Just take a look at this forum, currently there are AROS One 32Bit and 64bit and TinyAros 64Bit, here are the links: AROS One 32Bit and 64bit distribution (ISO, USB image) https://sites.google.com/view/arosone distributionTinyAros 64Bit distribution (ISO) https://www.tinyaros.it/ In addition, there is also "AROS Portable" based AROS One 64Bit. AROS Portable is designed to run directly from a USB stick. This project was created for users who want to explore AROS without the need to install it on a hard drive or invest in dedicated hardware. AROS Portable https://arosnews.github.io/aros-portable/

I see, looks like I was away for far too long :( Are there any go-to distributions out there that are still updated?

For your information, Icaros Desktop has not been updated for many years, Icaros Desktop is not compatible with the new Core and new AROS Contribs, and AROS development is now focused on 64Bit!

Downloads of the latest version of Icaros Desktop: [url]http://oxygen4.free.fr/[/url] Larger downloads had to be split since the host doesn't allow for downloads > 1GB.

When you share CD on Window to native AROS then it sees it as new virtual hardware. When you share CD from Windows to VMware running Linux then Linux will see it as virtual hardware, but such hardware is not passed to AROS linux-hosted. This is where this hostdisk.device is supposed to make "host" hardware (so virtual hardware on VMware in this case) available to AROS linux-hosted.

deadwood, a curiosity, I also tried sharing a CD from Windows on AROS One, mounting SMB2 on WMware the 2 shares appeared, both the CD and the shared folder I did the same thing on WMWare Hosted Linux, but in this case only the Shared appeared. If I only share the CD it gives me "device not recognised" error

Yup, that's a simple solution that makes sense

....y'know what I think I'll just copy my Amiga Forever ISO and use DiskImageGUI. That honestly sounds far more convenient than the alternatives. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. I'd just rather spend 10 minutes doing a couple steps than an hour doing something I would've assumed to have already been done. I mean no ill will -- I just want to take the path of least resistance with my computers..

If I'm not mistaken, the link mentions Hardisk mounting, not CD/DVD (physical) mounting. I tried creating this Mountlist and it doesn't seem to work (maybe on Native Linux it works and on VMware it doesn't) FileSystem = cdrom-handler Device = hostdisk.device Unit = /dev/sr0 BlockSize = 2048 Surfaces = 1 BlocksPerTrack = 0 LowCyl = 0 HighCyl = 0 Reserved = 0 Activate = 1

There is a driver called hostdisk.device that allows such passthrough. Here is it's documentation: [url]https://github.com/deadwood2/AROS/blob/master/arch/all-hosted/devs/hostdisk/hostdisk.txt[/url]

@AMIGASYSTEM Oh whoops, I think i might have misspoken! :P I'm not talking about using disk images -- I'm talking about actual CD drives, and getting AROS to recognize them while hosted on Linux. The ISO stuff is not what I'm looking for, and if it came across like any VM or ISO stuff was relevant, it wasn't and I do apologize for that. Hope this clears any confusion!

To mount an ISO on AROS you have to use "DiskImageGUI", this program also exists on Amiga, on AROS it works the same way ! on Icaros I don't know where DiskImageGUI is located.

Haldo! Long time listener, first time caller, amateur Amiga user. Managed to get Icaros set up in a hosted Debian bookworm VM, and right now I'm trying to figure out how to access the virtual CD drive from inside Icaros, for the sake of Amiga Forever integration. Probably something I'm missing, either an undocumented command, or just a feature that isn't available. (....yet?) Either way, I could use the help. Thanks in advance!

Hi, I am using Arch Linux, I have compiled the AROS Cross Compiler and AROS system, see attached photo. All seems to be working.

Hello and welcome to AROS, I assume you need to use Mint because pre-build binaries or AROS are not working on Arch linux? Can you describe what problem are you having? PS. An alternative would be to build AROS from sources: [url]https://github.com/deadwood2/AROS/blob/master/INSTALL.md[/url]

I am an Arch Linux user. I run AROS Linux Hosted on Linux mint but it's not my native one. Has anyone tried running Icaros on an Arch linux machine. I am an Arch Linux user. Im use EndeavourOS Linux x86_64. Sorry for my poor english. Any help is needed . Best regards !!!

icaros desktop over the years has been quite successful but many years have passed

I think it's the other way around, Amiga users don't like AROS!

I know, I know! AROS users don't like Amiga! :-) But I believe in interoperability where programs that work on AROS can be compiled for Amiga.

Interestingly, I'm in the process of re-writing PixieView to allow it to compile & run on AROS x86 & x86-64 as well as Amiga. I'm changing the display method to one that is more Amiga compatible. It is currently using CyberGraphics Library. The new method is to use Datatypes with AddDTtoWindow. I've already demonstrated the new method on Amiga 68k. PixieView uses Datatypes to display images in an Intuition Window with a menu system. All these things are Amiga compatible. Now it needs a new Glow Icon for the Amiga 68k version. ;-)