A3640, OS3.1 and OS3.9

[madgrizzle]

I've gotten my A3000 up and running with a working RTC, LUNS support, and 16 MB of RAM.  I have an A3640 v3.2 and though I installed it earlier (before working out the RTC, LUNS, RAM issues), I do not have it installed now.  

I have OS3.1 on a CF card and it's a quasi-hacked-up job as I encountered floppy disk/drive problems during the install.  I had to manually copy files from the various floppies to the CF card.

My ultimate goal is to run OS3.9 so I don't want to spend too much time with the OS3.1 install.  My question is should I get the A3640 to work on OS3.1 and then install OS3.9 or should I install OS3.9 first?  If the former, do I need install 68040.library in Libs and any others or will OS 3.1 work well enough for me to upgrade to OS3.9 without it?  What about OS3.9?  Does it install the 68040.library automatically if it "sees" a 68040?

[madgrizzle]

Is there a difference between an os3.9 install between an Amiga 2000 and a 3000?  I have a os3.9 CF I built for my 2000.  Will it work straight up in a 3000?

[madgrizzle]

@madgrizzle; did you create that ERD?

Yes, I managed to get everything working last night on a freshly formatted CF... until I fried my VA2000 (hence my marketplace post).:angry::angry::angry:

I had to manually copy the 68040.library file, but that was that was all that wasn't pretty standard.  Followed Mike's youtube video and it all went well (except for the fact that I too forgot to make the boot partition bootable.. but that was easily fixed in HDToolBox)

[madgrizzle]

@madgrizzle; did you create that ERD?

Yes, I managed to get everything working last night on a freshly formatted CF... until I fried my VA2000 (hence my marketplace post).:angry::angry::angry:

I had to manually copy the 68040.library file, but that was that was all that wasn't pretty standard.  Followed Mike's youtube video and it all went well (except for the fact that I too forgot to make the boot partition bootable.. but that was easily fixed in HDToolBox)

[madgrizzle]

Might try to get a cheap hot air reflow station, if I can find one, and see what damage I can do.  I think I need to replace eight smd level translators (5v to 3.3v) and make a wish that it works.  I was contemplating buying another VA2000 to put back into the A2000 that I've robbed from until this happened.. so maybe worth attempting a repair.