Create a SuperKickstart 3.1.4 Floppy Disk

Requirements:

• An Amiga with installed operating system and ARexx
• A SuperKickstart floppy disk
• The Install3.1.4 disk
• At least 2 MB free harddisk space
• The programm MakeSuperDisk written by Olaf Barthel

Step 1: Extract the Kickstarts of an existing SuperKickstart disk

• Insert the SuperKickstart disk into drive DF0
• Insert the Install disk into drive DF1
• Open a Shell window and enter these commands:

df1:c/extractkickstart df0: 1.3 Kick1.3
df1:c/extractkickstart df0: Kick2.0

If you have only one floppy drive you can copy ExtractKickstart to the harddrive first and execute it from there.

Step 2: Extract the bonus code from Kickstart 2.x

• Enter the following ARexx script:

/* REXX */

if Open(in,"Work:Kick/Kick2.0",read) then do
	call Seek(in,512*1024)
	b = ReadCh(in,512)
	if (~eof(in)) then
	if Open(out,"Work:Kick/bonus.bin",write) then do
		do while (~eof(in))
			call WriteCh out,b
			b = ReadCh(in,512)
		end
		call Close(out)
	end
	call Close(in)
end

• execute it

Step 3: Append the bonus code to the Kickstart 3.1.4 image

• Unpack the ROM file to Work:
• Enter the following command:

join work:roms/unsplit_unswapped/kick.a3000.46.143 bonus.bin as Kick3.1.4

Step 4: Create a new Kickstart disk

• Unpack the MakeSuperDisk.lha archive to Work:
• Insert an empty floppy disk into drive DF0
• Enter the following command:

work:makesuperdisk to df0: 2.x=kick3.1.4 1.3=kick1.3