This is stupid...workbench command urgently needed....

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
this is really stupid...was just playing around after succesfully installing my idefix express....

went to the presets...for the piktogramms for the drives....and made them all invisible....don't ask me why i don't know...

so now i'm left with only the workench thing on top and can'get into any of the drives or programms....

which command can i use in the workbench command box...to get into any of the drives?

this is really dumb :roll:  :roll:  :roll:

CD changes to a directory of your choice

DIR lists the files in the directory

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
tried it but


with info it lists my drives....the one i wanna get into is system:presets..there i wanna change the piktograms again to make my drives visible............but when i type in system:it doesn't go anywhere i still get a blank desktop.... :-?

System: is normally your boot drive, i.e. DH0: IDH0: Workbench: etc

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
yeah that is my boot drive...System it's called ....do i type it in with a new command window opened?

A daft question/statement - have you got a command window open already?

And yes an Amiga normally needs a comand window open for you to type in instructions.

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

meega wrote:
The conventional shorthand for the boot device, whatever it may be, hard disk, floppy, whatever, is SYS:

So to get to presets you need to type in the following

Sys:Prefs/Presets

and that should get you in the right place

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
Ok  ..so a different window...will try where i can get...typed it in as it should be but nothing really opens up----guess in this shell thing its all text based or do folders really gonna open up???

Can't boot from a disk drive cause got a 3.5 cd which was installed on the A1200 when i got it...and only installed the idefix to get a cd rom working.can i connect the cd rom directly to the ide port to boot up?then i could set jumpers to the sys boot drive to slave and fix it?

Yes it's text based. Typing DIR should showup the directories within.

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

P.S. Have you tried uninstalling IDEFix Express and see if that gets you back on the right track  :rtfm:

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
i'm in there system:prefs/env-archive.....what can i type in now to maybe reset the preferences?and i'still on that bootig from that sys drive

You could try the following

rename sys to oldsys

then do a cold reboot and see how that goes.

It will destroy you preference settings though  :cry:

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

You could try the following

rename sys to oldsys

then do a cold reboot and see how that goes.

It will destroy you preference settings though  :cry:

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
Thanks davideo..how can i change them to old prefs ??

I don't think you can.

You'll have to do it the hard way - if your hard drives show up  :-o

Open your boot drive and go into preference and reset each to your own choice  :rtfm:

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

rename sys to oldsys

Once your in the right directory

That easy, Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
i can' believe it it'all good again......thanks to everybody ...had to type sys..then prefs....dir...and workbench..this is excellent... :idea:  :idea:  :idea:  :idea:  :idea:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:  :crazy:

Not to kill your joy but have you done a warm reboot and a cold restart yet?

Dave G  8-)

[davideo]

Bildheinze wrote:
yes just did it now.....now i can go on and get that cd rom working with that ide express adapter working......wow that was a whole day in front of that amiga..but only have it since a week...so i guess lots of more work to do tilll i got it working like i want it......but i promise will be more carefully with ticking boxes in the futere!!!!

One day - that's only the start  ;-)

You'll have lots of fun and adventure with it  :lol:

Not to speak for the others but I'd say we're all pleased to have been able to help  :-)

Dave G  8-)