:rant: alert!
I have tried installing AmigaSYS, ClassicWB (various versions), and MagicWB on mine and only the latter worked satisfactory enough to use. The rest of them had such arse about face install routines, that I gave up on them in the end.
first off AmigaSYS (and AmiKit) are not for real Amigas....
and dont even think about it unless you have a 060 and a GFX card... and even then its probably not going to run well.
ClassicWB is for classics (hence the name) such as your 1200, which is why it worked for you...
When I configured my 1200 the last few times I got everything working under WinUAE (AmigaForever) how I wanted.
I had partitioned and formatted my disk on the real 1200. I put it into the pc with an IDE USB adapter, mounted the HD under WinUAE and just issued the command "copy sys: newsys: all"
How could that be any simpler? I mean you are dealing with 20 year old hardware (probably pairing it with modern hardware like CF cards) running an OS with thousands of crazy hacks and patches. Lets not even get into all of the quality control problems Commodore had on the machines when they were NEW...
I guess one mechanic would say that a 1960s auto is simpler than a modern vehicle because if breaks its simple to diagnose because overall its not a very complex system.
Another might say that a modern auto is simpler because if it breaks the computer tells you what is wrong and you don't need to be constantly be adjusting the points and condenser, timing, carburator, etc. for optimal operation.
:rant: alert!
Amiga fanboys remind me so much of Linux fanboys........they seem to think that there chosen OS is the most superior in the universe and have never considered moving with the times and making life easy for themselves. And no, I'm not preaching that they should ditch their Amiga's for PC's. Just that they acknowledge the Amiga as being old hat and deservedly so and that if they want to keep the platform alive for the next generation who fancies a bit of retro action, then at least make life simple for them when it comes to installing stuff.
Where did you happen to find someone that thinks AmigaOS is still the most superior OS? I'm sure you'll find many people who will say that it WAS better than DOS or MAC or Atari - back in the day...
Of the few still using AmigaOS, I would be surprised if you actually found ONE that would claim that it is a viable option for modern day computing, let alone better than any contemporary OS.
All I can say is that no Amiga I have ever own has become corrupted by not shutting down properly -> leading to a complete reinstall of the OS.
