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grizzly wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:13 pm Also if FTP was used to move the script to the mister make sure it is using binary as file transfer not text or auto.
That could mess up the files otherwise.

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 pm Whoa, something is not right there. You should be getting a shell screen that looks like this:
update.png

You need to re-download your update file. Don't copy and paste the contents from github, instead, use wget or the zip file linked in the readme, and then extract it to your mister: \\mister\fat\Scripts

I redownloaded the file below following the instructions and I get exactly the same problem sadly

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 pm Whoa, something is not right there. You should be getting a shell screen that looks like this:
update.png

You need to re-download your update file. Don't copy and paste the contents from github, instead, use wget or the zip file linked in the readme, and then extract it to your mister: \\mister\fat\Scripts

I redownloaded the file below following the instructions and I get exactly the same problem sadly

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh

Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 am


I redownloaded the file below following the instructions and I get exactly the same problem sadly

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh

Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there. I then connected to the mister clicked on the script and got that error box.
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:20 am

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am
Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there. I then on the mister scrolled down to the script and got that error box.
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 am


I redownloaded the file below following the instructions and I get exactly the same problem sadly

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh

Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there and then copied it over using binary transfer with WINSCP
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

Alkadian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:07 pm

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am
Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there and then copied it over using binary transfer with WINSCP
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

All you have to do is to make sure that the script is saved in the correct path /media/fat/Scripts and then run the script itself from the Mister System Settings menu where you can see the Scripts option among the others (i.e. Remap keyboard, Define joystick buttons and Reboot).

By selecting the Scripts menu from there you will see all the scripts available including the one you need to update the AO486 pack. In fact it should be the first of the list.

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:14 pm That's what I do and that's the error message I get. I can successfully update all other cores using the main update script so this is very strange.

Thanks for trying to help.

Alkadian wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:07 pm

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there and then copied it over using binary transfer with WINSCP
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

All you have to do is to make sure that the script is saved in the correct path /media/fat/Scripts and then run the script itself from the Mister System Settings menu where you can see the Scripts option among the others (i.e. Remap keyboard, Define joystick buttons and Reboot).

By selecting the Scripts menu from there you will see all the scripts available including the one you need to update the AO486 pack. In fact it should be the first of the list.

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:27 am


I redownloaded the file below following the instructions and I get exactly the same problem sadly

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh

Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there and then copied it over using binary transfer with WINSCP
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:14 pm

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 1:55 am
Are you running get from the mister itself in an SSH session or from your own machine and copying it?

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there and then copied it over using binary transfer with WINSCP
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

try this.
Putty to your mister and when at the prompt type:
cd /
cd /media/fat/Scripts
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh
then just run the update by typing AO486_Update_Top300_Pack.sh from right there. (not in the mister menu but over the SSH connection)

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:08 pm I tried the new method and initially it didn't work as it said it 'couldn't find the disk image'

Then I saw that it was looking in /media/fat/games/ao486 yet my mister was set up as /media/fat/ao486 so I changed the script to read games_subdir="/media/fat"

and it has worked!

Thank you for your help. Perhaps it might be worth putting in the readme for other people who have their Mister set up similiarly?

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:14 pm

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 2:18 am

I opened up putty on my pc and then connected to my misters ip address ran it from there and then copied it over using binary transfer with WINSCP
I didnt know it was possible to open up an ssh session directly from the mister! - Is that what I need to do? - if so how do I do that please?!

try this.
Putty to your mister and when at the prompt type:
cd /
cd /media/fat/Scripts
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh
then just run the update by typing AO486_Update_Top300_Pack.sh from right there. (not in the mister menu but over the SSH connection)

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 12:48 am

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 10:08 pm I tried the new method and initially it didn't work as it said it 'couldn't find the disk image'

Then I saw that it was looking in /media/fat/games/ao486 yet my mister was set up as /media/fat/ao486 so I changed the script to read games_subdir="/media/fat"

and it has worked!

Thank you for your help. Perhaps it might be worth putting in the readme for other people who have their Mister set up similiarly?

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Wed Jan 20, 2021 3:14 pm

try this.
Putty to your mister and when at the prompt type:
cd /
cd /media/fat/Scripts
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/flynn ... 00_Pack.sh
then just run the update by typing AO486_Update_Top300_Pack.sh from right there. (not in the mister menu but over the SSH connection)

Auto CD mounting in the VHD might not work if you are using /ao486 instead of /games/ao486. You will know pretty quickly when cd's try and mount and it doesn't work.

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:23 pm yeah just move it into games, reboot your mister and it will pick up the new location.

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:35 pm How will it pick it up? - as when the mister boots up it just lists the cores in media/fat
As an example I just put the experimental jaguar core in games and my mister cannot see that, it just sees whats in media/fat/_computers and media/fat/_consoles

Thanks for your help

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:23 pm yeah just move it into games, reboot your mister and it will pick up the new location.

int findPrefixDir(char *dir, size_t dir_len)
{
	// Searches for the core's folder in the following order:
	// /media/fat
	// /media/usb<0..5>
	// /media/usb<0..5>/games
	// /media/fat/cifs
	// /media/fat/cifs/games
	// /media/fat/games/
	// if the core folder is not found anywhere,
	// it will be created in /media/fat/games/<dir>
	static char temp_dir[1024];

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 7:26 pm

spikemorrissey wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 5:35 pm How will it pick it up? - as when the mister boots up it just lists the cores in media/fat
As an example I just put the experimental jaguar core in games and my mister cannot see that, it just sees whats in media/fat/_computers and media/fat/_consoles

Thanks for your help

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Thu Jan 21, 2021 1:23 pm yeah just move it into games, reboot your mister and it will pick up the new location.

the cores go into the directories you references, the games/roms/vhds/ao486 files go into /games/corename
mister file_io does a search, see the /media/fat/games/ reference in the code:

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int findPrefixDir(char *dir, size_t dir_len)
{
	// Searches for the core's folder in the following order:
	// /media/fat
	// /media/usb<0..5>
	// /media/usb<0..5>/games
	// /media/fat/cifs
	// /media/fat/cifs/games
	// /media/fat/games/
	// if the core folder is not found anywhere,
	// it will be created in /media/fat/games/<dir>
	static char temp_dir[1024];

Alkadian wrote: ↑Fri Jan 29, 2021 9:32 am @flynnsbit,

Yesterday I have enjoyed watching your channel's update:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEyNDPc2Bug

that was very informative, thank you!

I would have a few questions, if you don't mind.

1. I have noticed that your startup menu looks slightly different from mine. Please refer to the attached screenshots. I have already updated the pack. Would you recommend to re-download the pack and the run the update script?

2. At some point during your video you have switched from Munt to Fluidsynth. Is there any particular advantage in doing so?

3. Have you had a chance to compare the MT32-pi with the Midilink option?

Many thanks!

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:02 pm
1. changes in the previous post, just pull those files down

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:02 pm
2. MUNT is for MT-32 mode and Fluidsynth is for Sound Canvas. If you are on the latest v0.7.3 update then the game selection menu will automatically select the right mode for you on the mt32-pi so you don't have to worry about it.

flynnsbit wrote: ↑Sat Jan 30, 2021 7:02 pm
3. mt32-pi will beat the midilink option in most things, just based on the horsepower available to it which is why everyone is excited.

• Mount the IDE 0-1 Top 300 DOS Games.vhd file under Windows.

• Select the mounted VHD and browse to games\HEROESOA\heromm2d\CD.

• Copy the bin and cue files from this folder.

• On your SD card or USB drive browse to Game\AO486\cd and create a folder called heromm2d.

• Paste the bin and cue files into the heromm2d folder.

• Select the mounted VHD again and browse to games\HEROESOA\heromm2d.

• Open the RUN.BAT file in a text editor.

• Look for the line :POLSB16.

• Comment out the line below this by changing it to REM imgmount d ".\eXoDOS\heromm2d\CD\Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - The Price of Loyalty.cue" -t cdrom

• Underneath this add the line imgset ide10 "/cd/heromm2d/Heroes of Might and Magic 2 - The Price of Loyalty.cue"

• Save the file and unmount the VHD.

• On your MiSTer launch Heroes of Might and Magic 2 from the launcher, select 2 to load The Price of Loyalty and then 1 to use SoundBlaster audio.