How to install the free whdload on AmigaOS 4.1

Leandro Jardim · 19 June 2016, 00:17

How do I install the free whdload on AmigaOS 4.1? The OS has installed RunInUAE and E-UAE, and in the docs it says that the original whdload binary should not be replaced, doing so will remove the bindings with RunInUAE. I want to use RunInUAE with whdload without the splash screen, but if RunInUAE whdload binary can't be replaced with a newer one and the keyfile is not free, how do I will update it?

Daedalus · 19 June 2016, 22:26

Why not just try it as see? I don't know what bindings the docs are talking about, but surely if the executable understands the same configuration file and arguments, it shouldn't make a difference. Rename your old binary though, just in case.

Leandro Jardim · 19 June 2016, 22:44

I tried that but it doesn't work, for some reason AmigaOS 4.1 will try to execute the whdload binary directly as an 68k Petunia executable, but it will fail. I tried also to bind the whdload executable with RunInUAE, but then whdload will run "plain" without any slave like if it were executed without arguments.

Retro1234 · 19 June 2016, 22:57

my guess is WHDload is probably uae or some other executable in the script and the real WHDload is called something else.

I still think on OS 4 classic some kind of reboot script could be used so no need for uae but also no proper exit key.

Leandro Jardim · 20 June 2016, 04:25

Thanks for the replies guys, I found what's wrong with my AmigaOS 4.1 and whdload. The problem is that the whdload installer should be executed inside E-UAE and NOT directly on AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench. The whdload binary on the C: directory of AmigaOS 4.1 is only a wrapper.

Thanks

Daedalus · 20 June 2016, 09:52

Ummm, sorry, I never even thought that's what was going on since the main WHDLoad installation is always within UAE's install. Glad it's sorted anyway.

Leandro Jardim · 20 June 2016, 12:14

Don't be sorry Daedalus, I only emphasized with the "not" word in my previous reply that I was severily wrong with my assumptions.

19 June 2016, 00:17	#1
Leandro Jardim Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Legoland Age: 45 Posts: 1,461	How to install the free whdload on AmigaOS 4.1 How do I install the free whdload on AmigaOS 4.1? The OS has installed RunInUAE and E-UAE, and in the docs it says that the original whdload binary should not be replaced, doing so will remove the bindings with RunInUAE. I want to use RunInUAE with whdload without the splash screen, but if RunInUAE whdload binary can't be replaced with a newer one and the keyfile is not free, how do I will update it?

19 June 2016, 22:44	#3
Leandro Jardim Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Legoland Age: 45 Posts: 1,461	I tried that but it doesn't work, for some reason AmigaOS 4.1 will try to execute the whdload binary directly as an 68k Petunia executable, but it will fail. I tried also to bind the whdload executable with RunInUAE, but then whdload will run "plain" without any slave like if it were executed without arguments. Last edited by Leandro Jardim; 20 June 2016 at 04:17.

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19 June 2016, 22:26	#2
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,335	Why not just try it as see? I don't know what bindings the docs are talking about, but surely if the executable understands the same configuration file and arguments, it shouldn't make a difference. Rename your old binary though, just in case.

19 June 2016, 22:57	#4
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	my guess is WHDload is probably uae or some other executable in the script and the real WHDload is called something else. I still think on OS 4 classic some kind of reboot script could be used so no need for uae but also no proper exit key.

20 June 2016, 04:25	#5
Leandro Jardim Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Legoland Age: 45 Posts: 1,461	Thanks for the replies guys, I found what's wrong with my AmigaOS 4.1 and whdload. The problem is that the whdload installer should be executed inside E-UAE and NOT directly on AmigaOS 4.1 Workbench. The whdload binary on the C: directory of AmigaOS 4.1 is only a wrapper. Thanks

20 June 2016, 09:52	#6
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,335	Ummm, sorry, I never even thought that's what was going on since the main WHDLoad installation is always within UAE's install. Glad it's sorted anyway.

20 June 2016, 12:14	#7
Leandro Jardim Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Legoland Age: 45 Posts: 1,461	Don't be sorry Daedalus, I only emphasized with the "not" word in my previous reply that I was severily wrong with my assumptions.

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