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robbiec:
Hi All,

Long time ago user of OS/2 - beginning with OS/2 2.0 which migrated to 2.1 then 2.11 on a machine I built especially for it (486DX266, 16MB Ram, S3 805VLB, SB16 with CD Rom and a sub GB HDD
In the last 2 weeks I have been having a proper fight with Arca Noae 5.07 and getting it installed on two setup's I have here.
Setup 1 = Retro
AMD K6iii 400
512MB Ram
DFI P5BV3+
Nvidia MX400 (AGP)
SB16 Value
Sony CD/RW
Sony DVD
2 by USB 1
2 by Serial
1 by Parallel
1 by 3.5" FDD
1 by IDE to SDCard Adapter
HP 1704 4:3 LCD (1280x1024)
CH Products Mach 3 (Gameport)

This all came about when I remembered that I had a AMD K6iii loitering about the place needing a motherboard. I found the DFI on Ebay, cleaned it up and started picking up bits and pieces for it. GPU was €5, Ram was €15, IDE adapter €27 so all in its probably cost me about €200 in parts but a couple of grand in time :D - Panorama nor Snap will not work on either the Nvidia MX400 or an S3 Trio I have and the only way I could see anything was to setup as SVGA. I gave up and resorted to an ECS 2.1 build I had licensed. SNAP worked perfectly. SB16 works perfectly and I have been happy playing X-Wing and Tie Fighter with the Mach 3 card.

2nd system = Asus WS X570 Pro Ace with a Quad Core Ryzen (Gen 2), 32GB DDR4 and an Nvidia Geforce 210, HDD = Samsung 870
Curious thing about this is that I can work my way through the install, view the config sys but it will then hand on ACPI.PSD = registered to ....
Sooo - What I did was install it via VmWare Workstation Pro 17 and tranfer the SSD to the physical motherboard. Et Voila it booted straight into the Workplace Shell. I had to give the TCPIP setting a nudge with a Gateway and Static IP but have internet access via the onboard Intel 211 Gbit NIC, USB is working and I was able to select 1280x1024 via Panorama.

Only issue I have now is that the AN 5.07 build is not recognising any mass storage. 



Martin Iturbide:
Hello. Welcome back !!!!


--- Quote from: robbiec on May 19, 2023, 06:38:37 pm ---... so all in its probably cost me about €200 in parts but a couple of grand in time :D ...

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But the fun you get does not have a price  ;D ;D ;D


--- Quote from: robbiec on May 19, 2023, 06:38:37 pm ---- Panorama nor Snap will not work on either the Nvidia MX400 or an S3 Trio I have and the only way I could see anything was to setup as SVGA. I gave up and resorted to an ECS 2.1 build I had licensed. SNAP worked perfectly.

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That is strange, I guess that SNAP from eCS, from ArcaOS 5.0.7 or the one from hobbes (Snap_3-1-8.zip) should give you the same results. ArcaOS's SNAP is newer, but I guess some further testing is required to see what is going on.


--- Quote from: robbiec on May 19, 2023, 06:38:37 pm ---Only issue I have now is that the AN 5.07 build is not recognising any mass storage. 

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Do you mean "USB" mass storage?

Regards

Olafur Gunnlaugsson:

--- Quote from: robbiec on May 19, 2023, 06:38:37 pm ---Panorama nor Snap will not work on either the Nvidia MX400 or an S3 Trio I have and the only way I could see anything was to setup as SVGA
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SNAP should work on those two cards, but as an alternative both of these cards have a discrete native OS/2 drivers, in the case of the S3 Trio, both classic and GRADD versions.

ArcaOS does not support 6x86 chips like the K6 BTW, some of the Arca supplied code is compiled for 686 using GCC and may not work on your setup. eCS is a much better bet.

robbiec:



--- Quote from: robbiec on May 19, 2023, 06:38:37 pm ---Only issue I have now is that the AN 5.07 build is not recognising any mass storage. 

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Do you mean "USB" mass storage?

Regards
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Yes, mass storage. Typically I have been using USB sticks and the OS is reporting them when I plug in but then states that it does not recognise device and that I can safely eject - that would be 4 sticks varying in size from 32GB to 1GB (last one has the ECS ISO). I just tried a Toshiba Portable drive and same - OS reports plugging in, looks at it, does not recognise and powers down the usb port?

robbiec:

--- Quote from: Olafur Gunnlaugsson on May 20, 2023, 07:01:28 am ---
--- Quote from: robbiec on May 19, 2023, 06:38:37 pm ---Panorama nor Snap will not work on either the Nvidia MX400 or an S3 Trio I have and the only way I could see anything was to setup as SVGA
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SNAP should work on those two cards, but as an alternative both of these cards have a discrete native OS/2 drivers, in the case of the S3 Trio, both classic and GRADD versions.

ArcaOS does not support 6x86 chips like the K6 BTW, some of the Arca supplied code is compiled for 686 using GCC and may not work on your setup. eCS is a much better bet.

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Oh I did not know that ref the CPU restriction. Good to know. Thanks

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