| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
I have a program I run that always wants to run it's install program on
DF0: when I execute it's startup-sequence.
The disks structure is ..
Volname: KCS
c
devs
s
HDsetup
disk.info
.info
I created a small partition on my H/disk and copied all the files to
it. Then I assigned s: to dh3:s, c: to dh3:c, etc. Next I executed the
startup-sequence, and it prints..
Can't find df0:s/PC-prefs
So, I then create an alias i.e
alias df0:s/pc-prefs dh3:s/pc-prefs
and try to execute the startup-sequence again....
it still says .. Can't find df0:s/pc-prefs
Before I forget, if I try to assign df0: dh3: I get the message you
can't delete this device ... or something like that.
So my question is .. How do I get over this, Is there some s/w that
can get me around this problem , and finally, is it possible to format
a small partition on my H/disk such that Amigados thinks its a valid
disk in df0: ???.
Thanks in advance
Dave.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 5199.1 | Try FMSdisk | DWOMV2::CAMPBELL | Delaware Amigan | Wed Nov 13 1991 09:47 | 8 |
Try FMSdisk on one of the fish disks (sorry, don't know which one,
offhand). It creates psuedo-floppies in a file on your hard-drive.
I used it to make two disks called "Disk-1" and "Disk-2", which are
drives pf0: and pf1:, to enable my kids to have an icon on the
workbench screen for Barney Bear Goes to School. Works great.
I running V2.04, so it appears compatible.
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| 5199.2 | DEFOE::JAMIE | Thunder knows all things. | Wed Nov 13 1991 11:35 | 6 | |
Sounds interesting...
So if it's a pseudo floppy, could you do a diskcopy to it of a non-dos
disk (ie one that you normally need to boot from) and somehow simulate
a boot from that disk after booting up from the hard drive ? Sounds
impractical but there's no harm in asking...!!!
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| 5199.3 | ZAP it! | CIMNET::KYZIVAT | Paul Kyzivat | Fri Nov 15 1991 21:48 | 7 |
It sounds like your program has hardcoded references to df0:. Use NewZAP to find them and patch them to something else. You will probably need to stick with three characters, but just change them to something unique, and then define that name as a logical. Paul | |||||