@devils_advisor

Yeah I did that. I just took my file, kept the first few lines, and then made the rest of it look like your file. No luck.

Anything else I should be looking for? Maybe some settings file sin env-arc? I'm not seeing anything there. My XE had files like Host = A1 and such. But that might have been from Samba.

Paul

@devils_advisor

here's mine after I moved the cable to the other port and set it up manually:

# DEVS:NetInterfaces/P50X0_ETH
# File generated by Dialer 53.2 (3.10.2009)
# On Saturday, 04-Jul-20 at 19:06:33
device=p50x0_eth.device
unit=1
configure=dhcp
address=192.168.1.8
netmask=255.255.255.0

I've configured the router to go to the specific dns servers it showed if not using DHCP. But it just says dhcp in the net interface anyway. Doing the setup on auto instead of manual didn't get anything working either.

I manually entered your info into the P50X0_ETH configuration. But with your info it came up saying that "hardwaretype" was an invalid parameter. Same complaint about configure, but as you can see, "configure" is in my interface, too.

So frustrating not being able to do any updating or buy the RadeonRX and newer RadeonHD drivers before I go farther with the setup.

Paul

After last nights success writing to here from the 5000, when I started it up this morning, I had no network connection. I thought it might have had something to do with my wonky install of the OS from the USB recovery stick, which left a number of paths showing the USB stick.

So I finally succeeded in burning a good Boot CD from the ISO at Amisphere, started from the iso, formatted the System partition, and reinstalled the OS and then installed the Enhancer 1.5 CD.

The ethernet cable is plugged into Eth0 (closest to serial) I've tried automatic and manual setup (leaving the DNS choice on dynamic setup, as it shows in my router.) No matter what I've tried, I can't get back my network/internet connection.

Any help appreciated.

Paul

@khayoz

I just got the network connection going. Writing t his from the X5000!

Paul

@Paul

@ smf and devils_advisor:

the "setenv os4_bootdevice auto" command worked! I now have my SSD set so it's not a boot device and the partitions all showed up after a reboot, ready to format!!

Now onward to more holiday weekend fun!

Thanks for your help everybody!

Paul

@khayoz

I can try the SATA port swap. But yeah, probably won't make a difference.

I had put a SiI 3114 card in, thinking I could boot from USB without involving my SSD. But it just kept going in a loop. Only other card is the Video HD5450.

I might try what devils_advisor pointed to in that other thread. setting the uboot parameter for os4_bootdevice = auto. That should make it load all the way through from the recovery USB. . . I think.

I tried hooking up an old HD from my XE to the X5000 SATA port too, but it just keeps restarting at the x5000 startup screen.

All because I mistakenly set my new drive to bootable before I should have. Sheesh!

Paul

@khayoz

Yes, I've pulled up the boot menu and choose to boot from Mass Storage. Then I followed Sinan's instructions and got the boot device menu and disabled all the partitions I had started to set up in the SSD, since there's no OS on the SSD yet. I need to boot from the CLI that comes up after choosing "Boot with no startup sequence, so I can boot from USB without bringing the SSD into the picture until I can make it unbootable again in Media Toolbox so I can format my new partitions and install the OS.

At this point, after booting with no boot sequence, my command prompt reads: "0.System_Rec".

Paul

@SinanSam460

I got all the partitions of the SSD disabled per your instructions. But it doesn't list the USB stick as a boot device. So if I go to the bottom of the screen after disabling the SSD and just hit "Boot", it loops back to the X5000 boot up screen and starts over.

If I hit "Boot without startup sequence" it brings up a cli prompt with "System-Rec" from the USB. What would the CLI command be to boot from the USB? Sorry to be so dumb.

Thanks for getting me this far.

Paul

@devils_advisor

Sounds hopeful. I hope you can track it down. Thanks

Paul

I can now boot from the USB stick after downgrading my graphics card.

Dumb mistake. I'm so used to making DH0: bootable in Media Toolbox that I did it with my new SSD. I rebooted so I could format the partitions, but (big surprise. . . not)it couldn't boot because the drive wasn't even formatted yet, let alone have the OS installed. Now when I boot from the USB stick it tries to switch over to the HD after the USB boot is finished, but it can't.

It just gives the Initial CLI window saying the disk is not a DOS disk. I tried booting with the data cable off the SSD and it booted from the USB. But after plugging the data cable back into the SSD, the x5000 sata doesn't show up in Media Toolbox, since it didn't boot with anything connected.

Is there a way around this, or have I ruined my new SSD? I have no other Amiga to work with. My XE is dead.

Paul

Edit 1: I have the USB bootstick boot priority raised to 3. SSD boot priority was set at 0.

Edit 2: I put in one of the old SATA hard drives from my XE. Now it hangs up after switching to the Amiga OS4.1 pre-release screen.

Edit 3: I put the SiI 3114 in a PCI slot and hooked the SSD up to that, thinking I could boot from the USB and that the 3114 wouldn't let the SSD boot. It just hung during the boot when the AmigaOS 4.1 pre-release screen came up.

@BCP

Thanks for that info. Once I have the OS installed and stable, I'll see if I can get one locally and give it a try.

Paul

@Spectre660

My A1-XE was barely usable any more. I had to boot from the OS CD which in turn brought up the HD. I think the Mai chip is what controlled the PCI slots??? At any rate, the SiI SATA card and SATA HD's kept throwing up block and checksum errors. I wouldn't want to trust my USB startup for the X5000 to that rickety setup.

Thanks for your ongoing tips.

Paul

@Spectre660
@Gregor

Yup. I heard back from Amigakit already, saying I need an older card to boot from. Based on the X5000 Wiki, I've ordered a crappy little VisionTek HD5450 (Evergreen) which supposedly should work. Basically it's a throw away card once I've' got it set up and get the latest Polaris drivers from Amistore. Available on Amazon for $40. should be here Friday. So no Amiga fun 'til next week.

I had to go to Plan B when assembling the 5000. I wanted to use my old Corsair Mystique case, but due to drive mounting issues for the 2.5" SSD, I had to use the Fractal Design case I bought over a year ago for this project.

Probably a silly question. . . but do any wireless keyboards/ mice work with the 5000? I was using a "wireless" Microsoft combo with my A1-XE. A large wired dongle plugged into the PS2 ports receiving data from the keyboard and mouse. Tried it on the 5000 with PS2 to USB converters, but it doesn't work. Is anyone still selling those nice Mechanical keyboards with the Amiga key caps?

Paul

I got my new motherboard, Enhancer, and USB startup stick from Amiga kit, and assembled it all today. The USB boot stick from Amigakit is found OK. "Loading finished ######################### 100%" message comes up after a short time. Next Line reads: "About to call loader entry at 0x7BD02020" at which point it just hangs there. Also, at power on, sometimes the boing ball starts spinning and "shoots", other times the graphic just sits there. I choose to boot from Mass storage when I do get the menu. I burned a boot ISO from my Windoze computer , but when I try to boot from optical, it says no valid boot source was found. I have the SSD HD plugged into SATA 0, and the DVD/CD in SATA 1.

The graphics card is an RX550.

Any ideas what I should do?

Paul

@khayoz

Thanks for the WIKI link. Good info there.

Paul

@Paul

Thanks for the replies. I have the RX550 on its way from Newegg.

@Gregor
Yes, Amigakit has responded twice, said it will arrive in 5 days. I hope my XE will run long enough to edit the boot stick and make sure the Radeon drivers are in the right drawer and that they are listed in the Kicklayout.

Thanks for the heads up about the USB reset in Uboot, if I need it.

Paul

Graphics card RX 580 or at a much lower price:
RX550

I've finally given up on my A1-XE. Can barely get it to boot. So I ordered an X5000/20 motherboard from Amigakit rather than waiting longer for an X5000/40.

I'll be getting the boot USB stick with the Enhancer pack included. Should I be able to boot into a working screen using the USB boot and this card? Or do I have to get an older card to set it up first, and then get this Gigabyte card put in?

After putzing around with the A1 for 18 years, I'll probably have a lot more questions as I venture into this new territory.

Is getting into and maneuvering around the Uboot screen pretty similar to how the A1 Uboot worked?

Thanks

Paul

@SinanSam460

You've really helped a lot. Someone over at Amigaworld took a look and thinks he can print them for me from the file you linked, here in the US.

Paul

@SinanSam460

Lost what I wrote! I'll try again.

That look very similar. I think they would work.

How do I do this? Just find someone with an appropriate 3D printer and have them made locally from this file?
Thanks

Paul

If anyone has built an NG Amiga using a CoolerMaster case, I'm in need of the plastic rails they include with their cases for slide mounting a hard drive. I can't find the extras which came with my case, and they are out of stock at CoolerMaster. This is to use nbache's suggestion of using an old IDE drive for booting my XE.

Preferably someone in the US to keep shipping costs down.

Thanks.

Paul