WinUAE WHDLoad Install Problem

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 12:21

Any ideas why I cant install whdload? I'm following the guide correctly, I also downloaded Installer-43_3.lha version but that also throws up the same error

TCD · 27 September 2009, 12:23

You need lha (http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....tail&df_id=719) to unpack that archive. Just type 'lha.run' in the CLI and it will install lha

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 12:40

Ok I put lha.run in workbench 3.1 folder and ran it in CLI and it installed, then I tried again to install WHDLoad, with the correct string and it still throws the same error up ??

TCD · 27 September 2009, 12:54

Sorry, it's not that easy it seems. You need to rename the 'lha_68k' file to 'lha' and move it to the 'c' folder.

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 13:18

Thankyou that works perfectly now, another question I downloaded flood.lha from whdload.de thats just the patch for the game right not the actual game?

I was looking at the faq at http://guide.abime.net/wb3.1/chap11.htm and it dosnt say where to put the xxx file, just where to save the .lha game patch to C:\Program Files\WinUAE\Hard Disks\Programs ..
I'm assuming you need the xxx and lha patch together in the same folder before installing with whdload?

Graham Humphrey · 27 September 2009, 13:20

Yep you can only download the installs from the WHDLoad site.

But you can get already-installed games from WHDownload.

NewDeli · 27 September 2009, 13:36

Now that you have lha in your system path, you might want to use a GUI for further lha, lzx, or even zip unarchiving. X-arc is the one I choose for that.

While browsing LemonAmiga, you have access to the pre-installed version of the game a few weeks, after the installs are published on whdload.de (I have some witty comments published there

).

Of course, if you want games "by the pound" for starters, KillerGorilla's archive site of preinstalled is the place to go

.

Flood WHDload patch has an interesting "past history", it was bundled with the first AmigaOS "distros" with a couple of others, to demonstrate the convenience of loading games from the HDD. By that time, the project was called JST (if we consider WHDload to be a "renewed" JST).

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 13:56

Thanks for the extra info Deleauvive, but I'm still getting to grips with WHDLoad lol, still got some problems to sort out here!
Ok I went to WHDownload and downloaded Flood dropped it in my games folder in the Hard Drive I made (with the help of Lemon Amiga ;D), Booted WinUAE up and read the readme file and it said I needed the following files kick34005.A500, and kick34005.A500.RTB installed in C:\Program Files\WinUAE \Hard Drives\Workbench 3.1\Devs\Kickstarts, which I have done, kick34005.A500 is a renamed kick 1.3 rom and kick34005.A500.RTB I found in an lha file on aminet, so I'm assuming that these are named correctly and added to the correct path.
So ..phew! I boot up WINUAE and go to the games folder and open up the Flood folder, no Flood Icon as expected

Oh well I thought, so I just double click on Flood expecting it to load up and run, nope nothing!
I must still be doing something wrong?

TCD · 27 September 2009, 14:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitty

no Flood Icon as expected

For that you need NewIcons (hey noone said that this would be easy

).
Is 'WHDLoad' in your 'C' folder? If nothing happens try to call 'WHDLoad' from the CLI.

NewDeli · 27 September 2009, 14:08

The files you need to drop in Devs/Kickstarts are copyrighted, but I am sure if you PM me or TCD, you will be headed to the best place to download ....errrr buy a package which contains them.

As for the icons, try reinstalling good 'ol NewIcons.

TCD · 27 September 2009, 14:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitty

Booted WinUAE up and read the readme file and it said I needed the following files kick34005.A500, and kick34005.A500.RTB installed in C:\Program Files\WinUAE \Hard Drives\Workbench 3.1\Devs\Kickstarts, which I have done, kick34005.A500 is a renamed kick 1.3 rom and kick34005.A500.RTB I found in an lha file on aminet, so I'm assuming that these are named correctly and added to the correct path.

Seems like he already have them...
If there was anything wrong with them (wrong KS version) you would get an error message from WHDLoad.

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 14:14

WHDLoad is indeed in C Folder and calling up WHDLoad from CLI is successful!
NewIcons46.lha is installed from CLI with this command? > lha x Programs:NewIcons46.lha Programs: or is it a different string? Sorry to be such a noob

Still dont understand why Flood wont load though

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 14:19

See I would follow this guide http://guide.abime.net/wb3.1/chap11.htm which seems the best step to take the only thing it dosnt mention is where the ipf file should be while doing this install?
My brain says put flood.xxx in HD-Games folder and then run the install but is this correct lol

TCD · 27 September 2009, 14:29

Just grab the preinstalled version from http://www.whdownload.com/ like Graham said. That's one less problem to care about

The lha command for NewIcons looks about right. Just run the 'Install' after it's unpacked.

NewDeli · 27 September 2009, 14:30

.lha are compressed folders, just like zip files but more suitable for Amiga (and linux) systems.

I suggest you download your individual games from LemonAmiga. whdownload holds several versions of the same game sometimes, and the comments, reviews and such links on LemonAmiga can tell you moar about the kind of game you're getting ready to play.

Using the CLI is not the most convenient thing if you're used to click & play interfaces and such. Unpack your stuff with a GUI, nice and gentle, and you will very soon be able to load hundreds of games in a snap.

NewIcons has an installer, once it is unpacked you should run it from its window (just attach a "Utils" folder to WinUAE, so you have all your packed and unpacked tools in there, instead of scattered in the OS directories).

Oh, and as a general rule, choose the second install option (not novice) for software that come with an installer.

TCD · 27 September 2009, 14:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deleauvive

I suggest you download your individual games from LemonAmiga. whdownload holds several versions of the same game sometimes, and the comments, reviews and such links on LemonAmiga can tell you moar about the kind of game you're getting ready to play.

Lemon Amiga merely links to WHDownoad.com and if you click on it for Heimdall 2, it also shows Heimdall 1...

If you want more info about a game (and some quality magazine reviews

) check out HOL

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 14:41

arrggghh lol

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 14:42

Quote:

Just grab the preinstalled version from http://www.whdownload.com/ like Graham said. That's one less problem to care about

Also the Flood you see in my screen grabs is from WHDownload, thats the one thats not working!

TCD · 27 September 2009, 14:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kitty

Also the Flood you see in my screen grabs is from WHDownload, thats the one thats not working!

Nope, the preinstalled Flood version works fine, but your WHDLoad isn't (yet)

Grab installer from Aminet (http://aminet.net/package/util/misc/Installer-43_3) and put (you almost guessed it

) in your 'C' folder (just the 'Installer' file that is).

Kitty · 27 September 2009, 14:52

you mean extract all contents of the lha in c right, not just drop the lha into c?

27 September 2009, 12:21	#1
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	WinUAE WHDLoad Install Problem Any ideas why I cant install whdload? I'm following the guide correctly, I also downloaded Installer-43_3.lha version but that also throws up the same error

27 September 2009, 13:18	#5
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	Thankyou that works perfectly now, another question I downloaded flood.lha from whdload.de thats just the patch for the game right not the actual game? I was looking at the faq at http://guide.abime.net/wb3.1/chap11.htm and it dosnt say where to put the xxx file, just where to save the .lha game patch to C:\Program Files\WinUAE\Hard Disks\Programs .. I'm assuming you need the xxx and lha patch together in the same folder before installing with whdload? Last edited by Kitty; 29 September 2009 at 04:10.

27 September 2009, 13:36	#7
NewDeli Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paris / FRANCE Age: 50 Posts: 1,248	Now that you have lha in your system path, you might want to use a GUI for further lha, lzx, or even zip unarchiving. X-arc is the one I choose for that. While browsing LemonAmiga, you have access to the pre-installed version of the game a few weeks, after the installs are published on whdload.de (I have some witty comments published there ). Of course, if you want games "by the pound" for starters, KillerGorilla's archive site of preinstalled is the place to go . Flood WHDload patch has an interesting "past history", it was bundled with the first AmigaOS "distros" with a couple of others, to demonstrate the convenience of loading games from the HDD. By that time, the project was called JST (if we consider WHDload to be a "renewed" JST). Last edited by NewDeli; 27 September 2009 at 13:44.

27 September 2009, 13:56	#8
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	Thanks for the extra info Deleauvive, but I'm still getting to grips with WHDLoad lol, still got some problems to sort out here! Ok I went to WHDownload and downloaded Flood dropped it in my games folder in the Hard Drive I made (with the help of Lemon Amiga ;D), Booted WinUAE up and read the readme file and it said I needed the following files kick34005.A500, and kick34005.A500.RTB installed in C:\Program Files\WinUAE \Hard Drives\Workbench 3.1\Devs\Kickstarts, which I have done, kick34005.A500 is a renamed kick 1.3 rom and kick34005.A500.RTB I found in an lha file on aminet, so I'm assuming that these are named correctly and added to the correct path. So ..phew! I boot up WINUAE and go to the games folder and open up the Flood folder, no Flood Icon as expected Oh well I thought, so I just double click on Flood expecting it to load up and run, nope nothing! I must still be doing something wrong? Last edited by Kitty; 27 September 2009 at 14:04.

27 September 2009, 14:19	#13
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	See I would follow this guide http://guide.abime.net/wb3.1/chap11.htm which seems the best step to take the only thing it dosnt mention is where the ipf file should be while doing this install? My brain says put flood.xxx in HD-Games folder and then run the install but is this correct lol Last edited by Kitty; 27 September 2009 at 18:07.

27 September 2009, 12:23	#2
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,829	You need lha (http://www.amigafuture.de/downloads....tail&df_id=719) to unpack that archive. Just type 'lha.run' in the CLI and it will install lha

27 September 2009, 12:40	#3
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	Ok I put lha.run in workbench 3.1 folder and ran it in CLI and it installed, then I tried again to install WHDLoad, with the correct string and it still throws the same error up ??

27 September 2009, 12:54	#4
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,829	Sorry, it's not that easy it seems. You need to rename the 'lha_68k' file to 'lha' and move it to the 'c' folder.

27 September 2009, 13:20	#6
Graham Humphrey Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK Age: 37 Posts: 11,167	Yep you can only download the installs from the WHDLoad site. But you can get already-installed games from WHDownload.

27 September 2009, 14:08	#10
NewDeli Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paris / FRANCE Age: 50 Posts: 1,248	The files you need to drop in Devs/Kickstarts are copyrighted, but I am sure if you PM me or TCD, you will be headed to the best place to download ....errrr buy a package which contains them. As for the icons, try reinstalling good 'ol NewIcons.

27 September 2009, 14:14	#12
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	WHDLoad is indeed in C Folder and calling up WHDLoad from CLI is successful! NewIcons46.lha is installed from CLI with this command? > lha x Programs:NewIcons46.lha Programs: or is it a different string? Sorry to be such a noob Still dont understand why Flood wont load though

27 September 2009, 14:29	#14
TCD HOL/FTP busy bee Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 46 Posts: 31,829	Just grab the preinstalled version from http://www.whdownload.com/ like Graham said. That's one less problem to care about The lha command for NewIcons looks about right. Just run the 'Install' after it's unpacked.

27 September 2009, 14:30	#15
NewDeli Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paris / FRANCE Age: 50 Posts: 1,248	.lha are compressed folders, just like zip files but more suitable for Amiga (and linux) systems. I suggest you download your individual games from LemonAmiga. whdownload holds several versions of the same game sometimes, and the comments, reviews and such links on LemonAmiga can tell you moar about the kind of game you're getting ready to play. Using the CLI is not the most convenient thing if you're used to click & play interfaces and such. Unpack your stuff with a GUI, nice and gentle, and you will very soon be able to load hundreds of games in a snap. NewIcons has an installer, once it is unpacked you should run it from its window (just attach a "Utils" folder to WinUAE, so you have all your packed and unpacked tools in there, instead of scattered in the OS directories). Oh, and as a general rule, choose the second install option (not novice) for software that come with an installer.

27 September 2009, 14:41	#17
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	arrggghh lol

27 September 2009, 14:52	#20
Kitty Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London UK Posts: 1,532	you mean extract all contents of the lha in c right, not just drop the lha into c?

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