Amiga Forever OS floppy image question

[blanghorst]

Hello,
 
I think I know the answer to this question, but I wanted to confirm with some of my fellow Amigans before I bought the latest version of Amiga Forever.   My understanding is that the Plus version or above comes with complete ADF disk image sets for all of the operating systems through 3.9 and therefore, you can write those to floppy disk and use them to reinstall operating systems on hardware Amigas.  Is that correct?  
 
I have an Amiga 3000 that came loaded with Workbench 3.1 but it did not come with floppy disks and I'd like to have a floppy set to do a reload or have as backups in the event of a crash.
 
Thanks

[Thomas]

My understanding is that the Plus version or above comes with complete ADF disk image sets for all of the operating systems through 3.9

No, the only complete disk set is 3.1. For the older versions you get Workbench and sometimes Extras disks. 3.5 and 3.9 are not included, 3.X is preinstalled (no install medium included).

you can write those to floppy disk and use them to reinstall operating systems on hardware Amigas.

Yes, you can use the 3.1 ADF set to create floppy disks and install it on your real Amiga.

[Piru]

3.5 and 3.9 are not included, 3.X is preinstalled (no install medium included).

In addition to this Cloanto has gone to great lengths to make sure that any pending legal issues have been cleared. For instance they've made sure that the OS 3.9 installation does not include Genesis which Haage&Partner never had a license for.

[blanghorst]

Cool, thanks guys.  3.1 was the one I was most concerned with anyway, so it sounds like I should go ahead and buy it.

[sledge]

Cool, thanks guys.  3.1 was the one I was most concerned with anyway, so it sounds like I should go ahead and buy it.

It's a good buy, and you get all the kickstarts aswell.

But if you can get your hands of an Amiga OS 3.5 CD cheap on Ebay, then you have the Amiga OS 3.1 install disks on that one aswell.

[blanghorst]

It's a good buy, and you get all the kickstarts aswell.
 
But if you can get your hands of an Amiga OS 3.5 CD cheap on Ebay, then you have the Amiga OS 3.1 install disks on that one aswell.

Unfortunately, I forgot to check and lost an auction on the 3.5 CD the other day.  But knowing the 3.1 install disk images are on that CD may make me rethink buying Amiga Forever and look for 3.5 instead.

[Thomas]

The OS 3.5 CD does not contain disk images. It contains the files from the A4000T install disks, i.e. three HD floppy disks. You need a HD floppy drive to use them.

But you cann install 3.1 directly from CD if you have a boot floppy with CD drivers.