Where is the System.zip File?

JACK98 · 26 January 2009, 17:39

stupid question but i have to ask it.it says get the system zip file.so i downloaded the lite version cause it would suit my amiga.anyways i cant find the zip file anywhere.so i assume do i run it on winuae and find some way to zip up the hdf file in the lite version?

DoogUK · 26 January 2009, 17:48

basicaly yes, you mount the hd file and then using dopus you can zip everything into system.zip.

Its well documented on the website.

Or you can mount the hdf file then copy the contents over to your amiga hardrive.

Bloodwych · 26 January 2009, 19:36

LOL, why did you post that in the REALLY old development thread from 2002!

Actually, it was nice to see that blast from the past so perhaps I should be thanking you.

Wow, that brought back memories.

I've moved this to its own thread, and as DoogUK points out, it's all on the website instructions or how he described.

Fingerlickin_B · 29 January 2009, 01:27

Edited as I typed silly crap that will just confuse matters

Bloodwych · 30 January 2009, 22:46

Actually Fingerlickin_B, I read what you'd wrote before and that's how it used to install - from a pre-made zip file I provided - and could be run on a pre-install Amiga hard drive (as mentioned in the instructions). It still can and the advice is there on the webpage under "Real Amiga Install", but you have to make the zip yourself these days.

There were various reasons I went to HDF, and I will continue to only provide HDFs for download for those reasons. It really is easy to create the System.zip file yourself, although I'll admit it's slightly harder for those without or unfamiliar with WinUAE.

prowler · 30 January 2009, 23:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fingerlickin_B

Edited as I typed silly crap that will just confuse matters

Hey Fingerz!

I think you should type this 'crap' back in now, mate!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fingerlickin_B

I haven't installed CWB in ages now, but had a new idea based around less use of WinUAE.

This is based upon setting up a new HDD with a real Amiga that already has an OS.

If I already have the System.zip file available, can I extract it to the boot partition of a new HDD, then restart with the new HDD as only drive and install the necessary files from floppies?

PZ.

Have fun!

Fingerlickin_B · 31 January 2009, 13:55

Yeah guys, I actaully downloaded a newer version last night & found there was a HDF instead...that made it super-easy to create a "ready to install 3.1" HDD by simply dumping the contents within UAE onto a pre-formatted drive.

Not sure if that's how you instruct people to do it Bloodwych, I didn't read the instructions, just did what seemed obvious

Thanks yet again for the excellent pre-installs!

PZ.

DoogUK · 31 January 2009, 15:14

Thats what i do fingerz, i also have a copy of the system.zip on a different partition on my hard drive so if anything goes wrong i can boot with a WB disk, format the boot partition and copy system zip back and re-install ClassicWb.....a lot less time involved.

26 January 2009, 17:39	#1
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	Where is the System.zip File? stupid question but i have to ask it.it says get the system zip file.so i downloaded the lite version cause it would suit my amiga.anyways i cant find the zip file anywhere.so i assume do i run it on winuae and find some way to zip up the hdf file in the lite version? Last edited by JACK98; 15 November 2013 at 19:45.

29 January 2009, 01:27	#4
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	Edited as I typed silly crap that will just confuse matters Last edited by Fingerlickin_B; 30 January 2009 at 03:50.

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26 January 2009, 17:48	#2
DoogUK Doogster Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dorset Posts: 1,069	basicaly yes, you mount the hd file and then using dopus you can zip everything into system.zip. Its well documented on the website. Or you can mount the hdf file then copy the contents over to your amiga hardrive.

26 January 2009, 19:36	#3
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	LOL, why did you post that in the REALLY old development thread from 2002! Actually, it was nice to see that blast from the past so perhaps I should be thanking you. Wow, that brought back memories. I've moved this to its own thread, and as DoogUK points out, it's all on the website instructions or how he described.

30 January 2009, 22:46	#5
Bloodwych Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: I'm behind you! Posts: 3,763	Actually Fingerlickin_B, I read what you'd wrote before and that's how it used to install - from a pre-made zip file I provided - and could be run on a pre-install Amiga hard drive (as mentioned in the instructions). It still can and the advice is there on the webpage under "Real Amiga Install", but you have to make the zip yourself these days. There were various reasons I went to HDF, and I will continue to only provide HDFs for download for those reasons. It really is easy to create the System.zip file yourself, although I'll admit it's slightly harder for those without or unfamiliar with WinUAE.

31 January 2009, 13:55	#7
Fingerlickin_B Amiga Nut Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Belco, Australia Posts: 2,242	Yeah guys, I actaully downloaded a newer version last night & found there was a HDF instead...that made it super-easy to create a "ready to install 3.1" HDD by simply dumping the contents within UAE onto a pre-formatted drive. Not sure if that's how you instruct people to do it Bloodwych, I didn't read the instructions, just did what seemed obvious Thanks yet again for the excellent pre-installs! PZ.

31 January 2009, 15:14	#8
DoogUK Doogster Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Dorset Posts: 1,069	Thats what i do fingerz, i also have a copy of the system.zip on a different partition on my hard drive so if anything goes wrong i can boot with a WB disk, format the boot partition and copy system zip back and re-install ClassicWb.....a lot less time involved.

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