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Amiga computer related discussion => General chat about Amiga topics => Topic started by: Vampyre on October 21, 2009, 01:47:04 PM
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Hello!
I have managed to download and start innstalling WHDLoad on my Amiga1200, but after choosing the drawer C in the Workbench folder, I just get the message that it cannot access/open that drawer when pressing "proceed". I have WB3.0 on an 85MB Original HDD and tried the installer program both from the 512MB CF I have WHDLoad on and also directly from the harddrive...
Pls help anyone :S
V.
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Don't specify the C drawer to install to, it will do that for you ... Just choose SYS: or Workbench: and see what happens.
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It happens exactly the same. I tried to leave it how it shows, I tried to just choose Workbench as you suggest and I have also tried to choose Workbench:C but the message is always the same :
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Sorry... an Error Has Occured!
FOREACH: Can't examine file or drawer "C" in line 95
DOS Error Type: Unable to locate a file or drawer.
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I have also downloaded WHLoad again, but the same :S I really cannot get whats wrong because the drawer C are there for sure!!
Frustrating :(
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@Vampyre
Have you considered examining the install file and see what line 95 actually wants to do (it's a simple text file, so it should be rather easy)?
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In the drawer WHDload, there is the install Icon and an Drawer called S. Its this drawer the install program looks for (so it seems), but since its called S and not C, then the error occurs. So when I renamed it to C it got past this problem but then there is another error message about failing to find drawer S. So I made a copy of S and renamed it C and kept both in the WHDLoad drawer. When I then run the install program, it went all the way through and it said that WHDLoad was installed sucessfully.
But when I try to install a slave, it still says that I have to install WHDLoad or make sure its in the path. Any way I can check that WHDload is in the path? Because as far as I can see the WHDLoad files are now in Workbench:C on my harddrive...
V.
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To see if the executable is installed just type "whdload" in a cli window.
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Might also be a wrong version of c:installer.
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Your archive is bad.
Redownload WHDLoad.
When you extract the archive, you should have BOTH a C and S folder (along with a Docs folder).
You need both, you cant simply rename S to C and expect it to work.
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Thanks for all the answers.
Yes, it seems like the file for download is bad, because there is just an S drawer and not the C. I have downloaded it both from the official site and Aminet, but they both just come with the S drawer. The renaming was a shot in the dark anyway, but it if course gave me the idea that something was missing though :p
Anyway, anyone know other place I can download the program from?
Sorry for all the stupid Q's, but I am totally new to all this, so thanks for the patience :)
V.
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Download WHDLoad and unpack it in the RAM Disk. Try to install.
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@Vampyre
The archive I just downloaded from the official website contains all the files needed (C dir etc.). Make sure to unpack the archive on your Amiga and not on your PC.
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Thanks, I am going to do that. I thougth I could just unzip the package directly to the CF card and then run it on the Amiga. But I dont have LHA on the Amiga, so I am trying to find out where to download it from so I can copy it to the C folder. It worked with Installer43_3 so I guess I can just do the same copy with LHA.
V.