FAQ

How to prevent Guru meditation "8000 000B" if one of the partition is unvalidated?

I added a call to DiskSalv first thing in the Startup-sequence:

DiskSalv FROM=CF2: TO:CF4: MODE=Salvage

so that it "locks" the partition and prevents the Guru meditation. Then, after having tried to repair unsuccessfully the disk, I fixed the problem using the salvage mode! Bad blocks still remained so I had to finally re-format the partition.

How can I start AmiKit immediately after booting Windows XP/7?

The trick that the AmiKit launcher uses is the -datapath command-line parameter to WinUAE. So, to run the same configuration as the launcher does:

1. Create a shortcut in the Startup folder in the Start menu, in All programs.
2. Select the shortcut, right-click, and then select "Properties".
3. Edit the properties as follows:
   • Target:  C:\AmiKit\WinUAE\winuae.exe -datapath C:\AmiKit\WinUAE -f "../WinUAE/Configurations/AmiKit.UAE" -s use_gui=no
     
   • Start in: C:\AmiKit\WinUAE

How to get the best of MWB, NewIcons, and MCP on a 16- or 32-colour screen?

The combination of the new IconLibrary, MagicWB, MCP, and NewIcons can really, really improve the visual quality of your Workbench and its icons but can be tricky to configure... After some research, two options (with two additional options each) in MCP and NewIcons control the visual display of icons:

Visual Look	MCP	NewIcons	Comments
	Unselect No Iconborder	Unselect No Borders	This combination results in no trashing and nice looking icons but they have ugly border and no transparency.
	Unselect No Iconborder	Select No Borders Unselect Transparent	This combination results in old icons looking ugly.
	Unselect No Iconborder	Select No Borders Unselect Transparent	This combination results in old icons looking ugly and icons "trashing" when being selected: between the unselected and selected states, the image looks ugly with weird colours.
	Select No Border	Unselect No Borders	This combination is the best: all icons look nice, there is no "trashing" and, of course, no ugly borders!
	Select No Border & No Backfill	Unselect No Borders	This combination shows ugly old icons but no trashing.

The winner is thus:

• selecting only the No Border option in the No Iconborder item of the Global Features of MCP;
• unselecting No Borders in the NewIcons preferences.

OS, Workbench, and Kickstart Versioning Mystery Solved

The versioning scheme on the AmigaOS differ from more recent ones. A version number is composed of two integers separated by a dot in the form <Version>.<Revision>. Hence, the version number 1.36 is greater than 1.4 . Confusing, eh?

In addition, the AmigaOS is composed of two major parts, the Kickstart and the Workbench, themselves composed of many components, such as modules, devices, and libraries; all with their own version number! But, when talking about the AmigaOS, it is most important to know which versions of the Kickstart and of the Workbench are considered.

The following figure and table try to relate the different version numbers using various sources (1, 2, 3 and EAB!). On the figure, I show some components that "migrated" among "major" versions but it's by no means comprehensive: the devil is in the details, which would require a complete analyis of all the change logs!

The last three changes:

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