| From: | Shane Ponting |
| Date: | 3 May 2000 at 04:55:58 |
| Subject: | Re: Digest Number 316 |
Hello Victor
On 03-May-00, you wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I been quiet for a while so I thought its time to put in my 2 pence
> worth.
>
> On 03-May-00,
> Shane Ponting, Taranaki, New Zealand, wrote
>
> Message: 17
> #Who'd want to *buy* an older OS ?? Pointless really#
I was writing this in response to the fact there was a site which some
members of this list agree with & some don't that offers this softtare as a
free download so if you can download it - why would you want to buy it ??
>
> Not as pointless as it seems,
> 1) those Amigians that have older roms cannot use OS3.5.
>
> 2) _Tips for those installing OS3.5_
>
> a) Once you have installed OS3.1, make sure your CD Dosdriver is
> installed and then switch your computer off for 20 seconds, otherwise
> if you are re-installing from a failed OS3.5 installation your system
> will still think that you have OS 3.5 installed.
>
> b) If you use Squirrelscsi, re-install it onto your OS 3.1 , before
> trying to install OS 3.5. Make sure you have the Squirrelscsi
> dosdrivers installed.
>
> c) CacheCD dose not work with Squirrelscsi , on crashes you will get "
> can not mount CD0:" ( squirrelscsi is mounted in user-startup)
>
> d) Emergency Disk , will not work with Squirrelscsi, make your scsi
> emergency boot disk using the Squirrel software. And make a spare
> boot partition on your squirrelscsi drive.
>
> This also has the advantage that if you install or do something stupid
> and your system crashes or will not boot, you can easily boot from
> your second boot partion and repair your stupidity (I know).
>
>
>
> Regards
Regards
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