Thanks to Dark Willow for the name.
This is a small and very basic FreeMiNT setup for the Atari Falcon030 and Atari TT. You need atleast 6Mb RAM and about 6Mb free space on your boot partition.
VanillaMiNT is a pure GEM-based MiNT-install. There is no command-line or advanced startup-scripts, if this is what you want you have to look elsewhere.
- Boots straight into XaAES + Teradesk.
- Networking with a GEM-based configuration tool and optional DHCP. No manual editing of configuration files.
- Specifically set up for the Falcon030 and TT.
- Everything works from a plain TOS partition.
1. Download it here
2. Prepare your Falcon/TT
Disable everything in your auto-folder and all accessories. The only exception is nvdi.prg which is required, XaAES will not work with the TOS VDI.
If you already have a folder called "MINT" in the root of this drive, please delete or rename it.
3. Install
- Unpack the downloaded archive. Inside there's three smaller archives (which will fit on floppies). Unpack these to the root of your boot partition, usually c:.
- Use the desktop or a directory sorter to make sure that NVDI is located before mint030.prg in the auto-folder.
- If you have an ethernet card - copy the driver for your card to c:\mint\1-17-0\. You will find some drivers inside the MiNT-folder, but you might have to provide your own (e.g. for the EtherNec).
- Open c:\mint\1-17-0\xaaes\xaaes.cnf in a text editor and read the section about videomodes. Set a suitable videomode for your computer. If you have a graphics card this setting must be omitted. Resolution will be set by the graphics card driver as usual.
4. Reboot
If you followed step 1 to 3 your Falcon/TT will now boot MiNT. After approximately 30 seconds Teradesk will appear. If it didn't - read point 2 and 3 again. The screenmode isn't what you expected? Read the section about videomodes and the XaAES videosetting once more.
When MiNT has booted and things seems to work, you can set up the network (if you have any). Please run c:\mint\netconf.prg. This is a GEM-based tool that will let you set up the network with either static settings or with DHCP.
You can also enable your accessories and auto-folder programs, but please beware that many of these aren't needed (like most patching programs found in the autofolder) and might even crash your Falcon.
Please have a look at the FreeMiNT wiki for more information about FreeMiNT.
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Jo Even Skarstein