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[trip6]

How do I install games to the hard drive of my A1200 that don't have a WHDLOAD install or their own hard drive installer from their original floppy disks? Can someone advise me on what I need to do\how I need to do it? I have a registered version of WHDLOAD if that helps...

[yetihw]

I'm not even close to an Amiga master but in my experience the game in question must be hard drive installable from the original disks like the old sierra online games all had a hard drive installer.


edit: I just reread your question and realized my response was total crap......sorry.

[fryguy]

If the games aint installable and there isn't a WHDLoad installer for it, there aint much you can do i'm afraid.

You can check if there is a JOTD (similar to WHDLoad) install for it http://jffabre.free.fr/amiga/patches.html

[AccyD]

Why not just copy the disks over into folders on your harddrive and use the assign command in your startup sequence to make w/bench look there for the disks?

[orange]

because they are probably NDOS, right?

I guess you can always try and write whdload slave, yourself.. if you have time, desire and patience.

[trip6]

Can you give an example of this copy the disks and use assign method that you reference?

[fryguy]

an example:

copy df0: #? all work:games/wings
assign disk1: work:games/wings
assign disk2: work:games/wings

Something like that. And if it works you could add the assign commands to your s:user-startup so you don't have to type them everytime.

[alexh]

WHDload is not the only hard drive installer.

There are JST (although most have been WHDloaded now) and Girv and lots of one-off-hacks.

Best to post the names of the games and let us tell you if an installer actually exists.