Is it possible to make a 3.5 Emergency Disk?

[XDelusion]

I always get to the part where it is copying over the Screenmode.prefs then I get a script error.

I have been using a retail disc too btw.

[Matt_H]

Isn't it the first option in the Installer? (Been a while, so not sure)

[save2600]

Can't say I remember ever having luck in making an emergency floppy from 3.5 or 3.9. Would crash half or three quarters of the way through. If I did get it to go through somehow and finish (can't remember the particular voodoo I went through), the disk would still be useless at it would either freeze the computer at some point or fail to deal with the CD-drive properly.

[XDelusion]

Next to the last, and yes, that's what don't work.

[Matt_H]

Ah, sorry, misunderstood the question. Thought it was the main install that was failing and would an emergency disk help correct it.

What's the script error? Whenever these sorts of things happen I try to look at the script itself to see if I can work around the problem. And since the end product is a floppy that mounts the CD (and finishes booting from CD?) you can try to work to that manually.

I have a vague recollection of the emergency disk installer copying a fixed directory or file from your hard disk to floppy. It works on a stock install, but if you've been using the system for any amount of time (adding patches, etc), the directory gets too big for a floppy - is that what's happening here, maybe?

[LoadWB]

I have successfully made emergency disks for all of my systems using the 3.9 CD.  Could the problem be an Installer version issue?

[XDelusion]

Ya, the 3.9 emergency disk process always goes smooth for me too.

What I've been doing here is installing 3.1 in WinUAE, then booting into 3.1 install and trying to make my 3.5 Emergency disk from the installer on the CD...

As I see no other way about this.

I know I could simply just upgrade 3.1 to 3.5 which I've done in the past, but I'd really like to be able to install 3.5 straight without having to resort to 3.1.

[Matt_H]

Ya, the 3.9 emergency disk process always goes smooth for me too.

What I've been doing here is installing 3.1 in WinUAE, then booting into 3.1 install and trying to make my 3.5 Emergency disk from the installer on the CD...

As I see no other way about this.

I know I could simply just upgrade 3.1 to 3.5 which I've done in the past, but I'd really like to be able to install 3.5 straight without having to resort to 3.1.

That gives me an idea:
1. Install 3.1
2. Open Screenmode prefs
3. Hit 'Save'
4. Create emergency disk

I think there is no screenmode.prefs on a stock 3.1 install - that might be why it's failing.

[XDelusion]

That gives me an idea:
1. Install 3.1
2. Open Screenmode prefs
3. Hit 'Save'
4. Create emergency disk

I think there is no screenmode.prefs on a stock 3.1 install - that might be why it's failing.

Hmmm... Will try.

[XDelusion]

That did the trick...

I guess I've not touched touched 3.5 in years, I'd forgotten that it was an upgrade package and can not be used as a stand alone OS (without 3.1) after all...

Hence defeating the point of my quest here all together.

Well now it's installed again, time to look for ways to make it more friendly with my 25Mhz 030 a600..

Indirectly inspired by Karlos.