icaros desktop – Janus-uae coherency guide
Hits: 489This applies to all version of Icaros starting from 1.5.2 What is coherency ? Cohenrency is a mode that exists only in Janus-UAE. It allows opening UAE windows directly on the top of Wanderer, as if they were normal programs, and not emulated. So the emulation is almost transparent for the user. Janus-UAE tip&tricks…
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icaros desktop native installation advices, bios and grub parameters
Hits: 625This applies to versions : icaros 1.5.2 icaros 2.0 icaros 2.0.1 icaros 2.1 icaros 2.1.1 icaros 2.1.2 icaros 2.1.3 There is not point using older versions. Links to refer to : http://www.icarosdesktop.com/icarosfiles/IcarosDesktop_manual.pdf https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Aros/User/AmigaLegacy This thread is *important* : Icaros Desktop 2.0 caveats and work-arounds other docs are listed inside the sections below.
troubleshooting icaros desktop SMB (samba – windows shares) crash “exec housekeeper”
Hits: 331The problem : After a fresh installation of icaros 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.2 or 2.1.3 and even icaros 2.2 (until 2.2.4), you try to mount a SMB (samba) share mount parameters on your ahci/sata/ata drive, and you get a crash. [Note : it can also come from the fact it is a guest only samba…
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reinstall grub 2 in IcAROS desktop
Hits: 182Reinstall grub2 if stuffs go wrong : I had a problem this morning when booting my machine. Screen stayed blank at the first step of the boot, instead of displaying the grub screen. This comes from the dma on my computer. So I disabled dma with “nodma” option in grub, now. I don’t…
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mount an ISO file in IcAROS desktop
Hits: 122So you have an ISO file and want to access it without having to burn a DVD ? Here is what you have to do : – copy the file (iso) to the drawer “AROS:Diskimages” – rename it as Unit0 – add this into the file AROS:Devs/Mountlist ISO: FileSystem = cdrom.handler Device = fdsk.device Unit …
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