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- Short: AROS 1.10b - Amiga Replacement OS (Amiga native binaries)
- Author: Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla (digulla@aros.fh-konstanz.de) and many others
- Uploader: Lennard voor den Dag (ldp@worldonline.nl)
- Version: 1.10b
- Type: misc/emu
- Requires: OS 2.04 or better, 68020 or better
-
-
- HOW TO USE THIS
- ---------------
-
- There are three system modules in this archive. They are:
-
- - alert.hook -- AROS alert.hook 41.6
- - exec.strap -- AROS exec.strap 41.3
- - utility.library -- AROS utility.library 41.9
-
- These can be loaded into the system by the tool imaginatively called 'boot'.
- Unpack this archive, cd into AROS, and run 'boot -h' for a summary of options.
- Running 'boot' will read the file 'boot.config', which contains the names of
- the modules to be loaded. These modules will now be loaded into the system and
- will be a available after a reset. Don't be afraid if you see some blue and
- green stripes on your screen during reset, this is a sign that 'exec.strap' has
- been successfully started (gfx card owners may not see these).
-
- You can use 'tools/printresmodules' to see all modules currently active and
- available in the system. After a reset, you can easily identify the modules
- you have just loaded by looking at the second field in the output. This is the
- memory address of the module. ROM modules are in the range of 0x00f80000 to
- 0x00ffffff (not if you have softkicked a kickstart). AROS modules will have an
- address in RAM.
-
-
- WARNING
- -------
-
- The software in this archive is still in Alpha state. This means that it may
- or may not work on your system. We appreciate it if you could drop us a message
- telling us how it worked or didn't work on your machine. Please also mention
- your system configuration (processor types/model/kickstart version/etc), so we
- can fix the bugs.
-
- It has been tested on an A1200/Blizzard 1230-IV/nofpu/2+8 MB/kick 39.106.
- It has been compiled to run on a 68020 or better.
-
-
- TECHNICAL INFO
- --------------
-
- Upon running 'boot', the modules will be loaded into the KickTagPtr/KickMemPtr
- field of ExecBase. During reset, exec merges these lists with the list of
- modules from ROM, with the highest version of a particular module actually
- making it into the system. By default, 'boot' will not touch modules/software
- that is already utilizing these KickPtrs in ExecBase. This keeps eg. RAD alive.
- 'boot' will not check if some AROS modules are already in the system and will
- happily install duplicates. You can remedy this by running 'boot -x', which
- first clears the KickPtrs before installing any new modules (killing RAD: in
- the process). Running 'boot -X' will only clear the KickPtrs, and do nothing
- else. Future versions of boot will examine pre-installed modules and replace
- them intelligently.
-
- Dependant on the OS version, the modules will be loaded into a particular type
- of memory. Under OS 39+, they will be loaded in MEMF_KICK. This memory type was
- added in that version of the OS, and guarantees that this memory is available
- early on in the reset procedure. Earlier versions of the OS do not know this
- type of memory, so modules will be loaded into MEMF_CHIP, which is guaranteed
- to always be available at that point. If you know your fastmem is also
- available early during the reset period (if it is real AutoConfig[tm] mem), you
- can force the modules into MEMF_FAST, by running 'boot -f'.
-
- More extensive information on what these modules actually do can be found in
- the source archive.
-
-
- WHERE TO FIND MORE INFOS ?
- --------------------------
-
- Look at these pages on WorldWideWait:
-
- http://www.lysator.liu.se/amiga/aros/ (Sweden Mirror)
- http://aros.fh-konstanz.de/~digulla/ (German Mirror)
-
- If you have FTP, you can also get the most recent version as tar.gz files
- from
-
- ftp://aros.fh-konstanz.de/pub/aros/
-
- This software is subject to the "Standard Amiga FD-Software Copyright Note".
- It is MAILWARE as defined in paragraph 4s.
- If you like it and use it regularly please send a message to the
- following address:
-
- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla
- Th.-Heuss-Str. 8
- 78467 Konstanz
- Germany
-
- EMail: digulla@aros.fh-konstanz.de
-
- For more information please read "AFD-COPYRIGHT" (Version 1 or higher).
-