MAJOR 3.9 Installation trouble

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi guys,

Well, I've finally got my A1200 up to a level I thought capable of running 3.9, but now I can't get the darn software to install!  This shouldn't be rocket science, but all I was getting at first were gurus trying to install, and floppy disk error 20s (whatever that is) or disk invalid errors when trying to create the "Emergency disk".  So just for giggles I tried installing it from the CD to an empty directory in my storage partition, it promptly guru'd, and now it's invalidated my hard drive!

Aaaargh!!!

So I can boot without startup, but how am I supposed to fix this mess and even get my system running again, when both DiskSalv and HDToolbox guru out just trying to validate?

This system feels as rickety as a tin can, as patched & hacked as it is, but stats are as follows:

A1200, CBM mobo (1D4, something like that)
Busted-arse keyboard that doesn't seem to want to type the middle row of keys 50% of the time
3.1 Roms & software
M-TEC 1230LC, 33MHz 030/882, w/4mb fast ram
Elbox 4xEIDE interface
Western Digital Cavier 20gb hard drive hooked up as master on the primary IDE channel (5 partitions)
52x CD-ROM hooked up as master on the secondary IDE channel
Scan Magic (internal deinterlacer)
Linksys EC2T (PCMCIA networking card)
Extra floppy drives & more junk, all hooked up with cables hanging out of the sides of the case :-o

Thanks, Mike

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi guys,

Thanks for your help.   :-)  After several passes with Disksalv set to repair, my hd was ready for a fresh install of 3.1.  From here the 3.9 software loaded straight away (although I did have to run it a second time to get all the icons, as another poster mentioned), and I'm thinking pretty hard about that keyboard that was advertised here on A.org.:-D

Now can anybody recommend any essential" 3.9 downloads?  BoingBags?  (where can I get it?)  What else?

Thanks,
Mike