Amiga DVD Rom?

[werthers93]

I have an external DVD drive from an old Sony Vaio that has a pcmcia connection.

Is it possible to install this onto my A1200?

If yes how would I go about this? I have fitted a 4gig hard drive onto it and would like a new operating system from workbench.

[werthers93]

Thats the operating system I want to get onto it. At the moment I'm using the workbench (3.1 I think).

Is there any other way of getting an operating system on? I dont really want to fork out on a Squirral and I want something that looks okay next to the original casing.

thanks, Mark

[werthers93]

sorry i meant 3.9, I already have 3.1 installed. I just want to connect a CD/DVD drive.

[werthers93]

It's an old 2.5 laptop hard drive in my Amiga, so it should already have a 2.5 to 3.5 cable if my memory serves me correctly.

Think I'll try it the WinUAE way.

Thanks for that.

[werthers93]

There might be a cheap or free easy way.

Just plug in the Drive to your PC via an adaptor if your HD is 2.5.............if its a full size 3.5 drive then no worries.just make it slave.....................go the the BIOS settings.........and make sure it is seen.

Then load up Windows and use WinUAE.....you should be able to boot off your AmigaHD if you have Workbench 3.1 installed..now just drop the OS 3.9 CD into your PC and it should show up on Workbench.........if it does not.make sure you have the CD0 icon in DEVS or that you installed IDE fix.............buit anyway.you can also just copy the entire OS3.9 CD onto a drawer in one of your Workbench Partitions...........that way you have the whole thing on the A1200 HD..now put the HD back in the A1200 and install from there.

WinUAE can be quite cool eh?

Right,

Ive finally got round to doing this. Ive got a copy of OS 3.9 but it is in zipped format (WinRAR). Does anyone know how I can get this onto the Amiga drive I have booted up through Windows? To be honest I dont know where to start.


Thanks,

Mark.