Indeed it's better to hook up a 2nd hd and transfer all the files from one to the other. But there are a few minor details that might cause lot of stress ...
Your first hd works fine ? Load hdtoolbox and set the boot priority to something higher than 0, for example 1. Then try to install your 2nd hd, slave of course. Be sure to set the boot priority of that one to 0 and not higher. The reason is that if you finally copy all the files from your 1st to your 2nd hd that this 2nd has to boot up your Amiga when you formatted your 1st hd. If you don't set a boot priority to the 2nd then it won't matter what Workbench is copied on there, from 1.3 to 3.9, because your 2nd hd is not set to boot up. This would mean that you just finished formatting your 1st and do a reset and end up with a kickstart 2.0 screen asking for a bootable floppy. That would be heartache, wouldn't it ?!
Also this. If you copy all the files from your 1st hd to your freshly formatted 2nd hd then you probably will do this manually, drag and drop. Be sure to go first with the mouse to the top and right click on the mouse and set the 'show' not to 'icons only' but to 'all files'. Otherwise you will only copy the files and directories that have an icon and forget to copy the other ones so that you won't be able to boot up.
Can`t format a floppy on pc ?? Try using a DD floppy instead of a HD floppy. The pc will see that it's only a double density floppy and format it on 720 K.
But if you do get an ADF file on a 720 K floppy then you still have make your Amiga read a pc floppy. Dunno how it works with kickstart 2.0. If you finally can do it then don't forget to format an Amiga floppy so that it can be used to install and only then you can copy the stuff from your pc floppy to your Amiga floppy. It`s a clumsy thing but if you don't have any friends with a usable Workbench disc then it may be the only thing to do. You can of course also look on Ebay (click
HERE ) for used floppies or even a brandnew kickstart 3.1 + floppies. Also click on another
Ebay search for more A600 stuff...
