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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: lofstudio on February 16, 2009, 05:53:52 PM

Title: YA 1200 question
Post by: lofstudio on February 16, 2009, 05:53:52 PM

I just got a 1200; it should be arriving soon. It will have OS 3.1 on the drive. I'd like to upgrade it to 3.5, but there's no SCSI for my CD drive.

If I picked up a CF-PCMCIA adapter and copied the appropriate files from the 3.5 CD, would I be able to run the 3.5 upgrade from a CF card? I suppose at worst, I'd have to reinstall any drivers needed for the adapter after the pre-installation. I have alternative methods to install the upgrade... this just seems the most direct way.

Thanks!

Title: Re: YA 1200 question
Post by: klx300r on February 16, 2009, 07:03:01 PM

yep it'll work as I did it last year with no problems..just copy the entire CD contenst to the CF card in the PCMCIA port and run from there :-D
make sure to also install the 2 boing bags for 3.5 as well...

Title: Re: YA 1200 question
Post by: SamuraiCrow on February 16, 2009, 07:06:15 PM

Be careful trying to copy files from the CD to a memory card using a non-Amiga computer.  A PC uses the Jolliet extension to allow long filenames but AmigaOS uses the RockRidge extension in the CD-ROM filesystem.

The best result you could probably get right now is to get an IDE splitter from AmigaKit.com and an IDE CD-ROM drive.

Also, keep in mind that some of the utilities in AmigaOS 3.5 or 3.9 require additional memory besides the 2 MiBytes of chip RAM on the motherboard.  Getting a RAM expansion or accelerator card makes sense if you don't already have this.  Some accelerator cards even have SCSI adapters available for them.