help needed, just set up amiga 1200

[motorollin]

Several users have already told you what you need to do - for example Munchkin's instructions on how to install lha, how to extract lha files, how to install IDEfix etc....

Have you tried any of those instructions?

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moto

[motorollin]

What commands are you typing in to the shell to extract the lha file?

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moto

[motorollin]

It sounds like the lha file has lost its file attributes, so doesn't know it is executable. Open up a shell and type in:

protect c:lha rwed

Then press enter. That should make the lha extractor executable again. You should only need to do this once. Then type in your extract command again:

lha x idefix.lha dh3:

and see what happens.

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moto

[motorollin]

Did you actually try what I suggeted with the protect command?

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moto

[motorollin]

IIRC the protect command doesn't return anything to tell you it has done something. So just try extracting the lha file now.

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moto

[motorollin]

OS3.9 won't be installed properly unless you create the emergency boot disk, boot from it, and install from there.

The title "Emergency Disk" is misleading. It should be called "Installation Boot Disk".

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moto

[motorollin]

Just buy OS3.9.

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moto