srry im new in the amiga world please help

[Exterminator]

Do some of you know any good tutorial sites for beginners.

Because I seem to have a lot of problems.

One of them is installing antivirus on my 1200.
It keeps telling me I need to install XFDMaster.
So I donwloaded it with my PC used CrossDOS to read it into my amiga.
but them what  :-? .
I cant install it because there aint an executable.
What am I suposed to do with it.

(ps I realy dont know much about the system, so be gentle :-))

 

[Nowee]

Normally the file is called XFDMaster.lha

the .lha at the end means it's an archive,
just like a zip for windows. You need the Lha
executable in order to decrunch it.

The command to decrunch using lha is, from a shell :

lha -x x xfdmaster.lha RAM:

The check in your ram disk, there should be an
installer.

Good luck!

[blobrana]

Er, try this site;
http://www.getboinged.org/amiga_classic.asp?pid=13&cid=108

Or have a look at the links on this site...

If you pop down to the library, i`m sure that they will have a few Amiga books that will help...

As for viruses , i wouldn`t worry about it too much.
There are a few other virus checkers available.

(BTW, XFDMaster lives mostly as libraries in the Libs: drawer. Other programs can access those libraries as well, er, like DLL files)

[restore2003]

Hi! welcome to Amiga.org!  :-)

First of all

Check out Aminet, for loads of free amiga software:

Aminet

An Amiga for beginners webpage(very basic):

Amiga 4 newbies

Good luck!

[Matt_H]

An Amiga for beginners webpage(very basic):

Amiga 4 newbies

Good luck!

Erm... I'm not really sure that's a good site for a newbie to visit :-)

[restore2003]

Uhm, too basic?  ;-)

[Exterminator]

Thank you all very much you helped me allot.

And nowee I tried the command you wrote.
It unpacked it to the RAM but when I run the instaler I get (Unable to open your tool 'Installer').

Thx a lot guys !

[Acill]

you can get the installer from the aminet archive site that was given earlier. Put it in the C dir on your amiga hard disk. You will have to right click and select show all from the icon menu to see it maybe. Just drag the file from where to unpacked it and put it in there.

[Exterminator]

Could you give me a direct link because I dont know what to search for.

There are tons of files on there and when I search for xfdmaster I get the same files that I allready have.

btw what amiga os is the best to use for your everyday 1200

[restore2003]

XDFmaster

[Exterminator]

Well it looks like I have to dig up some books from somewhere because it doesnt work

I downloaded the file and copied it into my C folder

4.Workbench:C>
In this folder is the xfd_User dir that was extracted.

When I run the antivir program it still gives the error message.

Well everbody needs a hobby  :-P
This should keep me busy  

[restore2003]

Do a fresh install of workbench 3.1, or simply type "path dh0:c\" in the dos prompt, and try again, if the installer cant be found in dh0:c/ then download:

Installer

and unpack it to dh0:c/

[Exterminator]

I will try that tonight thx  :-D

[Exterminator]

Oke it works fine now thank you all for helping me out.

Does anybody know a good virus scanner that works on a amiga 1200 with 2 mb ram and wb3.1
I has to load automaticly and must be installed on the hdd
Thx

[Hooligan_DCS]

VirusExecutor