Contents: 1) CVS read only 2) AES Error (WinX) 3) disk from Atari in ARAnyM 4) GEMBench blitter test crashes --- Question: I would like to contribute to the development. I wanted to use CVS but it's read only. What can I do? Answer: Create a diff file using the following command: "cvs diff -u >cvsdiff.txt" Then mail the cvsdiff.txt to pstehlik@sophics.cz. --- Question: I copied my mint setup on ARAnyM. It may works if I can use long file names and access rights. Should I use a new disk image for that ? How would I build one? Answer: if you have a working setup on Atari and want to have the same on ARAnyM, follow these steps: 1) if you want to use the disk directly, simply take it from your Atari machine and put it to your host machine (be it PC, Mac or whatever, we don't care). Set up the drive in .aranym/config, e.g. [IDE0] Present = Yes Path = /dev/hdc Cylinders = 2100 Heads = 16 SectorsPerTrack = 63 ByteSwap = No The "Path" point to the physical device. /dev/hdc is master on secondary IDE channel (ask someone if you don't know what I am talking about). The "Cylinders/Heads/SectorsPerTrack" values maybe either written on the disk label or in your hard drive utility (e.g. HDDRUTIL) - but only if it's an IDE drive. ARAnyM also tries to guess the values, if you set one from these values to -1 (supported only for real devices, only under Linux today). 3) if you want to leave your original disk in your original Atari and use just a copy of that disk then create a disk image: On Atari you can use anything that allows you to store the whole disk drive into one file - e.g. Diskus. Naturally you need a second harddrive with more free space than is the size of your disk you are creating the image of). Then you have to copy the image to the host somehow. On the host (PC, Mac, ...), in Unix like OS you can create the disk image with as simple command as: dd if=/dev/hdc of=/home/aranym/disk_image bs=1M For windows you may want to try out a "WinImage" (use download.com?) For configuring ARAnyM see the 2) above, the Path now points to the /home/aranym/disk_image. The "Cylinders/Heads/SectorsPerTrack" are needed to be set to correct values. In case you are not sure then go to the /proc/ide/hdX/geometry (applies for Linux only) where X depends on what drive you are creating the image from and use the values in the line starting with "physical" word respectively. Beware of the hdparm utility which gives you only the "logical" C/H/S which is not really what you need. Note: if the image has been created on Atari, you have to set the ByteSwap IDE ARAnyM option to "Yes". 4) start ARAnyM and enjoy. Everything should work as expected. However, if you were using some special HW drivers, like e.g. Afterburner, Centurbo or NOVA/Rage gfx card drivers, you want to disable them. So try the first boot with Ctrl held down (AUTO folder programs are not executed then). --- Question: The GEMBench Blitting test crashes/hangs every time I run it using fVDI. Answer: Put the following line into your FVDI.SYS: xbiosfix GEMBench is not really good benchmark program for ARAnyM anyway.