Workbench 1.3 Autoboot Disks Question

[mrnukem]

I am using am Amiga 1000 and have a question about disks that autoboot after Kickstart. They all work as intended but when I go to Workbench 1.3 and try to launch the disks when I click in the disk icon there is nothing in the window. I know the files are there because the disks auto boot just fine.

If I want to boot from workbench is there a way to make the contents of the disk appear on WB or will I need to go to CLI and run the disk contents that way?

I am trying to limit all my questions and have gotten some Amiga new users books on the way from e-bay and Amazon.

Also a big thank you to TjLaZer for the help last week with getting Kickwork 1.3 to work!

Thanks very much!

[marauderII]

Just reboot, press ctrl then both Amiga (A) keys.
and hold for a few seconds.

[TjLaZer]

Glad to help out.

You have to realize that some Amiga disks (like games) might be NDOS, what that means is that they have a custom format and not Amiga DOS format.  So you will not be able to browse the contents in Amiga DOS.  They have a custom boot loader on the boot sector that makes them boot and load the program on them...

[Matt_H]

Files without an associated .info file can't be displayed in Workbench under 1.3, so you'll have to use the shell.

With Kickstart 2.x+, Show->All Files from the Window menu with display everything.