Maybe it's my explanation, but I'll try again.
You wrote:
I wrote:Installed Vanilla... Installed update 1,2,hotfix 2
Then AmiUpdate 2.58 (along with the required lib update to allow 2.58 to install).
"anything else" includes update 1 and 2 etc.if you install the working version 2.58 of AmiUpdate before trying to use it to install anything else, things should go much smoother.
Best regards,
Niels