Workbench 3.0 Installation

[Ilwrath]

Hmm...  You really want 'setpatch quiet' as the first line.

(The only excuse for making it the 2nd line is if your first line is a maprom or rsrvwarm.)

'loadwb' and 'endcli' should be the last two lines.  All other stuff goes in between. 'setpatch quiet' and 'loadwb'.  ;-)

[Ilwrath]

The startup file has loads of other stuff in it that it won't let me delete, none of them are commands which you have listed?

Hmm...  Won't let you delete?  What program are you using?

Anyhow, that doesn't matter too much.  It sounds like the installer installed the wrong s:startup-sequence file.

Boot your Amiga from the Hard drive up to your command prompt, and then insert the "Workbench 3.0" floppy in df0: and type the following command:

sys:c/copy df0:s/startup-sequence sys:s/startup-sequence

Type 'y' to confirm replacing the existing file.

wait for disk activity to stop.

remove Workbench disk from df0:

CTRL-Amiga-Amiga to reset the machine.... and viola, Workbench.  hopefully.  ;-)

[Ilwrath]

Yeah... it may not ask for confirmation.  It may just silently copy the file in question.  

Now... I probably should have asked this....  Your workbench floppy disk actually boots to workbench, right?  ;-)

[Ilwrath]

Does the machine display any errors or requestors before dropping you at the command prompt?  Typically, I'd expect it to look like:

AMIGA ROM Operating System and Libraries
Copyright 1985-whatever
All Rights Reserved.
1>

Does yours look like this, or have other stuff?

What does typing the following command print....

sys:c/cd

and does

sys:c/dir

call up a listing that shows directories like C, S, Libs, Prefs, Utilities, etc....?

Maybe your computer is trying to boot from something other than the partition you installed Workbench to?