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Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:11 am
by zBeeble
So... I've tried a bunch of different rom files. I've even tried populating Amiga/KERN.ROM.

The screen I'm getting has white vertical bars and text ... telling me I've selected a 68020 with 2M chip and 8M fast... and that it can load KERN.ROM ... even if I've selected a file named differently --- or if I've populated that file.

any tips?

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:42 am
by kolla
Huh - are you trying to use a C64 ROM with Minimig?

What do you mean by "populating Amiga/KERN.ROM"?

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 11:42 am
by zBeeble
hrnh... no. I'm copying the rom from a file amiga-os-310-a4000.rom ... and yes... it's kick.rom

... that mixup is due to my having played with a few systems last night.

But the Amiga is still not loading with that message.

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 5:11 pm
by ExCyber
Are you using ROM files from Amiga Forever? Those won't load unless the rom.key file is in the same directory.

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 6:39 pm
by zBeeble
No. I'm not. I have a set of ROM files that I've used on various emulators over the years.

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2020 7:38 pm
by Lisko
Use an a1200 rom on 68020 and an a500-a500plus-a600 rom on 68000

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:38 pm
by zBeeble
Ok. So as you can see on the screen... I've tried a number of different boot patterns. 8M fast / 2M chip AGA 68020 a1200 and 2M fast / 512 chip ECS and OCS a600. It doesn't seem to go. (see attached png)

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 7:40 pm
by zBeeble
Note... that the ROM in each case is loaded by selecting from a list in the OSD.

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 8:22 pm
by Chris23235
Do you always have these vertical lines on the screen? Looks to me like faulty SD-Ram.

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2020 9:24 pm
by bazza_12
the rom has to be called kick.rom

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2020 12:43 pm
by kolla
Those really look like roms from AmigaForever, just from the naming and what you have available there, heck... some of them are OS 3.X kickstarts.

Easy test, how large are they?

524288 bytes - original kickstart
524299 bytes - AmigaForever

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:28 am
by zBeeble
Well... the SRAM appears to work find for the C=64 core. I realize Amiga uses a lot more. Does this thing have a RAM test core?

Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2020 6:43 am
by Lisko
zBeeble wrote: Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:28 am Well... the SRAM appears to work find for the C=64 core. I realize Amiga uses a lot more. Does this thing have a RAM test core?
Yes the memtest core in utilities folder.