Dunno about AmigaForever, but with winuae, the hdf file must be mounted as a harddisk. After booting the first time, AmigaSYS *should* ask for the OS3.9 CD. Follow the instructions onscreen. After amigasys copied some files from the cd, just reset and you should a working version of amigasys.
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