- On the modern side - create the maximum size virtual disk ProDOS can see:
- Windows: fsutil file createnew boot.po 33553920
- Mac/Linux: dd if=/dev/zero of=boot.po bs=512 count=65535
- Get a hold of all seven GSOS 6.0.1 install disk images wherever pirated disks are housed - or rip your own legitimate copy using the CFFA3000; I.e.
- Disk 1 of 7 Install.2mg
- Disk 2 of 7 System Disk.2mg
- Disk 3 of 7 SystemTools1.2mg
- Disk 4 of 7 SystemTools2.2mg
- Disk 5 of 7 Fonts.2mg
- Disk 6 of 7 synthLAB.2mg
- Disk 7 of 7 Apple II Setup.2mg
- Copy boot.po and the seven GSOS disks to your CF or USB media.
Part 2: prepare the GS and CFFA3000
- Move your CF or USB media to the CFFA3000 in your GS and boot to the CFFA3000 menu
- Go to item 4, SmartPort Assignments
- Hit Return on the install disk image - it needs to be first on the list
- Hit return on boot.po, which will be the disk that we'll install GSOS to
- Hit Return on the rest of your GSOS install disks (likely just 2-5) to assign them to SmartPort devices - that will fill up the default 6 slots available; you can configure more if you really want SynthLab
- Hit Esc and quit/reboot.
Part 3: format 32MB "hard drive"
We need to get GSOS to format the virtual hard drive. To do that, we have to run the formatter utility on one of the install disks.
- After rebooting, you should be looking at the "Apple II GS Installer-Easy Update" screen - but don't install yet, we still need to format the virtual hard drive
- Click the "Quit" button to get back to the launcher
- Click the "Disks" button to see all your mounted disks
- Click on ":SystemTools1" disk, click the "Open" button
- Double-click or click the "Open" button on "Adv.Disk.Util"
- Click the "Disk" button until you see "Uninitialized or no disk in drive" AND you have a hard drive icon
- Click the "Initialize..." button
- Name your boot drive and click the "Initialize" button
- When complete, click the "Quit" button.
Part 4: install
With the formatted hard drive prepared and all of the install floppies ready, go ahead and fire up the installer again.
- Either navigate to the Install disk and double-click on the Installer application, or reboot to get the installer running again
- Ensure the disk you just initialized is selected, or navigate to it with the "Change Disk" button
- Either choose "Easy Update" - it'll install and you'll be finished very quickly
- Or... choose "Customize"
- Select all the bits you want
- You probably want to unselect synthLab if you didn't mount that disk
- Click Install
- You may get several messages asking if you want to skip or perform updates... click "Perform This Update" on them all
- Progress is indicated
- On completion - click "OK" button, then "Quit" button.
Part 5: prepare CFFA3000 for final configuration
Now you need to unmount the install diskettes and make the boot.po image be the first/selected one so it will be the thing that boots from now on.
- Get to the CFFA3000 menu however you prefer - reboot and hit "M" key, or Control-OpenApple-Escape key sequence and navigate to it via the control panel
- Go to item 4, SmartPort Assignments
- Tab over to the right side
- Using the arrow keys, highlight each of the installer disk images in turn and hit the "-" key to remove them; leave boot.po there so we can boot from it now
- Hit Escape to back out, then quit/reboot out of the CFFA3000 menu system
- Booting the GS now and forever should boot into GSOS until you change the disk assignments.