Connecting MS-DOS Formatted Drives ================================== The MS-DOS program MSDOSMount is a utility program which allows volumes formatted with an MSDOS compatible partition sector, to be addressed like a normal AmigaDos disk drive on the AMIGA. As a prerequisite for using the program, the CROSSDOS filesystem must be located in the L directory of the boot drive. The CROSSDOS filesystem is supplied with Workbench 3.x and should already be located in the L: directory in standard installation. If this is not the case then please copy the appropriate data file from the installation diskette to your hard disk. The MSDOSMount program can now be started from the Shell by giving the Unit Number to be connected (the SCSI-ID of the device which should be connected as MSDOS formatted volume): 1> MSDOSMount <devicename> <unit> if, as in this example, the MSDOS formatted volume has the SCSI-ID 3. The current Version 0.91 issues different values which have no meaning to the user and which are processed further in a graphical user interface in Version 1.0, to demonstrate possible faults. With removable media, MSDOSMount automatically recognises if a new medium has been inserted with the same geometry as the mounted medium. If, however, you use a medium that displays another geometry (e.g. other partitions) then MSDOS must be re-executed. Due to the numerous possible format parameters of MSDOS computers it is unfortunately not possible to format the volumes on the Amiga. If you want to work with the MSDOSMount program for data exchange, the volume to be used must be partitioned on an MSDOS compatible target system with the program FDISK (check in the appropriate MSDOS documentation) and then formatted under MSDOS. Tech Support phase 5 digital products May 96
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