Amiga MINIX boot disk

_ThEcRoW · 28 December 2005, 17:17

Hello mates, ia have downloaded the minix disks and have followed the instructions, but the boot disk not boots.
I just extracted all the contents of the lha file onto a blank .adf for then writing back to a disk for my real 500, but the disk won't boot.
Is the disk needed to be formatted on a special manner?
Thanks in advance!!!

pbareges · 28 December 2005, 19:58

you need to make it bootable...the way i performed it at the time was to write a little intro on the bootblock...but i think there is a cli command for that...(install?) also you can take the image of a dos bootable disk, erase contents and copy your files onto it!!! good luck !

redblade · 29 December 2005, 01:25

yep don't forget there is a thread in prb.winuae for more hints and tips to do with Minix.

ant512 · 30 December 2005, 00:02

To make a floppy disk bootable, stick it in the internal disk drive, open a CLI, and type:

install df0:

That's all there is to it.

28 December 2005, 17:17	#1
_ThEcRoW Amiga NetRunner Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain Age: 44 Posts: 941	Amiga MINIX boot disk Hello mates, ia have downloaded the minix disks and have followed the instructions, but the boot disk not boots. I just extracted all the contents of the lha file onto a blank .adf for then writing back to a disk for my real 500, but the disk won't boot. Is the disk needed to be formatted on a special manner? Thanks in advance!!!

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28 December 2005, 19:58	#2
pbareges Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: montreal / canada Age: 46 Posts: 722	you need to make it bootable...the way i performed it at the time was to write a little intro on the bootblock...but i think there is a cli command for that...(install?) also you can take the image of a dos bootable disk, erase contents and copy your files onto it!!! good luck !

29 December 2005, 01:25	#3
redblade Zone Friend Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Middle Earth Age: 39 Posts: 2,011	yep don't forget there is a thread in prb.winuae for more hints and tips to do with Minix.

30 December 2005, 00:02	#4
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 948	To make a floppy disk bootable, stick it in the internal disk drive, open a CLI, and type: install df0: That's all there is to it.

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