hd install.....errr yer im a noob

[fidelTFG]

hi all, sorry to bug folks with what is probably a simple question, but how do I get WB 3.1 on to my hard drive without an install disk. the WB manual says to boot from the install disk, but I don't have one as the Amiga I have was not shipped originally with a hard drive. Any ideas will help as I have no clue. I just started playing with this thing after not having an Amiga for more than 10 years. thanks

[fidelTFG]

the hard drive was bootable, until about a hour ago. now its not. and I can no longer see the contents. Thanks for the link, but is there anyway I can get this done today? I don't want to have to wait three weeks while my disk sits at customs

[fidelTFG]

harrison, It did show up for a while but now its gone altogether. What partitioning program do you recommend?

[fidelTFG]

doctorq, I tried that but when I boot from the WB disk then put the storage disk in, click the PC0 icon it just asks for the WB disk back. I give it the put the formated disk in but it dose not recognize the PC0 disk. If I try again it says that PC0 is already mounted. I'm going to pull out my other 1200 and see if the same thing happens on that one.

[fidelTFG]

no, im not using a 1.44 disk, but it still not working

[fidelTFG]

I don't think its a problem with the formating of the disk. The Amiga just does not want to mount the disk as PC0

[fidelTFG]

tried that. it just asks for the WB disk and then says

object is not of the required type.

I only have one floppy drive for the Amiga will that matter?

[fidelTFG]

I must be missing something some place. Its not working

here is what I am doing step by step

I copied the PC0 icon to the DOSDrivers draw on the WB3.1 floppy
then booted with the WB 3.1
floppy open a shell window
type in format drive pc0: name whatever noicons
hit return

it replies with object is not of the required type.

it did not ask me to change disks this time
if i put the floppy to be formated in to the drive an icon DF0:? pops up on the desktop. If i select it and choose format from the icons menu it asks for the wb disk. I insert it, the format window pops up but does not give me the option of choosing the pc0 device to format. I can only format DF0 to 880K.  Is there anything else I can try?

[fidelTFG]

I prediced that it may want to format the wb disk so I already had it write protected.

ok, I removed the pc0 icon from the wb disk. rebooted with the wb disk and then put the storage disk in and clicked the pc0 icon as you say. It then asks for the WB disk then the storage disk then the WB disk again. no extra icons appear and I'm still unable to see the pc0 device or any weird icons. are my WB disks screwed or something?

[fidelTFG]

nope that just formats the disk as FAT. Not readable in the Amiga. Thanks though

[fidelTFG]

no, my problem is that I need to be able to read the fat format on my amiga. but for some reason the pc0 thingy is not working and I don't know how to reinstall WB to my hd without it

[fidelTFG]

I have a set of wb 3.1 disks

wb 3.1
Storage
Extras
Locale
and fonts

thats all I have

[fidelTFG]

I just got this set from amigakit a few weeks ago and only started using them a couple of days ago. and all have been write protected. Apart from the wee copy I did earlier.

I do have a m-Tec expansion card installed, would that perhaps be messing things up?


Also If I try and click the pc0 icon again after I have already ran it it responds with the message

Device 'PC0:' is already mounted

[fidelTFG]

that was the plan, but the power went out for the last 3 hours, so now I'm going to format the disk again in the pc and put the files on it, then I will try again to mount in with the Amiga. wish me luck  :-P

[fidelTFG]

no joy it would seem, I put the pc formated disk in the amiga. only one icon pops up and that looks the same as the wb disk icon only it says DF0:? thats it.

I took a look at the contents of the pc0: file that I copied to the WB disk and I noticed that the unit field is commented out. Is this normal? it says at the top of the file that the unit field is used to set which device to mount.