Amiga 4000 IDE CDRom OS 3.9 Install

[RichardM]

I know im making things difficult for myself, but there has to be a way of doing this!

Im trying to install OS3.9 onto an IDE disk of an A4000 with an IDE CD-ROM. First step is install WB3.1 - done. Then add AmiCDFS - ok - but the CD Drive is not recognised. Do I have to patch the SCSI device before the IDE device is recognised and the 3.9 install can begin?

Cheers

 

[Templar]

Why AmiCDFS? I think AmigaOS 3.9 comes with CacheCDFS as standard.

 

[RichardM]

Indeed 3.9 does come with a lovely CD Driver, but its on the CD. I need to install a CD Driver onto workbench 3.1 to allow me to access the 3.9 media to install 3.9.

I tried IDEFix, which worked a treat but leaves me with a 3.9 system with nag screens all over it, so I was looking for a different CD Driver which could be used in place prior to the 3.9 upgrade.

 

[Templar]

Why installing 3.1 first? You don't have repair disk of 3.9? It will be far more easily with that.

 

[cocomocho]

Hello friend, I explain as I do in my A4000 . WB 3.1 installed , then install the Idefix to operate the CDROM drive , in the installation process will tell you that will scan the device , then there have to choose ATAPI.device and right you will leave the name of the CDROM drive , select it and give it to USE , I ask you how many discs you put that drive supports 1 and then CD0 or CD1, ask you if you want to mount the unit and you say yes , and everything follows a once it is installed you put the CDROM OS3.9 and you will recognize it and run the installer. I will leave several options and the first thing you have to do is create the emergency disk and in a moment you are creating the floppy disk asks you if you want to integrate the CDROM device by IDEFIX or SCSI , you say that by IDEFIX once finished creating the emergency diskette , reboot your Amiga with the disk in and it came at a time when charging is activated by loading the CDROM drive and boot OS3.9 and once loaded and then reformat or create partitions on the hard disk , and run the installer and install the OS3.9 on the partition you want

 

[bitcpy]

I was facing the same issue.

Easiest thing to do is download: http://aminet.net/package/disk/cdrom/AmiCDROM-1.15

This will install the correct driver and allow scsi.device to see your IDE CDROM.

Once it is installed, use the OS 3.9 and create an emergency repair/boot disk.

Reboot computer and install OS3.9.

Once OS3.9 is installed, remove AmiCDROM 1.15 and install the CacheCDFS that comes with OS3.9.

Hope this helps.

I know im making things difficult for myself, but there has to be a way of doing this!

Im trying to install OS3.9 onto an IDE disk of an A4000 with an IDE CD-ROM. First step is install WB3.1 - done. Then add AmiCDFS - ok - but the CD Drive is not recognised. Do I have to patch the SCSI device before the IDE device is recognised and the 3.9 install can begin?

Cheers

 

[RichardM]

Marvellous, thanks! I couldn't get AmiCDFS to recognise the IDE CD-ROM but IDE-Fix did and allowed me to access the CD-ROM and create the 3.9 repair disk. A quick wipe and reinstall and we're up and running.

Thanks for all suggestions

 

[PaStMAN87]

Hello every1 im having this problem to I installed 3.1 on my A4000 now like the other people here cd ide drive does not load I got the aminet files off net unzip them on my pc
ran WINEAU on pc copyed them on to my A4000 hd in a folder put it back into A4000 find the files but some of the files say cant load installer tool .im not sure where I have gone wrong

 

[supaduper]

Try another `installer` like this one

http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/InstallerNG

 

[PaStMAN87]

where do I put these files can I just drag them from from my pc in wineua ? :roll:

 

[supaduper]

Scrub the last installer package I linked

download the installer from the link below and drag the `installer` and the `installer.info` icons into the System `C` drawer,remove the one thats already in there first(create new drawer and put it in there in case you have probs you can get it back)

http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Installer-43_3