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Offline JetRacer

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Re: Workbench installation... knowledgebase?
« on: November 16, 2003, 02:45:51 PM »
But Mike, that's so... (gasp!) ..illegal :-)

A mountlist basicly tells the OS what the device is and how to use it. You don't need to mess with that, unless you don't have HDToolsBox.

Which you don't, because you got Bench1.X. Bugger.

Err... That's a problem even if you'd remembered all you once knew I suspect. You need make a proper mountlist by hand and include full HDD parameters and stuff. Example:

DH1:   device = scsi.device
                Unit = 0
                Flags = 0
                /*! ReadOnly = FALSE */
                Surfaces = 6
                BlockSize = 512
                BlocksPerTrack = 252
                Reserved = 2
                Interleave = 0
                SectorsPerBlock = 2
                LowCyl = 273 ; HighCyl = 4497
                PreAlloc = 0
                Buffers = 80
                BufMemType = 0
                DOSType = 0x444f5305
                MaxTransfer = 130560
                Mask = 0x7ffffffe
                BootPri = -128
                Mount = 0
                /*! Bootable = FALSE */
                /*# BootBlocks = 0 */
#

Note that this comes from OS3.9 and it's one partition ripped out of context. My guess is that scsi.device doesn't exist on WB1.2, so you need to replace that with whatever. DOSTYPE is wrong; you want FFS, I run SFS (atleast under OS3.9 FFS is: 0x444F5303). You want "mount=1" (auto mount). Max transfer should probably be decreased. Also: "Bootpri=10",  "Bootable = TRUE".

To mount you write in CLI: "Mount DH0:"
Then you should be able to format it. Format is a bit bitchy about parameters. You need to write like:

Format DRIVE DH0: NAME "Hubba" FFS

@general public: Does he need to "Install" to make it boot?
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Re: Workbench installation... knowledgebase?
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2003, 10:43:14 PM »
Ok, posting that mountlist entry probably wasn't such a good idea.

You can format 720KB with your Amiga. If you're lucky you will find an Icon labeled PC0 in "devs:dosdrivers/". Double-click it to mount it. Or using CLI/Shell "mount PC0: from devs:dosdrivers/PC0", or wherever it's located. Perhaps "sys:storage/dosdrivers/".

In HDToolsBox you can save your HDD mountlist manually.

"Assign" has nothing to do with it. It makes virtual references to paths. Like "ENV:" points to "RAM:env".

The only thing you need for (bare bones) launching the workbench in a usable state is "C:LoadWB". There will be error requesters, but nothing fatal. Anything beyond LoadWB just enables can't-live-without type of features.
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