Installing Amiga OS 3.5 - without pre-install of OS 3.1

[A4000_Mad]

E-mail sent with OS3.5 Emergency-Disk as an ADF file :-)

I created it using an A4000 with hard drive set as master on 1st IDE position and CDrom set as slave on 2nd IDE lead position. So you'll need to duplicate this setup.

I've just used the Emergency-Disk and OS3.5 CD to install OS3.1 and then OS3.5 to what was an empty HDD in another A4000 :pint:

[Nlandas]

Update: Ok, color me silly - I found in the bottom of an old Commodore box of mine the original AmigaDos 3.1 install disks. So I think I can get 3.1 up and running easy enough, they should work.

The A4000 I bought has a Buddha controller in it but no install floppies. Otherwise, I'd be all set at this point. I can download the drivers but not easily get them onto Amiga formatted floppy.

Thanks everyone for the ideas and help. I guess I'm down to just finding a CDFS on Amiga floppy.

I'd pay someone for the disk and shipping if they'd just copy the demo IDE-fix onto it for me. That'd get my cd working long enough to install 3.5 and then I'm golden.

[Nlandas]

I'll see if I can get the ADF file onto my A1200 using the IBM floppy to Amiga then back to Amiga DD proggy I found. Thanks, I now have two options. 8^)

[Nlandas]

kranich-ba wrote:
if you don't have a set of workbench disks, this could be one solution.

If you have WB3.0 disk set, you can use these to install a workbench on your A4k. You can use crossdos (pc0:) to access pc formated disk to tranfer a cdrom file system. After installing set device to scsi.device unit 1 for slave cdrom. Now your cdrom should work!

should even work with wb2x quite similar

I can't believe I forgot about Crossdos being bundled with the OS. Boy, I've been away for too long. :-D

Thanks EVERYONE for getting me going again. Sorry to have asked such a simple question. Now that I'm working on the A4000, everything is starting to come back.

I'm using Crossdos right now to transfer the drivers for the Budha which includes CDFS. I'm waiting on my 3.1 ROMS to be delivered so once those are in, I'm ready to install OS 35.

I really appreciate the help. That is my fondest memory of the Amiga community. How willing people were to help another Amiga user out. On the Linux forums I use, I'd have just been labeled a noob and told the read the manual. (If it was that polite.)

Thanks again. :-) -Nyle

[spanner]

I installed Amiga OS 3.5 and it looks like 3.1 (gray with big blue and gray icons) how do I make it look like this..??

[PanterHZ]

I installed Amiga OS 3.5 and it looks like 3.1 (gray with big blue and gray icons) how do I make it look like this..??

It could be that your Workbench is currently using a 4 color screenmode. If this is the case, you can change it with ScreenMode (located in Prefs drawer). Just set it to 16 colors or more.

[danbeaver]

Another solution is to get a CF card with the full install on it from someone nearby and use a IDE -> Cf adapter to install it on your Hard Drive  I made one a  few weeks ago and mailed it to the person.

[danbeaver]

Sorry, I should have added that the Buddah controller install disk has a full version of IDEfix on it ad does the Amiga Forever CD. Maybe some could attach an ADF of the Budda disk -- I have one