Can't Load KERN.ROM

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Can't Load KERN.ROM

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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?
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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Huh - are you trying to use a C64 ROM with Minimig?

What do you mean by "populating Amiga/KERN.ROM"?
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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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.
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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Are you using ROM files from Amiga Forever? Those won't load unless the rom.key file is in the same directory.
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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No. I'm not. I have a set of ROM files that I've used on various emulators over the years.
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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Use an a1200 rom on 68020 and an a500-a500plus-a600 rom on 68000
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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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)
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Note... that the ROM in each case is loaded by selecting from a list in the OSD.
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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Do you always have these vertical lines on the screen? Looks to me like faulty SD-Ram.
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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the rom has to be called kick.rom
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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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
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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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?
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Re: Can't Load KERN.ROM

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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.
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