DOS Astro 9.3 install problems

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DOS Astro 9.3 install problems

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Is there any special trick to where to put the files on the hard drive so that it finds Disk #2 files? No matter what I've tried it won't install from the hard drive. I was gonna do floppies but the files from disk 1 won't fit on to 1 disc.
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if they don't fit on a disk then they are not original install files. you need your original disks and it will create it's own directory for you.
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HLA wrote:if they don't fit on a disk then they are not original install files. you need your original disks and it will create it's own directory for you.
I do not have the original disks. These are a backup of the original files from the disks. The way I have understood it in the past was that when the original disks were made it all fit due to some trickery that was done.
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there's no trickery involved, the files are just compressed and if you made backups of the originals then they will still fit on a floppy.
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HLA wrote:there's no trickery involved, the files are just compressed and if you made backups of the originals then they will still fit on a floppy.
You know, it's pretty obvious what i'm up to here. Yet still, you have to be an ass and take the high road. Yes, obvioulsy if I were installing from the original disks then this wouldn't be an issue. If I had the disks I would be installing from them. But since I do not have the original disks, telling me that installing from them is no help and only serves to aggravate me.

I am asking for help with the situation I am in, if you can't offer any helpful ideas then do not respond.
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Re: DOS Astro 9.3 install problems

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redbeard wrote:Is there any special trick to where to put the files on the hard drive so that it finds Disk #2 files? No matter what I've tried it won't install from the hard drive. I was gonna do floppies but the files from disk 1 won't fit on to 1 disc.
OK, I figured out a workaround. Basically you have to edit the install.dat file to change Disk #2 into Disk #1 and then move the astro.002 file to the same dir as the disk 1 files. Do not move the disk.id file from #2 just leave it or delete it.

After that things should install as normal. I don't think I made any other changes but if it doesn't work let me know I will look at the file again.
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I can't seem to find my 9.03 disks, but 9.01 and 9.05 have the same file names:

Disk 1

DISK.ID
INSTALL.DAT
INSTALL.EXE
README.TXT
RSS.001

Disk 2

DISK.ID
RSS.002

Hope this helps you out.
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RESCUE161 wrote:I can't seem to find my 9.03 disks, but 9.01 and 9.05 have the same file names:

Disk 1

DISK.ID
INSTALL.DAT
INSTALL.EXE
README.TXT
RSS.001

Disk 2

DISK.ID
RSS.002

Hope this helps you out.
That looks about right with what I have but at least one of the files on disk 1 is too big. It all adds up to about 1.9MB total.
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