#Lha run help
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Monty Keeling again, still trying and still confused. I have read both Trent's
and Betty's suggestions. Took Lha 138.run from C: where I already downloaded
it, placed it in Termite drawer, then copied to Ram and have managed to copy
back to C:. Have been unable, however, to take already downed LHa files and
decompress as Trent suggested. Keep getting message "Warning: Skipping
corrupt/extraneous data – no files extracted." Also have been unable to
download using Y-protocal supplied with Termite, will only slower x-protocal
work? Would appreciate any help you can offer. Monty Keeling
Monty;
OK, it sounds as though your downloads are bad. Xmodem is possibly the worst
possible choice for Amiga Downloads. Assuming that you do manage to
successfully extract a file there is still an almost even bet that the file
will be 'corrupt' (last block improperly padded).
If you managed to successfully download LHA138.run then it _sounds_ as though
your modem and handshaking is ok but be sure that you are set up for 8N1 when
doing downloads and RTS/CTS handshaking (between modem and computer) with a 7
wire cable connecting the two.
Your "Warning: Skipping…" message clearly indicates that you have Lha
working correctly.
You REALLY should go with a different terminal program. Something like VLT, or
better still if on CIS use Autopilot.
-bill
Monty,
If you are getting a warning of "…Skipping corrupt/extraneous data – no
files extracted" then you definitely have the file LHA in the C: drawer and it
is working. What you are having problems with are corrupted downloads. This is
fairly common when using x-modem (it pads the end of the file and this tends to
garble and confuse the computer). The easiest way is to change the protocol
(you know how to do this as you inquired about y-modem).The problem though is
the libs that you need are called xprquickb.library or xprbplus.library, and
while they are located here on CIS, this does not help you. Do you use a local
BBS? You could check on there for the two libraries (you may get lucky) and
download them from there. These two libs are used exclusively on CIS and allow
you a number of advanced features and should clear up your download problems.
Trent
'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'
Monty Keeling again. Trent, I have managed to change prodical via your
suggestions from my Termite program which has both B files you mentioned. While
this makes downloading much smoother, the LHA files are still not
decompressing. What I get now is message "unable to open archive." I have tried
changing my Termite paths from Do
Download drawer provided by Termite program, to C: where LHA resides. When I
try to path to C:LHA the download fails? Any ideas what I should try? Is it
possible to talk with you or someone else with Amiga knowledge over the phone
for more help? Thanks for all your help.
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Monty,
What you may want to try is to change your download path within Termite to
your RAM: partition. This will allow you less problems with communication
times (it is faster to download to RAM: than to a harddrive). The problem with
this is if you do not have to much in the way of memory. What type of system
are you running on? Just to confirm, what command are you typing in?(use an
expample of what you did with a program that you tried to decompress. Try to
do it exactly as you did it and type it out here – this so we can see if you
are typing in the right command etc).
Trent
'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'
My system is an A1200 with 85 meg harddrive. The command I typed in to
decompress was LHA x A1200 tips, lha. The A1200 tips was the renamed file I
tried to download from the forum libs A1200 most asked hardware questions. I
also used same for startrek game. Tbanks again.
Monty,
If you really tried to unpack a file by typing:
lha x A1200 tips, lha
it just wouldn't work. The file must have a name without spaces, and there
must be a period between the name and the .lha.
So – rename the file to A1200tips.lha, and then try to unpack it. Bet it works
fine.
—Betty
thanks Betty.
OK, there is your problem. You should have more than enough RAM to hold files
that you download and decompress them into RAM. Now the command that you need
to decompress LHA files (from your example):
in SHELL with the prompt changed to RAM: type –
lha x A1200tips.lha
– the first lha is calling the program from C:
– the 'x' means extract
– the 'A1200.lha' is the file that you want decompressed
The file A1200.lha will decompress itself into your RAM: drive (or wherever
the prompt is in your SHELL).
So, if we download a file called MYFILE.LHA from CIS into RAM: we have to:
– Go into SHELL and type CD RAM: (to change the prompt to RAM:) – type lha x
MYFILE.LHA to extract the files.
This should get you going. If you have further questions just ask.
Trent
'Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori'
thanks Trent.