Boing Bag 1 Error - "Executing non-function in line 3"

ubermick · 12 September 2018, 04:29

ARGH!

Created an iso of my freshly arrived 3.9 CD and installed it on a CF card in WinUAE in preparation for my new A1200. Install went without a hitch. Downloaded the Boing Bags, and got an "Executing non-function in line 3" error.

Initially used the unarc to unpack the LHA file and then came across a thread on Amibay where someone recommended upgrading the stock version of LHA. So downloaded the latest version of from Aminet, and unpacked the LHA manually via CLI:

Code:

lha x Work:BoingBag3-9_1.lha DH0:

And ran the subsequent installer. Got the same problem. Following that:

Tried downloading the files again and unpacked via CLI... same issue.
Deleted the Boing Bag LHA files, cleared the cache in my PC's browser, downloaded directly to the Work folder and tried again via CLI... same issue.
Downloaded the LHA files on my Mac, plopped 'em on a USB stick and copied them into the Work folder being used by WinUAE... same issue.
Copied the LHA onto one of the volumes set up on the CF card and tried unpacking from there... same issue.
Searched online for a different place to download them from, manually unpacked that first one to DH0:... same issue.

At this point have spent a good few hours at this, and can't for the life of me fathom what's going on. Heeeeeeeeelp!

AMIGASYSTEM · 12 September 2018, 07:28

Where did you download the archive? "BoingBag3-9_1.lha" the name of the original archive should be "BoingBag39-1.lha"
The error could be caused by the corrupt archive, with which browser did you download the archive? try to download it from HERE maybe from windows.

thomas · 12 September 2018, 09:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubermick

got an "Executing non-function in line 3" error.

Make sure that Sys:Utilities/Installer is the only copy of the Installer program on your harddrive and that it is version 44. Check Sys:C which is the most common wrong location of the Installer program. If you once replaced Sys:Utilities/Installer by an older (or third-party) version, you can copy V44 from the OS 3.9 CD.

ubermick · 12 September 2018, 16:39

@amigasystem - my fault, that was a typo in my post. It is the correct file on the Amiga, and the site you referenced is the second place I tried downloading the boing bags from.

@thomas - Yep, you got it. There was a rogue install of Installer lurking in DH0:C. Deleted it, and lo and behold it's installing now. THANK YOU AND I OWE YOU A BIER!!!!

zipper · 12 September 2018, 18:38

The command to check lurking installers is <which installer all> for later use...(learned in a similar way...)

amijim · 30 January 2021, 21:07

Today i had the same problem and all i had to do was to copy the installer from the Amiga os 3,9cd to the hardisk C directory and presto!

12 September 2018, 04:29	#1
ubermick Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Francisco-ish, via Ireland Posts: 114	Boing Bag 1 Error - "Executing non-function in line 3" ARGH! Created an iso of my freshly arrived 3.9 CD and installed it on a CF card in WinUAE in preparation for my new A1200. Install went without a hitch. Downloaded the Boing Bags, and got an "Executing non-function in line 3" error. Initially used the unarc to unpack the LHA file and then came across a thread on Amibay where someone recommended upgrading the stock version of LHA. So downloaded the latest version of from Aminet, and unpacked the LHA manually via CLI: Code: lha x Work:BoingBag3-9_1.lha DH0: And ran the subsequent installer. Got the same problem. Following that: Tried downloading the files again and unpacked via CLI... same issue. Deleted the Boing Bag LHA files, cleared the cache in my PC's browser, downloaded directly to the Work folder and tried again via CLI... same issue. Downloaded the LHA files on my Mac, plopped 'em on a USB stick and copied them into the Work folder being used by WinUAE... same issue. Copied the LHA onto one of the volumes set up on the CF card and tried unpacking from there... same issue. Searched online for a different place to download them from, manually unpacked that first one to DH0:... same issue. At this point have spent a good few hours at this, and can't for the life of me fathom what's going on. Heeeeeeeeelp!

12 September 2018, 07:28	#2
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,248	Where did you download the archive? "BoingBag3-9_1.lha" the name of the original archive should be "BoingBag39-1.lha" The error could be caused by the corrupt archive, with which browser did you download the archive? try to download it from HERE maybe from windows. Last edited by AMIGASYSTEM; 12 September 2018 at 07:35.

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12 September 2018, 16:39	#4
ubermick Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Francisco-ish, via Ireland Posts: 114	@amigasystem - my fault, that was a typo in my post. It is the correct file on the Amiga, and the site you referenced is the second place I tried downloading the boing bags from. @thomas - Yep, you got it. There was a rogue install of Installer lurking in DH0:C. Deleted it, and lo and behold it's installing now. THANK YOU AND I OWE YOU A BIER!!!!

12 September 2018, 18:38	#5
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,837	The command to check lurking installers is <which installer all> for later use...(learned in a similar way...)

30 January 2021, 21:07	#6
amijim Registered User Join Date: Dec 2020 Location: Ioannina Greece Posts: 12	Today i had the same problem and all i had to do was to copy the installer from the Amiga os 3,9cd to the hardisk C directory and presto!

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