Question about OS for a A1200

[PMC]

You're gonna need the original Installation/Prep disk to set up your hard disk.  This disk has all the install scripts needed to copy OS3 to your hard drive.  I'm not sure if this disk is still covered by copyright though.......  You could try www.amibench.org to place an ad on the classified section.  These guys are usually very helpful.

Once the prep disk is sourced, you'll need to set those pesky max-transfer settings........

 :-D  :-D  :-D  :-D

[PMC]

It's not that difficult to do really - the prep disk is the main problem because some OS3.0 systems (mine included) didn't ship with them.  

There should be a readme file on there which will tell you step by step what you need to do.

[PMC]

Hi,

You don't necessarily need the 3.1 ROMs to run OS3.1 on a 3.0 system as I'm doing this on Amiga #2 right now.  However, should you wish to upgrade to OS3.5/9 then you'll need the ROMs.

I got mine for Amiga #1 from www.amibench.org, after placing an ad.  You'll need A1200 specific ROMs though, so don't be tempted by anything that has come from any other model of Amiga.