Installing OS 3.5 HELP ME

[amazing]

hi guys
i have a problem when i want to install os 3.5
i bought a original cd on ebay this week
after i installed wb 3,1 and idefix it shows up on my screen
i have a few options
1-preinstall
2-install os 3.5
3-emergency disk

when i want to make a emergency disk i get an error
COPYFILES:problem with source file/drawer "screenmode.prefs"in line 4486.

when i want a preinstalation it say

aproximately 20mb of disk space is needed on your target volume
you only have ""kbyte free

so it wont install? but the h/d is 1.2 gig? that should be enough? and its a clean wb 3.1 install?

on main install the same story?

i hope u guys  can help me out

[lurkist]

Not sure about the screenmode pref problem, but regarding HD space, I'm fairly sure that 3.1 creates a 10MB Workbench partition, so you'll need to start again.  When you firsts prep the HD, go into the HDtoolbox program and adjust the WB partition to 50 or even 100 MB to be sure.

Good luck!

[amazing]

strange thing is it shows no h/d in the toolbox?
no info of the driv eso i cant change anything?
what goes wrong on it? i also tried a 30gig drive but the same prob?
i can format both drives but not adjust the mb of the wb?

[amazing]

ok i'm desperate now..
i tried 4 other harddisks but all give the same prob?
anyone got a solution? this should be a piece of cake normaly?

[Thomas]

when i want to make a emergency disk i get an error
COPYFILES:problem with source file/drawer "screenmode.prefs"in line 4486.

Run Prefs/ScreenMode and click on Save, then try again.

Bye,
Thomas

[amazing]

someone send me a rope...
i made a emergency disk finally..thx thomas

but now when i boot up with it it cand find my cd rom?
how to handle now?

i'm really hanging above the stairs if it goes on like this

[lurkist]

You have to install IDEfix for each device you use (unless you are a techie hacker type!)  This can be a pain, but once it's up and running it is there for good.

[amazing]

yeah but the thing is i installed it at the first place to read the cdrom of os 3.5? so why doesnt it reconize?
or should i install idefix in a specific folder?

[Thomas]

Could you please list the details of your hardware, everything you think what could be of help, but especially what kind of Amiga you have and where the CD-ROM is connected to and how the jumpers on the drives are set.

Then please give more details about the error. Is there only one requester "Please insert volume AmigaOS3.5 in any drive" or are there two requesters, first "cannot open atapi.device unit 1" and when you cancel this one the other one comes up ?

Generally speaking, you have to make sure that all files needed to access the CD drive are copied to the disk. The installer cannot consider all combinations of hardware, so you might have to tweak it manually. For this you better be a "techie hacker type", but it's not too difficult.

Just load the file EMERGENCY_CD from the Devs/DosDrivers directory of the floppy disk into a text editor. Then check the name next to the "Device =" entry. If it is "atapi.device", then change it to "scsi.device" and save the changes.

If the name is not "atapi.device" then check if a file of that name is in the Devs directory of the disk. If not, copy it from your boot partition. (E.g. if the dos driver says "Device = john.device" then copy "john.device" to Devs).

Bye,
Thomas

[twizzle]

the create emergency boot disk in OS3.5 does not work and never has :-( this was noted when it was first released.

i found this out  6/7yrs ago when i got OS3.5.

[Thomas]

That's not true. It does work for me. It always worked on any Amiga I tried it on.

As I said, the installer cannot consider every existing hardware configuration. But with a little tweaking it can be made working.

Bye,
Thomas

[twizzle]

hi thomas

what tweaks and where did you make them on the emergency boot disk to make it work??

if i remember it was reported in amiga format mag at the time??
 bye mike