How to Create a boot floppy?

[StormLord]

I though that creating a boot floppy for my A1200 was just a matter of formating
disk 880k and craeting an S directory where the startup-sequence will lie there.
but no matter what I tried I couldn't succeed.
 everytime that I cycle the power from my amiga and from early menu selecting DF0 as boot device
and also selecting boot without S-S always sys partition is my OS3.9 partition.
Do I have to do some "special" kind of format?

[Daniele]

Hi...

you mean a boot disk like used in Windows/Dos?

Be must specific

anyway do not forget to do install df0: by cli to make your floppy disk ready to go into cli at the boot!

[Tenacious]

Some of the OS resides in the built-in rom chip, but many essentials are on the Workbench floppy.  Example: the commands in C:, the files in LIBS:, DEVS:, L:, S:, etc.  In the early days before hard drives were common on Amigas, people were very creative about ways to work with only 1 or 2 floppy drives.  The extreme flexibility, small footprint,  and logical structure of the OS contributed greatly to it's lasting popularity.  You probably knew this already!

Most people make a copy of their original Workbench disk and delete from the copy those utilities, commands and programs they won't need everyday.  This will free up some disk space for your preferred programs.

[karel]

install df0: ?
 :-?

[StormLord]

Install DF0: !!!!!!!!!!
THANKS!
I had forgot this command... actually I don't remember if I ever used it.
that did the trick.....
anyone knows what this command do to the floppy? maybe something like the HDtoolbox do
when we select the "bootable" checkbox?

What I want to do is: create a bootable floppy that will mount the CD..
I copied from my 3.9 partition the handler (cachecdfs) and from dosdrivers the mountlist cd0
when I start from that floppy, and when I write "mount cd0:"
I get a prompt without any error, but when I try to make a dir on cd0: it says that its not a dos disk in drive...
any help?

[meega]

It writes a standard bootblock to the disk. Look in the C drawer, you should find the Install command. Or try formatting the disk with a Trashcan, I think that does the trick too.

[marcfrick2112]

Hi StormLord, I don't know the specifics, but when you use 'Install DF0:' it installs an AmigaDOS bootblock, very much like selecting 'bootable' for hard drives, as you guessed.

OK, as for a bootable floppy that mounts CD0: ... If you make an emergency disk from the OS3.9 CD, it should do the trick..

[Ancalimon]

Does anyone have any idea why amigasociety is not able to create a bootable floppy when he uses the command:

INSTALL DF0: FFS

?

[amiman99]

Install DF0: !!!!!!!!!!
THANKS!
I had forgot this command... actually I don't remember if I ever used it.
that did the trick.....
anyone knows what this command do to the floppy? maybe something like the HDtoolbox do
when we select the "bootable" checkbox?

What I want to do is: create a bootable floppy that will mount the CD..
I copied from my 3.9 partition the handler (cachecdfs) and from dosdrivers the mountlist cd0
when I start from that floppy, and when I write "mount cd0:"
I get a prompt without any error, but when I try to make a dir on cd0: it says that its not a dos disk in drive...
any help?

You need need to copy CD filesystem files to your floppy. CD filesystem in L folder (the one in your mountlist), mountlist in DEVS/DOSdrivers and driver in DEVS folder (like scsi.device).
Should work after that.