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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: barney on May 24, 2009, 05:53:02 PM
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Does anybody know how to open ".DMS" files. I have the ICD AdIDE40 (Prima) for my Amiga 500 and I need to install the driver for it. The file is a .DMS file and I have no idea what to do with it. Do I place it in a directory? Do I extract it? I am clueless. Thanks.
Barney
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Use the DMS tool (probably on Aminet) to write the DMS file to a floppy disk. Then install the software from the disk.
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Here's the tool to write the file to floppy:
http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/dms111
and here's one which extracts to HD:
http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/DMS2HD1_6
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I found the program, but the instructions are horrific. Does anybody know the command to write the .dms to floppy? Thanks.
Barney
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Which one, dms or dms2hd?
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it's a ".dms" file. Thanks.
Barney
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Which programme did you download to extract it? dms111 or dms2hd?
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I am trying to install IDE driver from Amiga 500. Here are the files I need to extract:
ICD-AdIDE.dms
ICDPrepHD-42.dms
Barney
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I downloaded dms111.run
Barney
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Ok, download this file:
http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/dms111
Open up a shell, CD to the directory where dms111.run is, and type dms111.run then press enter. It will extract some more files, one of which is called "dms". Type the following:
dms write path:to/ICD-AdIDE.dms
(Change the path to the correct path to where the DMS file is, and press enter after the command). The file will be written to a floppy disk.
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When you say "write path" is where the DMS file is, are you speaking of my two .dms files I want to extract, or the DMS file that was created when I ran dms111.run?
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The path should be to the files. As an example, lets say I copy dms111.run in to the ram: disk, and have put the 2 dms files in the directory work:files. I open a shell and type the following:
cd ram:
dms111.run
dms write work:files/ICD-AdIDE.dms
dms write work:files/ICDPrepHD-42.dms
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I put the dms111.run file on the root of my DH3: directory.
I then opened up shell and changed directory "cd dh3:"
from the DH3: directory, I type the following: dms111.run
I then type the following below:
dms write dh3:/ICD-AdIDE.dms
is that correct?
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Assuming ICD-AdIDE.dms is also in the root of dh3: then yes, you are correct, but don't put the / in the path. It would be
dms write dh3:ICD-AdIDE.dms
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Thanks motorollin, that was the problem. I was putting the "/" in there when I should have left it out. It's copying now. Thanks again.
Barney
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You've been using Windows too long ;) In AmigaDOS, forward slashes only go between directories or at the end of the path, not at the end of the volume.
Volume:Directory
Volume:Directory/Subdirectory
Volume:Directory/Subdirectory/
but not
Volume:/Directory
Edit - got rid of the smiles caused by a colon followed by a D in the paths ;)
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Use the DMS tool (probably on Aminet) to write the DMS file to a floppy disk. Then install the software from the disk.
and here's one which extracts to HD:
http://aminet.net/package/util/arc/DMS2HD1_6
Excuse my ignorance on this particular issue....but...what are the benefits of DMS2HD? Does it mean that any .DMS file will be installed straight on HD ant wont be necessary to put it on a disk???
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Excuse my ignorance on this particular issue....but...what are the benefits of DMS2HD? Does it mean that any .DMS file will be installed straight on HD ant wont be necessary to put it on a disk???
Exactly. It allows you to access the files within the DMS without having to write them to floppy first. After all, if you plan on using them from your hard drive, it can be quite annoying having to write to floppy first.
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Btw, you should get hold of the DMS version which has a gui and then mount a 0-79 cylinder RAD disk if you simply just want to get something off it, instead of writing to an actual floppy...
and actually, just while I am pondering this, perhaps just use diskimage software that mounts most things as virtual disks (cd and dvd images included), haven't used it but it does exist and recently updated...
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So, basically i can say goodbye to floppy discs? I mean, if i can install straight from .DMS to HDD, do i need to change path or anything? I like the idea of mounting a virtual unit also, i was just curious about if it would be possible just to decompress a .DMS file straight into my local hard disk, without doing anything else?
Brilliant! Must test that function now!!!!!
Thanks again my good friend moto!!!!
;)
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if you want WIMP interface, there is a nice program called TSGUI by Thomas:
http://aminet.net/package.php?package=disk/misc/tsgui.lha
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Why not use "Decruncherface" (or DFace for short) and put a graphic front end on DMS? Makes it easy to use for everyone! Join the 21 century, and use a point & click front end.
There are other GUIs for DMS too all available on aminet.
Didn't mean to dis Thomas - some how I didn't notice there was a second page.