WHDLoad: Some questions ...

[Derfs]

sim085 wrote:
Hello,

From what I read on these forums, WHDLoad can help me play games from my hard drive even if such games don't have an install option (example: lemmings). Is this right?

yes, but it also does more :-D

If so can someone help me a little ...
I have downloaded WHDLoad_dev.lha and also lemmings Disk 1 and Disk 2 (I do have the original of these, they came with my A500+). Now what do I need to do?

after installing WHDload, you need to get http://www.whdload.de/games/Lemmings.lha which will install the game from your disks.

Also why is WHDLoad_dev given in lha format and not in adf? Is there a difference between these two formats?

Regards,
Sim085

think of lha as being like .zip or .cab, and adf as being like .iso, as adf is an exact copy of a disk, and lha is a copy of some files and are compressed so the file size is smaller.

I think what may help you is giving the full specification of what hardware you have, and looking at http://www.whdownload.com/, and if you like it dont forget to register whdload :-D

[Derfs]

the zip file from whdownload is everything you need. all you do is extract the files to a folder on your amiga and run it.

someone else has done all the hard work for you already ;-)

[Derfs]

just use something like winrar on windows to extract the lha just like you would for the zip, and then go into winuae and install from there.

i would also really suggest getting http://www.aminet.net/util/boot/skick346.lha now, and reading http://www.whdload.de/docs/en/index.html as you will need kickstart files from your amiga or amiga forever.

once you get used to it i would also suggest using classic wb http://classicwb.abime.net/ at some point.

[Derfs]

it shouldnt need any disk access like that on winuae. i think you are getting a few things mixed up.

1 - install http://www.whdload.de/whdload/WHDLoad_usr.lha - this will copy all the whdload files to the correct places

2 - download http://www.aminet.net/util/boot/skick346.lha, and copy everything in the kickstarts folder to devs:kickstarts/ on winuae

3 - put your kickstart files in devs:kickstarts/ and rename them as it says on http://www.whdload.de/docs/en/need.html. you dont need to do this untill whdload asks you for a certain kickstart.

4 - get a game like lemmings from http://www.whdownload.com/games/Pack-L-2007-01-30/Lemmings_v1.4_2Disk_0132.zip and extract the files to a folder which you can get on winuae and run the .slave file

5 - have fun!

[Derfs]

there is nothing wrong with extracting in windows, just extract to a folder you can read from in winuae. as you just cant install it, maybe the version of installer you have needs to be updated.