How do I build/customise my OS3.9?

[stefcep2]

I did what you did but TBH once you've used the classic wb and then go back to a stock workbench you do miss the goodies in classic wb.

Even so if you want to go your own way:

1.  Download and install fat95.lha from aminet. Dopus should already be set to unarchive .lha.  AFAIR the installer installs fat95 filesystem in L: for you?

2.  Download cfd.lha from aminet version 1.27.  Do what the readme says to install.

3.  open a cli/shell (workbench:system/cli)
type  cd workbench:devs/dosdrivers
type ed cf1 (or cf0 if there is no cf1)
 make sure the following lines are listed:

Filesystem  =l:fat95
Device= compactflash.device

save and exit.

4 For archives you need to download the zip, unrar executables from aminet and copy them to Workbench:C

You then need to configure a dopus button or set up a filetype.  I can't remember how this is done!

or just download one of the many unarchiving utilities on aminet.

5.  ADF's.

Here's where I do thing a bit different.

1. Download and install vfloppy.lha from aminet.  This creates up to 4 virtual floppy discs on your hard drive. Meaning you don't need real floppies and its fast to image the adf.

2. Download and install adf2fms.lha from aminet.  Run it and choose FFx unit ie choose which virtual floppy you want to extract the .adf image to.

This allows you to mount the .adf's on your desktop and install from them as if they were real floppy disks.

If you want to use real floppy disks, the I use adf2disk11.lha from aminet.

[stefcep2]

@chaoslord.

Some of those "distros" are quite bloated, add menus that are "strange", and can change the workbench look and feel dramatically.

I've set up a CGX 1280x1024 hicolor workbench on my A4000 using 3.1 that pretty much does everything that the "distros" do but is leaner, faster, has no double reset, looks damned nice, is rock stable and all the menus make sense, the tools are where I want them to be and I know what they do and how they install so if something goes wrong I can fix it.

He just wants to unrachive zips, rars and adf's and get his compact flash card to mount in PCMCIA port, and get whdload to work.  Why should he bother with every other hack patch utility icon set etc?