How do I install installer?

[Golem!dk]

i already tried that

I get guru error when i change the icon's path to C:Install

Before I installed this new installer, 43.3, it was guru error every time i double clicked.

i got to goto bed.

No wonder, C:Install is a shell command used to make a floppy bootable. But try to run installer in a shell, just to verify that it works.

[motorollin]

i did a protect idefix97.lha +RWED

You don't need to do that.

then the lha_68000 e idefix97.lha on the amiga

That's not really the best way to extract archives with LHA. Here are some instructions right from the start. All commands should be entered without quotes.

1. Download lha.run, Installer-43_3.lha and IDEfix97.lha from Aminet
2. Copy these files exactly as they are in to the RAM: directory on the Amiga
3. Open a shell
4. Enter the command "cd ram:"
5. Enter the command "protect lha.run +rwed"
6. Enter the command "lha.run"
7. Enter the command "copy lha_68020 c:lha" (replace lha_68020 with the correct version for the Amiga's CPU)
8. Enter the command "lha -x x Installer-43_3.lha ram:"
9. Enter the command "copy installer43_3/Installer c:"
10. Enter the command lha -x x IDEfix97.lha ram:"
11. Double click the "Ram Disk" icon
12. Open the "IDE-fix" drawer
13. Double click the "InstallSoftware" icon

Post any errors in full.

[ceaser]

No wonder, C:Install is a shell command used to make a floppy bootable. But try to run installer in a shell, just to verify that it works.

no installer will not run in a shell either.  i have tried all these little things already.

i didn't try C:Install because i thought it would work i tried it because i am desparate.

[motorollin]

no installer will not run in a shell either.

What happens when you try?

[ceaser]

installer: file is not executable

i tried running c:installer and running it from utilities.  it's off aminet.  i don't know why it's not working.  i'm going to go back there and download it again and try it again.  they had 2 versions which appeared to be the same though.

[motorollin]

installer: file is not executable

Ok, this is probably the cause of your problem. You need to do:

protect c:installer +rwed

then try again. Again, the reason for this is because the archive was decompressed somewhere other than on the Amiga, so the file lost its executable bit.

[ceaser]

It says under $VER in information for InstallSoftware $VER: Install.info 38.3 (05.09.95)

So where do I get the installer version 38.3?

[motorollin]

It says under $VER in information for InstallSoftware $VER: Install.info 38.3 (05.09.95)

So where do I get the installer version 38.3?

You don't need to. That's the "version" number of the install script created for IDEfix. It does not correspond in any way to the required version of Installer. Did you try using the protect command on c:installer, or the list of instructions I posted above?

[ceaser]

i certainly did.  no luck with any of it.  i gotta go now.  only reason i'm trying to do this is i'm going to not buy a bunch of upgrades for amiga 4000 which i was going to get if i could get this cd-rom to work.  i don't know what i'm going to do with this huge useless box.  guess it goes under the stairs till i sell it on ebay

[motorollin]

i certainly did.  no luck with any of it.

What happened? Error messages?

[tone007]

A+ certification

It's too bad the A doesn't stand for Amiga!

[mike-]

protect installsoftware +es?
You could try installerng http://aminet.net/package/util/sys/InstallerNG i have come across apps installer scripts that arent fully compatible tho.
And could you do list c:installer , maybe you could try copying it again.

[Tension]

Why not use the original installer that comes with Workbench??

[Matt_H]

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which installer in a shell and report back. I suspect you have multiple copies of Installer throughout your path. You fixed one by adding the executable bit, but it's not the one being called by default.

The "file not executable" error you got in the shell is the same reason you're getting the "Unable to open your tool 'Installer'" error in Workbench.

In the future, remember to extract everything on the Amiga to preserve the protection bits. And get DOpus 4.16 from Aminet to make your life six zillion times easier.

[stefcep2]

I had a virus once HappyNewYear virus that did this; its a very small file that attaches itself to system commands in the C directory, including installer.  I would make sure that your workbench floppies are clean, run a virus checker on your hard drive.  Eventually I couldn't get rid of the virus so I booted off a clean write protected workbench disk, formatted all my partitions and re-installed workbench

[ceaser]

here was the problem: i have a LAN adapter on my A1200 but not on my A4000.  So I needed to copy everything to floppy otherwise there was no way I could get it to my 4000.  After I got the files extracted on my 1200 I needed to copy them to a floppy to get them to my 4000.  I installed Directory Opus 5.5 on my 1200 and then on an empty floppy, did a makedir and made all dirs that were in the unzipped .lha of IDEFix.  Then did a copy/move (I chose move) making sure I was in the correct directory on the IDEFix floppy like the c: directory and copying all the files over by selecting them all and doing the move command with Directory Opus.  Same for home dir of the floppy.  I noticed when using the copy shell command in regular workbench I probably entered the wrong switch but for whatever reason it didn't copy the directories and everything in them.  So it never was anything to do with "Installer" and my Workbench 3.1 had a high enough version to install.  Everything is now working, emulating CD32 and sealed back up now.

Regards