Disk to HD Installer?

[lordofchaos]

Hi

I'm looking for a HD installer programe that imaged floppy disks but unfortunately I can't remember the name, I seem to recall it being bundled along with a CD32 game installer? I think the application in question could install older games/demos that had trouble running on newer hardware. Any help would be appreciated.

[thomas]

http://www.whdload.de/

[lordofchaos]

Originally Posted by thomas

http://www.whdload.de/

Sorry, no that's not it...I thinks it's alot less know than Whdload.

[Amiga1992]

Jst?

[DrBong]

Originally Posted by lordofchaos

I'm looking for a HD installer programe that imaged floppy disks but unfortunately I can't remember the name, I seem to recall it being bundled along with a CD32 game installer? I think the application in question could install older games/demos that had trouble running on newer hardware. Any help would be appreciated.

You might be thinking of Da Cool Installer by Airsoft Softwair. The same guy also did the CD32 Games Install Kit that may have been based on Da Cool Installer.......which HD installed disk games only. Anyway, they're still available on the Airsoft website:

http://www.airsoftsoftwair.de/en/down_legacy.html

[FOL]

Originally Posted by DrBong

I think you might be referring to DaCoolInstaller by Airsoft Softwair. The same guy also did the CD32 Games Install Kit, which may have built on DaCoolInstaller, which HD installed disk games only. Anyway, they're still available on the Airsoft website:

http://www.airsoftsoftwair.de/en/down_legacy.html

Yeh they are now free if I recall.

[lordofchaos]

You might be thinking of DaCoolInstaller by Airsoft Softwair

Yes that's it! Thank you. Now to investigate

Update: Yep it works, well on DOS disks anyways, I installed Grapevine Issue 21 (2 disks) and all seemed to work. Now to install the rest

[lolafg]

hello , i just dowloaded it on the site but the lha seems corupted for me , could you upload the prog to the zone please ?

Thanks in advance

[FOL]

Originally Posted by lolafg

hello , i just dowloaded it on the site but the lha seems corupted for me , could you upload the prog to the zone please ?

Thanks in advance

I think you would need to ask his permission to upload it someone.
Try downloading again, as corrupt download, normally means it didnt download fully.

[lordofchaos]

Originally Posted by FOL

I think you would need to ask his permission to upload it someone.
Try downloading again, as corrupt download, normally means it didnt download fully.

Glad I held off from uploading, wasn't 100% sure on that myself.

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by FOL

I think you would need to ask his permission to upload it someone.

Why?
I get the same error from his website, a corrupted file. Would be good to have the proper thing.

[lordofchaos]

Originally Posted by Akira

Why?
I get the same error from his website, a corrupted file. Would be good to have the proper thing.

That's weird, I clicked on the following link http://www.airsoftsoftwair.de/binary...staller1_7.lha
saved to pc and then unpacked in WinUAE and all seemed fine, what method are you using Akira? Are you using a Windows based app like winrar or winzip to unpack?

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Akira

Why?
I get the same error from his website, a corrupted file. Would be good to have the proper thing.

Becuase, its not our program. So its always best to ask permission first.
He might not want you to zone it. So this way it covers all angles.
Plus it shows courtesy and respect.

As its an LHA, it would be better to unpack in Workbench enviroment.
EDIT:-It only appears to unpack fine in Workbench, so you would need to do it on real or emulated thing.

[DrBong]

Originally Posted by FOL

Becuase, its not our program. So its always best to ask permission first.
He might not want you to zone it. So this way it covers all angles.

No need to create a storm in a teacup.......Da Cool Installer V1.7 has been free for a long time IIRC and is available on Aminet too:

http://aminet.net/package/game/patch/CoolInstaller

The CD32 Games Install Kit was a different story, though, from memory and was shareware all the way through (i.e. it's not available on Aminet) before being made free on the Airsoft website......so you'll have to rely on the website for that one. There are add-ons for it on Aminet, however:

http://aminet.net/search?query=cd32+games+install+kit

Enjoy! If people have any problems with the Aminet link for Da Cool Installer, then anyone can happily upload it to the Zone as it's free.

[Amiga1992]

Originally Posted by DrBong

No need to create a storm in a teacup.......DaCoolInstaller has always been free and V1.7 is available on Aminet too:

Thanks for that DrBong... I'm quite tired of the paranoia about uploading files here and whatnot.
The file is freely distributable on the internet on his website. Why the hell not would I be able to upload it here?? The copyright and distribution itself on the archive says that one is free to copy and redistribute the software as long as it is the demo version. Since he released the full version for free, this last bit is rendered useless nowadays (It used to be shareware, hasn't always been free).

As for the corrupted file error, it seems to be WinRAR acting up.

[DrBong]

[/I]

Originally Posted by Akira

Thanks for that DrBong... I'm quite tired of the paranoia about uploading files here and whatnot.
The file is freely distributable on the internet on his website. Why the hell not would I be able to upload it here?? The copyright and distribution itself on the archive says that one is free to copy and redistribute the software as long as it is the demo version. Since he released the full version for free, this last bit is rendered useless nowadays (It used to be shareware, hasn't always been free).

Hmmm, I wonder if the V1.7 Aminet release is free like the one on the Airsoft website? Doesn't look to be - can't check properly here at work. Ah well......upload the one from the Airsoft website to the Zone if the author has given permission for free distribution in the archive. It's not like the Zone is a permanent repository anyway. Hollywood is making him the cash on Amiga these days, hence the legacy d/l area on his website.

Edit: From the readme of the Airsoft archive -

As I don't have any more time to maintain this program, I decided to release
Da Cool Installer as Freeware today. A free keyfile dedicated to the Amiga
community is included in this archive. Live long and prosper!
--
Andreas Falkenhahn <andreas@airsoftsoftwair.de>, June 2010

[Amiga1992]

The package for the software and the keyfile are separate archives. This is explained in the airsoft download.

Let me quote the guy:

As I don't have any more time to maintain this program, I decided to release
Da Cool Installer as Freeware today. A free keyfile dedicated to the Amiga
community is included in this archive. Live long and prosper!
--
Andreas Falkenhahn <andreas@airsoftsoftwair.de>, June 2010

[DrBong]

You beat me to it - see my edit above! Haha!

Gotta get back to work......l8rzzzz ppl!

[FOL]

Originally Posted by Akira

Thanks for that DrBong... I'm quite tired of the paranoia about uploading files here and whatnot.
The file is freely distributable on the internet on his website. Why the hell not would I be able to upload it here?? The copyright and distribution itself on the archive says that one is free to copy and redistribute the software as long as it is the demo version. Since he released the full version for free, this last bit is rendered useless nowadays (It used to be shareware, hasn't always been free).

As for the corrupted file error, it seems to be WinRAR acting up.

You always jump the gun.

Please read what I posted, its more a common courtesy.
I always ask before uploading / hosting a program where possible..

Originally Posted by FOL

EDIT:-It only appears to unpack fine in Workbench, so you would need to do it on real or emulated thing.

[TCD]

I wish I still had this much spare time these days...