![]() ![]() ![]() Copy the AmigaOS 3.9 files to a HDF image file With Amiga911 Maker 1.62 it is possible to create Emergency Disk II floppies that supports booting from both AmigaOS3.9 ISO and HDF image files, where they can be present on any drive that gets mounted upon booting the Emergency Disk II.Other supported sources: AmigaOS XL CD or ISO. Don't worry about the drive not having the correct name since the Emergency Disk II floppy will look for both names upon booting. It would really have been best to rename the pendrive/CF card to AmigaOS3.9, but here the problem is that FAT formatted drives can't have dots in the volume names, so you will have to rename the device to AmigaOS39 instead. This has to be done from Windows, so quit WinUAE. ![]() This is best done from Workbench in order to give the drawer an icon () Now there is one final thing to do, and that is to rename the pendrive/CF card. After the copying is done, you can make an additional EXTRAS drawer for the Boing Bag updates, an and various other stuff that can be useful to have. In my case, the pendrive was called CORSAIR, so I entered the following in Shell: Copy AmigaOS3.9: to CORSAIR: ALL But here you must of course replace CORSAIR with the volume (or device) name of your own pendrive/CF card. But what causes this isn't copy protection, no it's quite simply because Windows doesn't 100% support the file system used on the CD (there are problems with international characters in the file names for example). The first one is the fact that although it's possible to browse the CD on a Windows PC, there will be problems when trying to copy all files from it. This is not true, and I belive there are two reasons why some people seem to think so. Let's start off by debunking a couple of myths that seems to be floating around: Myth 1: The AmigaOS 3.9 CD contains copy protection. The tutorial is really not completely finished yet, among other things, it will in the future include some instructions on how to make a customized AmigaOS 3.9 ISO image. Alternatives to the AmigaOS 3.9 CD Alternatives to the AmigaOS 3.9 CD Introduction This tutorial explains some alternative methods of making it possible to install AmigaOS 3.9 on a real Amiga by using the Emergency Disk II boot floppy, and it's mainly intended for those who doesn't have a CD-ROM drive connected to their Amiga. ![]()
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