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04 Patching

Paul Bernicchi edited this page Jul 28, 2026 · 1 revision

Patching to 2.1p2a

Two different patch disks exist and they are not interchangeable:

  • 2.1p2a (Commodore) — the official patch. This is the one to use for a normal tape install. Brings the kernel to 2.1c.
  • 2.1 patch disk (oddsocks, 2013) — for the hard-disk-install hack. Not applicable here.

See https://www.amigaunix.com/doku.php/patch-disk.

Insert the 2.1p2a disk, follow its instructions, then:

shutdown -i6

Everything including networking should come back up. Confirm:

$ uname -a
UNIX_System_V amix 4.0 2.1c 0800430 Amiga (Unlimited) m68k

Snapshot again once verified.

Snapshots

APFS clones make these effectively free:

cd ~/Documents/FS-UAE/AMIX
cp -c a3000ux.hdf a3000ux-2.1c-patched.hdf

To restore, rename the live file aside first rather than letting cp truncate in place, so a mid-copy failure cannot damage the snapshot:

mv a3000ux.hdf a3000ux-old.hdf
cp -c a3000ux-2.1c-patched.hdf a3000ux.hdf

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