"kosma@ALAN.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM"@alan.kahuna.decnet.lockheed.com (11/15/89)
Received: from GEORG.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM by ALAN.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM via CHAOS with CHAOS-MAIL id 6453; Mon 13-Nov-89 14:48:10 PST Date: Mon, 13 Nov 89 14:48 PST From: Montgomery Kosma <kosma@ALAN.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM> Subject: problem with mounting 2 RAD's (from introductory posting to comp.sys.amiga...) To: "eagle::amiga-relay%udel.edu"@KAHUNA.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM Message-ID: <19891113224801.6.KOSMA@GEORG.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM> Over the weekend I was trying to get 2 recoverable ram disks working on my amiga. One was a small rebootable RAD: and the other was to be a floppy-sized ram disk called RF0: to use with df0: and diskcopy. Anyway, here's what I did: 1. copy devs:ramdrive.device to devs:ramdriv1.device, and copy RemRAD to RemRF0. 2. edit devs:ramdriv1.device and RemRF0 to change all references to ramdrive.device to ramdriv1.device and RAMB0 to RAMB1. 3. edit the mountlist to add an entry for RF0: which I copied from the RAD entry, changing the device from ramdrive.device to ramdriv1.device, and the HighCyl value. (do I need to change the Unit value?) I tried to mount this new ramdisk (either after reboot or powerup) and here's what happened: The mount commmand appears to work--no errors, at least, and if I repeat the mount RF0: command the amiga replies that RF0 is already mounted. Typing ASSIGN LIST shows RF0 as one of my devices. However, typing info does not show up RF0 and I can neither cd or ls RF0:. Have I forgotten something/done something wrong? Thanks in advance! monty kosma@alan.kahuna.decnet.lockheed.com
esker@abaa.uucp (Lawrence Esker) (11/17/89)
In article <4118@nigel.udel.EDU> "kosma@ALAN.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM"@alan.kahuna.decnet.lockheed.com writes: >From: Montgomery Kosma <kosma@ALAN.LAAC-AI.Dialnet.Symbolics.COM> > [Proper procedure deleted.] > >The mount commmand appears to work--no errors, at least, and if I repeat >the mount RF0: command the amiga replies that RF0 is already mounted. >Typing ASSIGN LIST shows RF0 as one of my devices. However, typing info >does not show up RF0 and I can neither cd or ls RF0:. Have I forgotten >something/done something wrong? > >Thanks in advance! I was the one who wrote the procedure that eventually ended up in the introductory posting. Everything you described sounds correct as I remembered doing it. And no, DO NOT CHANGE the unit number. It must be 0. That is why this entire cryptic procedure must be done, because C= was not farsighted enough to accept unit numbers for multiple RAD: devices. I did encounter the problem that is described. The case of the letters in the Device = ramdriv1.device must match the case of ramdriv1.device within the device file itself. It seems tha Mount finds the device to mount regardless of case and mounts properly. However, the device then checks that its name matches what it expects, case sensitive, and won't run if there is a mismatch. Check that the case of all changes you made to ramdriv1.device is all lower case. Also make sure you didn't accidently use ramdrive1.device instead of ramdriv1.device anywhere. Finally, its always helpful to have Mount = 1 in the mountlist so that the device is activated when it is mounted. An icon should show up in the workbench for the device at mount time. >monty >kosma@alan.kahuna.decnet.lockheed.com -- ---------- Lawrence W. Esker ---------- Modern Amish: Thou shalt not need any computer that is not IBM compatible. UseNet Path: __!mailrus!sharkey!itivax!abaa!esker == esker@abaa.UUCP