AMITCP help getting on the net

[mrmoonlight]

Hi again i have been trying to install easynet,but cant get very far because i cant get amitcp to install,which is on the easynet cd when i try to connect to the net it says,amitcp is not installed,and when i try to install it ,it keeps asking for the easynet volume, well as i am using a transferkit to install the cd information i cant insert a disc because i dont have a drive,and cant insert anything else in to the pcmcia slot because it has all the details that were on the easynet cd on the transfer adapter which is in the pcmcia slot,any easyer ways of getting on the net

[Matt_H]

In a shell, type

Code: [Select]

assign easynet: <path to where the easynet install files are>

[amigakit]

Do not try to install amitcp.  Just let EasyNet install itself and run the connection wizard


Assuming that the contents of Easynet are installed to the CF card in a drawer called EasyNet you would open an Amiga Shell and type:

Assign EasyNet: CF0:EasyNet

Then press enter.  Run the easynet install script.

[mrmoonlight]

In a shell, type

Code: [Select]

assign easynet: <path to where the easynet install files are>

Hi thankyou for your help ,sorry but im still not sure at what point i open the shell and how i open the shell, i insert easynet in to the pcmcia slot on a cf card ,install easynet comes up i click on it and it tells me insert volume easynet in any drive, so do i fetch assign up and tell it to go to the pcmcia slot? and where do i find the assign,

[mrmoonlight]

Hi again i have been trying to install easynet,but cant get very far because i cant get amitcp to install,which is on the easynet cd when i try to connect to the net it says,amitcp is not installed,and when i try to install it ,it keeps asking for the easynet volume, well as i am using a transferkit to install the cd information i cant insert a disc because i dont have a drive,and cant insert anything else in to the pcmcia slot because it has all the details that were on the easynet cd on the transfer adapter which is in the pcmcia slot,any easyer ways of getting on the net

 Hi and thankyou, the easynet files are on a cf card that is inserted into the pcmcia slot using your transfer adapter,which open up on the workbench,i click on this and easynet install opens up and i press to install,it starts to install and then it stops and asks me to insert volume easynet in any drive ,how do i asighn it to where it is in the pcmcia slot ,and how do i get the asighn to open up,

[amigakit]

An Amiga Shell is a text console where you can enter commands.

You can open an Amiga Shell by double clicking on your System partition, then double-clicking on the Utilities drawer then double click on the Amiga Shell icon

Assuming that the contents of Easynet are installed to the CF card in a drawer called EasyNet you would open an Amiga Shell and type:

Assign EasyNet: CF0:EasyNet

Then press the Enter key. Run the Easynet install script.

[mrmoonlight]

An Amiga Shell is a text console where you can enter commands.
 
You can open an Amiga Shell by double clicking on your System partition, then double-clicking on the Utilities drawer then double click on the Amiga Shell icon
 
Assuming that the contents of Easynet are installed to the CF card in a drawer called EasyNet you would open an Amiga Shell and type:
 
Assign EasyNet: CF0:EasyNet
 
Then press the Enter key. Run the Easynet install script.

 No the easynet cd details are not installed anywhere apart from on your transfer adapter kit cf card sitting in the pcmcia slot going nowhere ,as it wont install, it said it wants the easynet volume which is sitting in pcmcia slot on a cf card

[amigakit]

If you dont follow the advice above, it will always ask for the volume EasyNet.

So how did the Amiga respond when inserted the Adapter/CF card with EasyNet into the Amiga and you typed into the Amiga Shell the following:

Assign EasyNet: CF0:EasyNet

And press Enter key?

[mrmoonlight]

If you dont follow the advice above, it will always ask for the volume EasyNet.
 
So how did the Amiga respond when inserted the Adapter/CF card with EasyNet into the Amiga and you typed into the Amiga Shell the following:
 
Assign EasyNet: CF0:EasyNet
 
And press Enter key?

Hi it said invalid device name

[Matt_H]

No the easynet cd details are not installed anywhere apart from on your transfer adapter kit cf card sitting in the pcmcia slot going nowhere ,as it wont install, it said it wants the easynet volume which is sitting in pcmcia slot on a cf card

What the 'assign' command does is create a temporary, make-believe volume called 'Easynet'. The installer is looking for files on that volume, and since those files are in a drawer on the CF card instead of a real volume with that name, you need to use 'assign' to create the imaginary one.

[Matt_H]

Hi it said invalid device name

Please type 'info' in the shell and report back.

[mrmoonlight]

:rtfm:

Please type 'info' in the shell and report back.

Hi a load of stuff has come back i can see the 447B-BA34 MOUNTED which is the cf with easynet cd details

[Matt_H]

Are the contents of the CD in the root of the CF card? If so, type

Assign EasyNet: 447B-BA34:

[scuzzb494]

I have never used one of these CF cards but is the AmigaOS on the CF card and is there a device in the DEVS: drawer for the CF0: Just interested how the Amiga knows to boot from the PCMCIA slot thats all. Wouldn`t have thought the CF0: would have appeared from the early boot screen. Just intrigued.

On the assign issue assuming there is a valid OS running from a defined drive..

.... that is why you are assigning easynet to volume CF0: which I assume is the PCMCIA compact flash drive. In days of old the volume would often refer to a name of a floppy so if the program used the install from say the floppy volume 'EASYNET' and you wanted to install from a new location, you simply fool the Amiga by telling it that the EASYNET volume is somewhere else. In this case the EASYNET volume is being assigned to the CF0... So what you do is open the SHELL and then type the line given. This then makes the Amiga look to the CF0: drive for the Easynet folder. The CF0: would need to be a mounted drive though hence my first question on how and when the CF0: is mounted.

If you download and run SnoopDOS from Aminet you will see the various processes taking place and that always shows where the failures occur.

[kolla]

Or "assign EasyNet: 447B-BA34:EasyNet" if it is a drawer on the card.
I'm also curious about what the device name that is listed for "447B-BA34:", if it isn't CF0: - the volume name "447B-BA34:" sounds like something that is formatted on a windows PC.