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[PanterHZ]

For all those that might be interested in trying out an Amiga911 boot disk, but who also thinks it sounds like too much hassle to download and install Amiga911 Maker just for creating one, there is now a much easier solution available. This comes in the form of some generic ready-made versions of the Amiga911 floppy that was created by using Amiga911 Maker 1.54. The target Amigas for these disks are A600 and/or A1200, but they should also work with other Amiga models as well.
Because of legal reasons, the disks are missing the majority of the system files since they are still under copyright. This means that upon booting one of the Amiga911 disks for the very first time, it must be activated by importing the missing files from a Workbench disk before it can be fully used.

For more info, take a look at this page: http://amiga911maker.site11.com/main...a911_disks.htm


In addition to the ready-made versions of the Amiga911 boot disk, there are also eight generic ready-made A911Extras packs available as well (created with Amiga911 Maker 1.54). Unlike the Amiga911 disks, they don't need to contain any copyrighted system files, so there is no sort of activation required.

For more info, check out this page: http://amiga911maker.site11.com/main...tras_packs.htm


Here are some YouTube videos which shows an Amiga911 disk + A911Extras drawer in action:

The Amiga911 boot disk Part 1: Activating the Amiga911 disk and making a backup of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_ASDJZkTs

The Amiga911 boot disk Part 2: Setting up a harddisk on the Amiga by using HDToolbox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJaZq_p-L9U

The Amiga911 boot disk Part 3: Installing ClassicWB directly from HDF image file.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4RB7kDm-hk

The Amiga911 boot disk Part 4: Installing Workbench + BetterWB directly from ADF image files.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtRTs2ea1d0


Have in mind that these videos are highly unprofessional, where especially part 2 is quite a bit clumsy. The reason for the bad image quality is because I used composite as video output when recording.

[Ezrec]

Have you considered using the C: programs from AROS m68k, instead of requiring an AmigaOS Workbench to install from?

[lionstorm]

thx ! these new disk additions look handy...

[PanterHZ]

Thanks for the feedback :-)

Yes I might consider using Aros m68k files instead of the standard Workbench ones, or at least make this an option. This of course depends upon whether or not I'm allowed to do so, and it also depends on how much of the original system files that can be replaced by Aros files.

[Cammy]

Thank you for doing this! I was getting so depressed with people private messaging me and asking me to make these disks for them.

[persia]

911 was an inside job.

[Ezrec]

Originally Posted by PanterHZ

Thanks for the feedback :-)

Yes I might consider using Aros m68k files instead of the standard Workbench ones, or at least make this an option. This of course depends upon whether or not I'm allowed to do so, and it also depends on how much of the original system files that can be replaced by Aros files.

You are allowed to redistribute binaries, so long as you indicate in your README in the package which files are from AROS m68k, what build that you used, and state that the sources are available from aros.org.

If you make modifications to the Sources, you need to make those modifications available via the same distribution method (ie download page) as the packaged binaries.

Of course, if you *do* find bugs, let us know! We'll be more than happy to fix any regression against the AOS 3.x utilities!

[DutchinUSA]

My McCrappy SiteAdvisor doesn't like something on the site

[PanterHZ]

Originally Posted by Cammy

Thank you for doing this! I was getting so depressed with people private messaging me and asking me to make these disks for them.

You're welcome Cammy
Although I have tried to make Amiga911 Maker as easy to use as possible, I can understand that some may find it a bit confusing, and maybe too much hassle just for creating a boot disk as well.

Originally Posted by persia

911 was an inside job.

Yes you are right, Amiga911 was entirely an inside job.

Originally Posted by Ezrec

You are allowed to redistribute binaries, so long as you indicate in your README in the package which files are from AROS m68k, what build that you used, and state that the sources are available from aros.org.

If you make modifications to the Sources, you need to make those modifications available via the same distribution method (ie download page) as the packaged binaries.

Of course, if you *do* find bugs, let us know! We'll be more than happy to fix any regression against the AOS 3.x utilities!

OK, I had a feeling that it was only this it would take, so maybe I should check out the Aros files. If it can be done, I will make some alternative ready-made Amiga911 disks which contains Aros binaries as replacements for the standard Workbench ones.

Originally Posted by DutchinUSA

My McCrappy SiteAdvisor doesn't like something on the site

Hmmm... There really isn't anything malicious on my site. The only thing I can think of that may be the reason for what you experienced, is that there is/was another dodgy site present on the same server as my site. I use a free web host for the Amiga911 Maker site, and sadly there are some people who abuse the free services on the internet.