14 December 2012, 14:10 | #1 |
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ADF's files appearing as Tool icons. How do i write them back on WB2.1?
Hi - we are having problems with files taken from our pc to amiga using a FAT32 CF.
We can take any adf or lha file from aminet on to our pc and then onto our 1200 by the pcmcia and CF. Problem is once there, they appear as tool icons on our WB2.1. once transfered We hear that this is to be expected as adfs are floppy disk images and that we need to write them back. However, our floppy drive is unreliable at times. Apparently they are other ways around it, such as mounting them in a virtual drive. (like a .iso file image of a CD/DVD). So maybe we could do it this way, but currently have no knowledge to so. We are unable to download any internet files for the amiga to help with this problem as we will only find ourselves again with more tool icons. Could someone tell us how to open and use these tool icons within WB2.1 using either the shell or workbench? Thank you Last edited by clitosa; 17 December 2012 at 17:32. |
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You have to use the Shell and not Workbench, with a program like transadf.
If you can't write them back you can't play them. Use WHDLoad. Virtual drives WILL NOT WORk. you need a working floppy drive or, as I said, use WHDLoad installs. |
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If I understood the earlier thread right he is trying to install WB3.1, not play games.
One option would still be to unpack the ADFs within WinUAE and then transfer them as files (or a single .lha archive). Installing Workbench is basically just copying the files to the hard drive anyway, so you don't necessarily need to run the actual install program. |
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If you don't already have LhA on your hard disk, first download it from http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/LhA_e138. Copy that file to the CF card. On your Amiga, open a CLI window and type something like this: Code:
MakeDir DH0:LhA CD DH0:LhA CF:path/to/file/LhA_e138.run Once you have LhA you can try out the various disk-image-mounting programs. Those should allow you to access files from ADF image files. Some you might like to try: http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/diskimage http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/fmsdisk http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/adf2fms http://aminet.net/package/disk/misc/VirtualFloppy There's also UnADF which allows extracting files from ADF images without needing to mount them. For easier management of files, I recommend you install Directory Opus. (I'm not sure whether that's the latest version but it should be sufficient.) You'll probably find Directory Opus much easier to use for copying, renaming, moving files than CLI commands. Last edited by mark_k; 14 December 2012 at 15:15. |
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We shall try that and let you know. Appreciated |
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Hi mate,
Try this..... EDIT: Damn, just realised WB2.1 has no requestfile so the scripts wont work..... You will need requestfile from the WB31 disk. Last edited by Arnie; 14 February 2013 at 22:44. |
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Hi Arnie,
That's great thanks. Will try that and get back to you once 3.1 is installed. Appreciated Last edited by clitosa; 17 December 2012 at 15:26. |
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LHA is now on the HD
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MakeDir DH0: Lha CD DH0:Lha CF1:mark/LhA_e138.run We can now have LHA on our HD. Thank you! Much Appreciated Last edited by clitosa; 17 December 2012 at 16:32. |
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17 December 2012, 20:35 | #9 |
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Using Shell to unpack archived .lha files
We have now managed to extract the archived .lha files from our CF on pcmcia to a named directory on our work (DH1) drive using the following commands:
CF0: lha x -e filename.lha work:directoryname/ |
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Hi mate, were all done now thanks.
We still need to learn how to install those previously archived programs from their unpacked destination. That said, have just learned that by using the following command in shell, it is possible to list the archive to see if an installer is present: (Archived file within a directory on drive DH0 for example) cd dh0: directory: lha v archivedfilename.lha Thanks, Last edited by clitosa; 17 December 2012 at 21:28. |
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A lot of the time no particular installation is needed, eg. for the LhA tool you just copy it to a suitable location (such as SYS:C, the default directory for programs you usually run in the shell). If things do need to go into particular locations, there will usually be an install script with an icon, or a mention in the readme.text/guide file.
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Thanks AJK
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I find it's worth extracting to Ram: (if you have enough memory) or a temp folder. Some archives have no directory structure and you could end up filling the C: dir with all sorts of files.
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Thanks Arnie. Will be extracting to the ramdisk in future
Through using shell, here's the files as they currently appear on our HD. Having been upacked and moved to DH2: (pic 1) The programs .device file(s) has been moved from the unarchived directory to DH0: Devs and the executable files (ie DiskimageCTRL, TransADF & UnADF) has been moved to DH0:C. Also, library files have been moved to DH0: Libs. shown in pic 2. (No handler files have been found but should be placed with DH0: L when installing.) DirSize has its own installer. Having changed the default tool to C:Installer the program has been installed to C: (pic 3) Last edited by clitosa; 20 December 2012 at 20:20. |
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