Hello there,
I am a newcomer on this forum, so a few words on my own Icaros desktop experience
I finally managed to install Icaros Desktop native on a XPC Shuttle SB81P (Pentium 4 , graphics Intel GMA 900) bought cheap for this purpose.Icaros runs on VESA mode 1024 x 768.
The choice to install the system natively on a dedicated machine comes from my golden rule : one PC = one system. No multiboot for me. Icaros desktop is a true OS destined to run on a true machine, with its own rsssoureces.
Saying that, the installation process demanded a lot of patience and some trial/error phases. Let me point out that I am totally ignorant when it comes to all things Amiga. My systems of choice are Windows XP (offline, a well tamed Microsoft PC is a PC without any Internet access) and some Linux distros (Manjaro for the everyday tasks and MX Linux for the experimental side of things).
First I had to low level format the HDD : the seller of the Shuttle had installed Linux Mint, with of course the grub sector associated, a nightmare, I didn’t know about the grub things, the MDR, the GPT, I learned fast !.
Then came the install : the Live ! DVD refused to function at first, and I had to change my burning software (Brasero instead of Xfburn) to get a properly bootable DVD.
After that I tried to install the OS on the HDD but I made the error of not carefully read the manual (so : READ THE MANUAL
) and of course I got a faulty result. Finally following the manual step by step and by taking my time, I succeeded !
First action taken was to getting rid of the ‘sea of pixels’ backdrop in favor of an elegant Aros wallpaper found in my Works partition. I tried to read a CD with the CDDA player, works fine. All the preipherals are detected by Trident. I came to realize that I couldn’t shut down Icaros by software (thanks to this very forum I found out it is an expected behavior).
Next step will be integrating the Amibridge ressources, but the first read of the manual gave me some headaches.
I am disappointed Icaros seems to not support wifi at the moment, it would be a more than welcome update !
All in all, I am very pleased to have an Amiga PC running fine !
