I hate windows!!!!

[curtis]

Been trying for all weekend to get IDEFIX97 working on my A2000 so I could get the CD going.

Using OS 3.1 (clean install) kept copying the installer over from my Win 7 machine with a 3.5" drive attached.  Once I get it over to the Amiga, I discovered somewhere along the way the archive file was renamed Instal~1.lha.  No matter what I did, I couldn't get it to install or work properly.

Finally today I got to thinking about wildcards (don't know why!) but checked the AmigaDOS manual and sure enough the ~ (aka tilde) is a wildcard that specifies "ignore everything before this!

Back to the PC and rename the file to Nstalr.lha and BACK over to the Amiga and Voila!  It worked!

What a ROYAL PIA!!!

[curtis]

Would've been nice to do, but I was installing IDEFIX97 to install a CD!

The ever popular Catch-22 problem!

The old tilde filename problem. All Amiga users have and will continue to hit that one. That's why I archive up to a transfer file (WinRAR), put it on CF or CD and unarchive on the mig.

[curtis]

That's what you get when you use FAT16 formatted floppies :p

Well, ya know, I formatted it on the Amiga...

[curtis]

As a side note, I really hate when people blame Windows for things that are either (a) operator error, or (b) legacy issues dating back to file systems designed in the 1970's.  But I'll climb off my soapbox now, LOL.  :crazy:

Go ahead and stay up there...  You make a much easier target!  

After all, aren't almost all Amiga's considered legacy?

[curtis]

I'll look into that.

If I remember next time...

[curtis]

Didn't think of the double quotes!  Have to admit, it's been a bit since I've really dealt with CLI in this much depth.

[curtis]

Okay, to add insult to injury, when I went to test the CD-ROM, I popped my Amiga Forever DVD in and couldn't figure out why it wouldn't read it!

Classic hand to forehead moment when I figured THAT one out!