doable with MOS too (I hope).

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Daytona675x 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 11:48:57
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@SinanG

Great!
Did Acube add an option to select between PCI / PCIe gfx cards instead of having just the option to select beween onboard and PCI(e)-as-one-item ?
Because I have to constantly swap gfx cards (and I fear the slots won't survive that procedure for tooooo long) depending on the development task, apparently because uboot always selects the first device it finds.
I Asked them once to please add such an option.

Last edited by Daytona675x on 18-May-2015 at 11:49 AM.

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m3x 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 12:04:36
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@Spectre660

Quote:
Issues with Keyboard navigation in the boot menu and Settings Menu with the new Uboot. Seems to register multiple key presses for a single one with a A-eon AmigaOne usb keyboard .

There is a similar report from another user with an A-Eon AmigaOne keyboard, I may have already a fix for it, but need someone to test it since I don't have this keyboard model.
If possible, use another USB keyboard until the problem is fixed

@Daytona675x
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Did Acube add an option to select between PCI / PCIe gfx cards instead of having just the option to select beween onboard and PCI(e)-as-one-item ?

Not yet, but will be added in a next update (free for user which already updated to 2015a)

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sicky 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 12:06:01
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@SinanG

I have tried to purchase but when it gets to PAYPAL to make payment when I hit 'continue' I just get a blank page and cannot make the purchase!

Has anyone else experienced this or is it just me?

I have sent ACube a message stating what's happening so hopefully they can resolve the situation.

Mick

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SinanG 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 12:54:02
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@sicky

I also had this problem when ordering ..but a few minutes later I received the download link and receipts/invoices from Paypal

Last edited by SinanG on 18-May-2015 at 12:54 PM.

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sicky 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 13:24:52
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@SinanG

Yes same here, very strange! About to install

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BSzili 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 17:20:14
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@elwood

Does that mean that you can dual/triple boot OS4 / AROS / Linux from the same HDD?

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m3x 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 17:46:47
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@BSzili

Quote:
Does that mean that you can dual/triple boot OS4 / AROS / Linux from the same HDD?

Yes, it's possible to dual/triple boot using the Parthenope boot loader:

http://www.acube-systems.biz/download/ub2lb-0.93.zip

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BSzili 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 17:57:28
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@m3x

Neat! Thanks for the info, I'll forward this to MZ.

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kyle 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 18:02:42
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@m3x

But also for os4.1/Morphos in tue same HD using Parthenope?
I understood it was not possible in tue same HD (at the moment), right?

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Spectre660 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 18:42:08
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@BSzili

This is how the boot menu can look .

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5429075/amiga/IMG_0108.JPG

It does not seem to work with the MorphOS booting though.

Last edited by Spectre660 on 18-May-2015 at 07:15 PM.

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jabirulo 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 21:16:42
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From: Donosti (GUIPUZCOA)

@m3x

Here I suffer from the same kind of symptons on my SAM460 and latest Uboot.
It only works (underUboot) the first key I press, then no keys responds/woks at all.
So I can't navigate through the new Uboot menu/options and enable/change any Uboot setting.

Waiting for such Uboot update

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utri007 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 21:52:14
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@m3x

I heard a rumor that there will be uboot update for Sam 440ep series also? Is it true?

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TRIPOS 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 21:54:32
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OMG, first OS mandatory drivers are being SOLD separately of the OS, and now FIRMWARE UPDATES are being sold separately by the H/W manufacturer. What's next, selling bug-ridden S/W and then sell bug fixes one-by-one for a extra fees?

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PhantomInterrogative 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 18-May-2015 23:27:12
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@Thread

I checked my version. 55
I used amidvd to burn version 55 iso.
I rebooted.
I pressed space to agree to flash uboot.
It erased the existing uboot and exited with failure error 1.
My sam460ex lite is now an expensive brick.

Ack!

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SinanG 
Re: Sam460 Uboot 2015 Available
Posted on 19-May-2015 4:07:22
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@PhantomInterrogative

I think Acube will send a replacement rom.

Alternatively you can reflash bios with an eeprom programmer.

I also had this problem while testing but bought a cheap eeprom programmer to reflash the rom.

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