Getting a CD to work on an A500 via IDE

[curtis]

Okay, I'm pretty sure this has been talked about before, but couldn't find anything with a search here so...

Got my A500 with the Mega Midget Racer, kipper2 8MB RAM, and generic IDE interface all working real nice with OS 3.1.

Would like to upgrade the OS to 3.9 which comes on CD.

I've attached a CD-ROM to the secondary IDE connector and made sure it's set as a slave drive with my CF drive set as master.

Boot up, open System and DOSDRIVERS, double click on CDROM.  Wait a couple of seconds and nothing appears to happen.  Re-click on the CDROM and it tells me it's already mounted.

Go to shell and cd CDo:.  Nada.

What have I forgotten?  I"m pretty sure it's something silly, but can't figure out what!

I've tried editing and changing the drive number but that didn't do any good either.

[curtis]

Okay, looks like it's fairly straight forward.

Will report later how things go.

[curtis]

AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!

Installer program doesn't work!  Keep getting a "can't open script" error.

Why the heck didn't Commodore provide a decent installer program?

[curtis]

Two steps forward, one step back!

I'm making progress.

Got the installer that Thomas provided the link for.  Works fine after I realized I needed to copy the Installer in the C directory!

Now my CD is recognized.

However, I've hit another wall.

Boot up, pop in the 3.9 Cd and open it up.  There's no install program for 3.9!

I'm beginning to get a headache!

[curtis]

On, and before someone tells me to open the windows until I fine OS3.9-Installation and click on it, I tried and it doesn't work!  It's a tool.

Tried the new installer from above and entering the path to the OS3.9-Install tool and I get the dreaded "Can't Open Script" error.  Or something like that!

[curtis]

It's an original red label.

Will watch the videos.

Looking through the FAQ, I may have a problem.  To get the MMR working, it runs a config program in the startup-sequence.  So, if I don't have that going, the machine is just an A500 with 8MB of RAM instead of the 68030 with 12MB RAM.  That may be a problem.

Are you using an original 3.9 CD or a copy?  Red or pink label?

Install FAQ:  http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/installtips.html

My cr**py old videos:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCMw8bStvG4

Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufCuW--Q2nA