save2600 wrote:
Long story, but I'm trying to do the multi-boot thing because this A1200 has an 020 and a 10gb HD w/ no fast ram. OS3.9 was preinstalled on DH0 and all partitions are in place. Don't want to mess up 3.9. Sooner or later, will add fast ram and/or accelerator someday.
Ah. Can I make a recommendation though? Copy that Workbench3.1 disk to one of your other partitions (it doesn't matter which one as long as it's not the 3.9 partition). Mark that partition as bootable but give it a lower priority than the 3.9 partition (unless you use 3.1 more, then give the 3.1 partition a higher priority). Now you can boot into 3.1 or 3.9 easily by holding down both mouse buttons on startup and selecting which partition you want to boot from in the Early startup menu. It's easier and faster than carrying a floppy around.
Alternatively, there are utilities on Aminet that you can put as the first line in your startup-sequence so that, depending on some key being held down upon startup, an alternative startup-sequence is executed. You can have an "OS3.1" directory in your system partition with all the 3.1 files and have the utility run a script that reads:
Assign SYS: DH0:OS3.1
Execute S:Startup-Sequence
Off the top of my head, I don't remember if the default assignments (S: Devs: C: Libs: etc) are assigned to SYS:
or :. If it's SYS: the above will work, if it's you'll need to use:
Assign SYS: DH0:OS3.1
Assign S: SYS:s
Assign C: SYS:c
Assign Devs: SYS:devs
...etc
Execute S:Startup-Sequence
It may seem like more work but it will be worth the extra effort in the long run.
