Will Workbench 3.0 run on a 2.05 ROM?

[McNorris]

I was disheartened to learn crossdos didn't come with Workbench 2.05.

I just need it functional enough to do some Workbench 2.1 adfs.

I'm almost there.

Damn.

[iamaboringperson]

I think crossdos might work, just not the rest of it.

I don't know, however it's always worth a try!

[McNorris]

The trouble is I will have to buy 3.0 disks (a good $15 local). So I'm not itching to do it if it won't work.

[adz]

Simply put, no, I tried myself and failed, WB 3.0 will run with KS 2.05 but you can't install it. I had to install WB 3.0 via WinUAE and then put the drive back in the system, kinda ran a bit crappy. Alas my Amiga skills aren't the greatest and I'm sure there is someone out there who has done it.

[zipper]

http://home.t-online.de/home/r.benda/soft2.html has Workbench 2.1, perhaps it's there.

[zipper]

(talking to himself..)CrossDosfilesystem seems to be there.
But no mountlist at least on that WB floppy.

[Varthall]

McNorris wrote:
I was disheartened to learn crossdos didn't come with Workbench 2.05.

I just need it functional enough to do some Workbench 2.1 adfs.

I'm almost there.

Damn.

A much simplier solution would be to use fat95 or messydos instead of crossdos, they are both free.

Varthall

[pjhutch]

Try MSH and FAT95 from Aminet which does the same thing as Crossdos:
http://de.aminet.net/

See
misc/emu/msh-156.lha
misc/emu/fat95.lha

PS: I do not think WB 3 will work on KS2.05 as there are new libraries on KS3.1 and new devices that aren`t compatible on a KS2.05.

[Cyberus]

McNorris wrote:
The trouble is I will have to buy 3.0 disks (a good $15 local). So I'm not itching to do it if it won't work.

$15 is a bit steep for 3.0 disks. I think Ryu (?) was selling sets much much cheaper than that ~ $5, why not ask if he'll ship to US.
Also, WB3.1 wouldn't set you back much more than about 20USD I'm guessing. I've seen an ebay seller selling a set for about 12 UKP ~ 20 USD