CrossDos in OS 3.9 ??

[Kristian95]

I wanted to transfer some small files from my PC to my Amiga, and my floppy drives did not read the PC disks.
I'm running OS 3.9, I thought it had CrossDos, do I need to do some configuration to make it work??

[MozzerFan]

You have to mount the device first. Look in your
DEVS:dosdrivers drawer if there is a file called
PC0. If not look in storage/dosdrivers. Doubleclick it
to mount the device, or drag it to devs:dosdrivers
to automount it when starting up your system.

Regards,
Lloyd

[Kristian95]

ah, ok makes sense, thanks I'll definately automount

[amigadave]

Automounting is fine if you are going to use it all the time, but if you only use it once every few months (like me) then automounting will just annoy you as it puts a PC0??? icon on your Workbench every time you put a floppy in the drive.

(Note to self: take PC0: out of Devs/DOSDrivers and put it back in Storage/DOSDrivers)  :-D

[adolescent]

You can use GhostBuster to get rid of the PC0: icon.

[matthey]

Or, with 3.9, hide a device using Prefs/Workbench. Still, no need to run it all the time if rarely used as it takes up a little memory.

[Kristian95]

strange, even with PC0 and PC1 in my Devs/Dosdrivers drawer they did not automount when I insert a PC disk, I still had to doubleclick the PC0 / PC1 icons

[matthey]

@Kristian95

Make sure you have the PC0 & PC1 tooltypes...

ACTIVATE=1

[Kristian95]

ah, that's the ticket, will check that. Thanks!!

[Kristian95]

Btw, is there anyway I can get rid of icons so that an Amiga disk will not show the PC0:?? icon and a PC disk won't show the DF0: Unreadable icon ??

[MozzerFan]

Like adolescent already mentioned, install Ghostbuster

Regards,
Lloyd

[Kristian95]

Ah, silly me, thanks Lloyd

[Kristian95]

I tried installing GhostBuster, but I don't know how to make it work properly

I should copy the GhostBuster (and .info) file to my WBStartup *check*
I should ad a "NOWAITDELAY" tooltype... I tried unsuccesfully
I should copy the proper Workbench version to my Prefs folder.... does that mean overwrite the Workbench file there or simply copy the Workbench39 file there ??

Sorry to be such a noob but I need help

[MozzerFan]

Save the previous workbench file under another name,
for example workbench.save, and overwrite workbench file
with the workbench39 file.

Edit:You don't need to enter the tooltype DONOTWAIT.
Just untick The 'Wait until finished' option.

Regards,
Lloyd

[Kristian95]

I tried installing GhostBuster the way you explained, but it does not work... I still see the ghosted icons... strange!! Btw, "Wait until finished" was unchecked already.