OS 3.9 on A500 with Mega Midget Racer '030

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

IMHO if you want to install 3.9 the best way to do it is by making the ERD (Emergency Recovery Disk) and booting off that.  Then create a new partition, or install a new device (for example, pop in a new CF card) and install on that.  By installing fresh you can avoid any problems of old, legacy files being left behind to muck up the system.  The tool to create an ERD is on the 3.9 CD.

I cannot stress that enough, for the same reason that any time I'm building a PC I do a fresh install of the OS and all core applications, rather than an upgrade on top of an existing OS.  In the long run it'll make your life a lot easier when it comes to tracking down strange bugs.  

That being said, I popped in my 3.9 disk and the 3.9 installer is a "Project" icon.  Are you sure you're clicking on the right thing?  A couple different icons should come up when you insert the CD.  See attached screenshots:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Side note, check out the typo in my second screenshot, above.  :lol:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Did you look at my screenshots?  What, exactly, are you seeing when you open the 3.9 CD?  Post a picture.  Do you see icons, like in my screenshot, or just the generic "tool" icon?  (hammerhead)

This isn't exactly rocket science, double-clicking on the "OS3.9-Installation" icon should launch the installer.  It almost sounds to me like your system isn't reading the CD correctly.  I'd go back and re-visit that.  If you're not seeing the proper icons, then your system isn't reading the CD correctly.  Probably a file system issue, you need to get that addressed first.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

You shouldn't need to set it to "show all files". It should have icons (.info files) just like any normal Amiga disk, that you can execute the installer from. That's your problem. There's either something wrong with your disc, or with your file system. I'm going with "file system", and would suggest first trying the one that comes with 3.1. It's kinda rubbish, but should at least be able to read a normal Amiga CD, haha.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Fourth is 3.9 Installer folder

Also, this is the wrong location.  The correct path is highlighted in my earlier screenshot.  Open CD --> Open folder "OS-Version3.9" --> Double-click on the installation icon "OS3.9-Installation"

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I think I will try a new CF and a full, new load of 3.1 then try 3.9 and see what that gets me.

Load 3.1.  Use it to create the 3.9 ERD.  Then boot off that and wipe everything, start fresh.

On the bright side, the CDFS stuff that comes with 3.9 works a lot better, out of the box, than what comes with 3.1.  Not that that helps you very much right now, lol.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

You problem's not the installer, it's with the CDFS, or with your SCSI config.

But if you want it, the updated 3.1 installer is here:  http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Installer-43_3