help needed, just set up amiga 1200

[leytond]

well strugeling dont even come close, after 5 days of trying to get a cdrom working on my 1200, i finaly give up,
all the files on the cds are nearly all lha. what ever that is, ive downloaded lha.run from aminet, idefix, and loads of other files that dont actualy do anything, and as for cross dos, forget it, ive even tried to copy files from my pc to the amiga, (not happening by the way)
seems that you cant do this with a pc that is beyond windows xp,
why would anyone have a pc pre xp, ?
as for the lha i just cant get this to work the screen flashes once and that is it, it wont let me right click to extract the file,
 i need some real help, all i seem to be doing is trouling the net and not getting anywhere,
my amiga is a 1200 with 3.1 roms, apollo 1200 expansion with 8 meg ram on it 80 gig hard drive with os3.1 and a dvd cd rom , someone help me  PLEASE.

[leytond]

well i dont know what im doing, but ive tried allsorts to extract the files,
when i try to extract them i get a flash on the screen and something that says they have no tool ?
what ever that is.
how do i run the lha.run file if i havnt installed an extracter this dont make sence, cant i just double click it,

Munchkin wrote:
First of all, lha is an archive extension. All filex are compressed with the program lha.

lha.run is a self extracting archive that you need to run, after that you have to copy the file lha to your C folder.

After that you can extract all those lha files to wherever you want them extracted like this in a cli window.

lha x filename.lha whereveryouwantit

to extract to ram you type like this:

lha x filename.lha ram:

idefix is probably an lha archive that you first need to extract like this and then run the install-script that's a part of the extracted files.

After that you should reboot and try to mount the CD. If the CD driver isn't automatically installed in devs:dosdrivers you can try to type

Mount CD0:

in a cli window.

[leytond]

ok im totaly new to this.
first what is a shell and cli,
do i have to do this every time i want to extract something.
isnt there an easyer way like right clicking such as the pc,

Munchkin wrote:
The lha.run is selfextracting. You don't need a tool to extract it with.

Copy it to your ram-disk.

Open a shell (cli) window

in that type:

CD ram:  (press enter)

after that you type:

lha.run  (press enter)

now the file should extract itself.

you will see a few files extract.

Then you type like this:

Copy lha_68020 C:lha (press enter)

Now you should have lha installed so you can extract the other files.

[leytond]

so there is no way of just clickig and extracting the file to a directory of my choice,
i am still getting the flash of the screen and nothing is happening, surly im doing something rong here, .

[leytond]

well tried again and all i get for all of the lha files is file is not executable, am i missing something here or am just wasting my time with this old thing. help if ya can,
chears leyton dodds.

[leytond]

well im open to any advive at the moment ive unpacked the lha file into my c draw but still cant extract any lha file, all i get is file is not executable , ive tried a program called dir work and that seems to have an lha icon at the top, but as yet dosnt seem to do anything,
should i give up the ghost with this or is there something i can do to make this work, i was thinking of getting os3.5 or 3.9, but if this dont work is there any point, seems that this old amiga is set for the knackers yard.
pleaes HELP, anyone.

[leytond]

done that it just puta the lha file in another directory, without unpacking it, ?
thats it for the day ive had enough, looks like it will end up back in the cubord or on ebay, i thought things would have got better for amiga, looks like things are still the same
(a pain in the ass and to expencive) lol,
thanks for the help anyway.

[leytond]

i think im expecting to much from the old dear,
dont know what i expected realy. but it was worth a try,
how can i get hold of os3.5 or 3.9. and would my accelerator be ok with it.
things might get a little better if i had that os,
thanks for all the help that you have given, but the above instructions do not work for me,
is there a link that i can go to that would give me a print out, of any instructions regarding this dam lha rubish ??.
and why use that lha anyway. what is rong with winzip or winrar and surely it could be adapted to the amiga.
many thanks all,

[leytond]

ive downloaded a package fro the site but it just looks like an emulater for the pc,

[leytond]

looks like ill have to bite the bullet and get OS3.5, anyone know were i can get this from.

[leytond]

might be me being totaly stupid, but dam i cant get this thing working, ive just lost the whole of my dh0: partition it says dh0:? adn ive had to format it and install os3.1 again, how could this happen when im actualy using this so called computer. no matter what i do its one problem after the other, (is this all realy worth it),
has anyone got any sujestion regarding this dam lha and zip problem , yes i can download files but they are nearly all lha or zip and still unable to extract them , cos i cat read the cds with my amiga, the dam idefix is a lha file, pmsl,
HELP, AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[leytond]

yep tried all, when i tir to extreact a lha file it says the file is not executable ,
ive copied the files into the c: directory and rebooted several times and yet nothing, /?.

[leytond]

right this is what i type.
new shell open
cd ram:
lha x idefix.lha dh3:

after this i get file ie not executable on all lha files i trie
if it is a zip file i get something has no tool, ?
what ever that meens.

[leytond]

right ive tried a different file,
lha x dw.lha dh1:
this is a file called dirwork, and i still get the error file is not executable.
am i doing something rong or is it just to old to da it.??

[leytond]

right i didnt have the lha_68k.readme in c:
ive copyd this over,
tried the dw.lha file in a new shell, and yes i still get not executable.