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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: MaDDuck on February 06, 2004, 06:28:00 AM

Title: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: MaDDuck on February 06, 2004, 06:28:00 AM

Oy!
First I HAD to install IDEfix to get my IDE CDrom working at all (A4000, BTW)
Now that it is working, I ran the OS3.9 CD to install CACHECDFS onto a 3.9 setup that had been using the BLIZZARD SCSI add on!

NOW upon booting a get a shareware message.

How do I get CACHECDFS to override IDEfix?? I am SO sick of seeing that shareware window, I actually went to the author's URL to see how much it would cost! And (natuaraly!) he no longer supports it at his site...

So I need either the serial number, OR a way to get rid of the entire mess!

Thanks one and all!
Pardon the poor grammer in this post, I'm suffering from a MASSIVE toothach and am medicated right now

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: lempkee on February 06, 2004, 07:22:38 AM

remove idefix install completely , as it say in its Docs! , remove the string in cd0 etc (devs:dosdrivers/) and remove it in L: etc.

i had to do it a couple years ago , and yes its DAMN annoying to see that requestor popping up.

anyway last resort u could register it , but then again why should you? since u dont use it anymore :)

cheers


ps:giving u a serial number would be piracy so...

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: MaDDuck on February 06, 2004, 07:28:25 AM

Thanks!!!
BTW, I was not 'fishing' for a serial number.

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: Acill on February 06, 2004, 09:58:55 AM

Why is it that all these Amiga software apps that no longer have support do not get put into freeware? The least the programmer can do is offer a public key or serial if he decides to stop supporting it and will not take registrations.

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: zipper on February 06, 2004, 11:09:46 AM

Actually you can have both in L: just rename that one you don't want to use; in case you want to compare them just rename the filesystem and dismount your CD0 assign and then mount again.
Or use different mount files and so on.

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: Castellen on February 06, 2004, 11:20:46 AM

The OS3.9 ROM update fixes problems with the scsi.device, so your IDE CDrom can work without using IDEfix.
You also get a new version of CacheCDFS with it.

Change your CD mountfile (in DEVS:DOSdrivers) so the device= scsi.device unit 1 instead of atapi.device.

That should fix your problems.

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: MaDDuck on February 06, 2004, 05:34:07 PM

THANKS to everyone!!!!
I finally got it ALL off of my drive, and it works fine with CACHE CDFS (which looks very simelar to IDEFIX, btw!)


I could not of done ot without you!

Kisses and beer all around. :pint:

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: Ryu on February 06, 2004, 06:00:56 PM

I hate to break it to you but IDEFix used CacheCDFS as the CD file system... :-)

Title: Re: IDEfix Vs. CACHECDFS... Who will stay on my HDD??
Post by: MaDDuck on February 06, 2004, 06:46:10 PM

yes......
But without the annoying popup!!
I never had a problem with the operation, just the cheesy shareware popup, and the inablility to regester it.


Oh, and the fact I got CACHECDFS included on OS3.9.