... it looks my SAM is about to be despatched after nearly 3 months wait! Just got the emails from AmigaKit.

Now I'm excited!

I'm still waiting for my SAM to be delivered (3 months and counting!) and I bought a PCI Radeon 9250 128MB in anticipation (or rather for the SAM FLEX model which I eventually hoped to change to further down the road, but by which point I figured that 9250 might be like gold dust rather than ten a penny as they are now.)

I've heard (on other forums on other websites) that the 256MB models will only show with 128MB if plugged in due to the BIOS in the SAM having a limitation (?), but that this limitation could be soon removed by an update - sorry don't have any links to back this up though.

Any good games on there that would work on a SAM OS4.1?

@Spirantho

I see! I guess I should pray that somebody somewhere eventually releases a compatible set of drivers for USB and Soundcards for the SAM!

*sigh* It's a shame it won't work

Out of interest, do any USB sound solutions work with OS 4.1?

Whilst I'm waiting for my SAM440ep and OS4.1 to arrive (it's going to be some time!) I was digging through old hardware and found a Audigy 2 NX that I used to use with my laptop.

2 questions:

1. Will it produce better sound than that built into the SAM440ep?

2. Is it compatible with Amiga OS4.1?

@Jurassicc

Thanks for the great links, they will no doubt come in useful when I get to the stage of configuring my machine to access the NAS.

I do think my WD MyBookWorld does have Samba on it given this article : LINK

* Edited Link Length - Mikey C

@ChrisH

Are you see, to a PC user like myself "medium to large" = 500GB to 1TB! There was me fearing a 150GB HD was a little on the small side!

I've usually found that the first config always has, er, "shortcomings" and that once you've gained a bit of experience with a system a reinstall is necessary and some fine tuning of the set-up. I suspect that the same will be true for OS4.1!

Oh, a further question - I have a NAS drive, will my Amiga be able to read off it and access the files? If not, is there a way to enable it to do so? I store all my music and MPEG files on there so ideally want to not be copying them across to the Amiga via DVD unless I have no choice.

@Mikey_C

If I had the hardware all in place (I only have the HD and DVD drive - the case, SAM and OS4.1 are due next week) and if I had more notice of the event I'd have popped on down.

@everyone

thanks for the tips - think after reading them all and considering I have a 150GB disk I'll have partitions something like the following:

1GB boot
1GB SWAP
40GB Programs
100GB Data

I just can't wait for all the parts to arrive now as I'm itching to get started and have a play around!

@ChrisH

That guide's wonderful - just what I wanted. Thanks for the link.

Two questions follow from reading it.

1. The disk I am planning on using has a Windows installation on it already, will the Amiga recognise that or will it treat it as a blank disk?

2 The guide mentions creating at least 2 partitions:

20GB boot partition showing the screen with SFS/00 filesystem
1GB SWAP partition

I thought SFS/00 was the new file system that you couldn't use for the boot partition?

@Rudei

I'm living nr Leighton Buzzard/Milton Keynes mate.

Just posted a question about OS4 install and other newbie questions, then noticed this forum so thought I'd offically say Hi!

Back to the Amiga after a 10 year stint in Windows land.

Had an A1200, upgraded with a 68030, memory and a HD which now resides unused at home with lots of disk and games.

I heard about the SAM and OS4.1 and the nerd within me wanted one, which is now on order. Wish I'd brought back my A1200 and games etc now but I'll go back to my parents and collect them soon!

I'm returning to the Amiga after a 10 year stint with Windows.

I've ordered a SAM440EP and Amiga OS4.1 and they should turn up next week all being well.

I'm technically competent in Windows, but having not used an Amiga in years (since my A1200 which I'd upgraded with a 68030, extra memory and HD - now unused at my folks house) I am an Amiga newbie!

Is there a guide on installing OS4.1 on a brand new HD? I've seen people comment about the OS4.1 install not working (Mircomart) and I also would love guidance on how to partition the hard disk etc. I plan to install 4.1 on a 150GB Raptor HD which I just happen to have lying around not doing much (it was previously used for Windows).

I know the SAM has a PCI slot, what's best to put in it? As the SAM has inbuilt graphics and sound, what have others put in theirs?

I'm also looking to possibly have a dual boot Linux/Amiga set up (Ubuntu 8.10 PPC version) - is this possible? Anyone got any guides on the best way to set it up?

I'm bound to have lots of questions as I get myself stuck into OS4.1!