AmigaOS Workbench 3.9 install video

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

After I got rid of some duplicate RTG stuff my disk was 81% full - 163KB  free.  Is that enough space?  You could probably use a second disk, if  you needed?  Point of the EBD is to just get your system to the point  where it can run HDToolbox to prep the drive and then run the install  script from the CD, pretty much.  

[giZmo350]

You could probably use a second disk, if  you needed?

You can create an EBD set of multiple disks? Running the install from the EBD would know if you needed more than one disk (would prompt for a 2nd disk)?

Point of the EBD is to just get your system to the point  where it can run HDToolbox to prep the drive and then run the install  script from the CD, pretty much.  

Yea, that much I know...  
I have all the software I need for everything... I should prep an EBD in advance just to check it all out & see how much I can get on a disk - I can do that tomorrow! Yeah!

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

You can create an EBD set of multiple disks? Running the install from the EBD would know if you needed more than one disk (would prompt for a 2nd disk)?

You'd have to fake it out, and edit the startup script to run a command from a second disk, but I don't see why it couldn't work.  Even easier if you have two disk drives.  

Here's a screenshot of the startup-sequence on the EBD.  You can see halfway down (just above the Resident command) where it asks for something off the OS3.9 CD.  Which is why it won't boot completely off this disk unless that CD is in the drive.  Ah-ha!  LOL  

[giZmo350]

You'd have to fake it out, and edit the startup script to run a command from a second disk, but I don't see why it couldn't work.  Even easier if you have two disk drives.  

Got two drives! Geeeze, I don't know why I don't think of things like this... I used "fake out" DOS scripts to do ANYTHING back in the day!

Here's a screenshot of the startup-sequence on the EBD.  You can see halfway down (just above the Resident command) where it asks for something off the OS3.9 CD.  Which is why it won't boot completely off this disk unless that CD is in the drive.  Ah-ha!  LOL  

:lol: YUP!

[mechy]

Installation of AmigaOS Workbench 3.9, web tools, and Boing Bags 1-4.

This was good practice.  I was really tired when I made these videos and made some really dumb noob mistakes, like forgetting to check "bootable" when I prepped my new CF card.  Also I ramble *a lot*.  I should probably reshoot this without so much screwing around.  Oh well, grab a cup of coffee of three (or five), and enjoy!  

Part 1:
http://youtu.be/SCMw8bStvG4

Part 2:
http://youtu.be/ufCuW--Q2nA

Nice videos Mike, of course i'm watching them and yelling out hints and tips(yea, i never make any of those mistakes lol). good job on the video, It shows many of the pitfalls the Amiga user can run into.

forgetting the bootable switch, classic!
lha x works,another classic!
install using emergency_cd as the cd driver name(just rename it CDx)..

I do everything to ram, can't count the times i unarc'd 3-4 progs,then installed one,only to reboot and wipe out the others i had just unarc'd!

all good stuff man!

Mech

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

forgetting the bootable switch, classic!

Yeah, I am still facepalming over that one!  D'oh!  I totally knew better!   :laughing:

Oh well, it was good practice for me, and hopefully anyone who comes along who's never installed 3.9 before can watch those and do it without making my mistakes.  

[mechy]

Yeah, I am still facepalming over that one!  D'oh!  I totally knew better!   :laughing:

Oh well, it was good practice for me, and hopefully anyone who comes along who's never installed 3.9 before can watch those and do it without making my mistakes.  

Its always best to do installs on the real machines, it keeps you proficient
you need to make up a "essentials" cf since you have many unused slots left in the card reader I think you did a good job on the videos-a helluva lot better than i could of