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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: BenT on August 30, 2003, 10:25:27 AM
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I need help to get a kickstartfile 1.3 for A3000. I can boot on diskette but I haven't been able to create a superkickstartfile for 1.3. Help would be very appreciated since I really want to be able to kick from harddisk.
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http://ftp.sunet.se/aminetbin/find?superkick
Eh what, sorry.. This works the other way around. :-(
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Do you have an original superkickstart disk and 1. disk?
Stew
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No I do not have the original disks. I got the computer without disks and manuals. There is the kickstart file for 2.0 on the harddisk and the whole workbench 1.3, but not the kickstart 1.3 file.
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I thought I was so cool, I went downstairs and found the A3000 SuperKickstart disk. Then I noticed the version numbers, 2.0 & 2.01. I've got the 1.3 version somewhere, I just can't find it right now, sorry.
You seem to know what you want, and I don't like to give unrequested help. So I will only ask, you can run OS2.x but want to also run OS 1.3? Are you interested in the newer 3.x versions of the OS?
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Well.. I read somewhere that KS 1.3 was named 2.0 or 2.01 or 2.03, on the disks, for some reason... or it was on the same disk. And no, I do not want KS 3.1 for the a3000, thanx anyway :)
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This is what I found:
"the original Kickstart disks that shipped with the A3000 units
also contained both Kickstart versions. These disks were labeled "A3000
Kickstart V2.01" or "A3000 Kickstart V2.03", which was pretty misleading,
though.... if you find a "kickstart" file that is 282,624 or 283,136 bytes
in size, it's the special A3000 Kickstart 1.3 file."
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My first A3000 came with KS 1.3 and 2 Workbench 1.3 disks. Because OS 2.0 was under development when the A3000 was released, it aslso came with KS 2.0 and several WB 2.0 disks. This original OS 2 was primitive. Later WB 2.1 was released and fully devloped but I think the KS was the same. Also there were two major revisions of the A3000 motherboard, the first (yours) with KS images on the HD (and a bare minimum Bios on rom), and the second with KS on the rom. Unfortunately, the rom sockets were NOT pin for pin compatible, though a mismatch was not destructive. There was also something about a rom daughterboard, but, I have forgotten the details.
Anyway, the KS disk is not normally formatted (therefore unreadable), but there was a way to back it up and copy it to your HD. I'll have to read-up.
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My first A3000 came with KS 1.3 and 2 Workbench 1.3 disks. Because OS 2.0 was under development when the A3000 was released, it aslso came with KS 2.0 and several WB 2.0 disks. This original OS 2 was primitive. Later WB 2.1 was released and fully devloped but I think the KS was the same. Also there were two major revisions of the A3000 motherboard, the first (yours) with KS images on the HD (and a bare minimum Bios on rom), and the second with KS on the rom. Unfortunately, the rom sockets were NOT pin for pin compatible, though a mismatch was not destructive. There was also something about a rom daughterboard, but, I have forgotten the details.
Anyway, the KS disk is not normally formatted (therefore unreadable), but there was a way to back it up and copy it to your HD. I'll have to read-up.
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My first big box Amiga was a 3000D. It came with alph roms and a superkickstart disk. When you first setup a hard drive it will ask for the superkickstart disk. You will have an option (I think it was holding down both mouse buttons while booting) of which ks and os to boot inot (1.3 or 2.0). Later I upgraded to 2.1 and then to 3.1. 3.1 required 3.1 roms so I had to buy the rom tower as well as mine was an early rev7 3000.
It looks like you will need the original superkickstart disk to get both the 1.3 and 2.x working. BTW you can make the second 2.1 partition actually softboot into 3.1. Wish I could find the disk for you but haven't needed it since going to 3.1 roms.
Stew