A1S@PSUVM.BITNET (Andrew Snyder) (10/08/89)
Just make sure your RAD: is the same size as a floppy (79 sectors?) and go ahead and diskcopy df0: to rad: . At the end of the WB1.3 mountlist the is an example of how to call a drive by a different name. Thats where you can findout how to change the RAD: disk to make it big enough. Andrew Snyder A1S @ PSUVM Have a day. :|
emcalc@sugar.hackercorp.com (William M. Schmidt) (10/08/89)
Go ahead and use Diskcopy. If your RAD is sized EXACTLY the same as a 880k floppy you'll have no problems. I believe that there is an example of this in the 1.3 docs. -- Bill Schmidt | Texas Accelerator Center | "Eagles may soar, but a worm never emcalc@sugar.hackercorp.com | gets sucked into a jet engine"
rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu (Brewski Rogers) (10/08/89)
In article <45@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US> kenb@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Ken Baynard) writes: > >I was curious if there was a program available, like a modified >version of the AmigaDos command 'DiskCopy" which would allow one to >transfer a whole disk from say df0: to a formatted RAD: drive. I am >using a 1000 with 2.5 meg of RAM and set up a 880k RAD drive when I >boot and like to copy a Workbench disk to RAD: for the speed of access. > > Ken Baynard > Marquette Mi. clmqt!kenb OR lopez!kenb It's much simpler than you think. Set up your rad: as having 80 tracks (0-79), then rename it as df2: or df3: diskcopy will work just fine on it. (Blazingly fast, too) ------------------------------------------------------ Quantum _\/_ 2727 Eel Bruce (6502 RULES!) Rogers |\ Duck ( 0 0) Davis, Ca 95616 Quantum Duck Software, |\ \______/ / \\\ 916-756-2684 rogers@iris.ucdavis.edu |\ < < | \/ "It's better to be the real thing than the right thing." \________/ Quark!
fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) (10/08/89)
You don't need a modified copy of DiskCopy. DiskCopy will work just fine to copy a floppy disk to a RAD: disk if they are the same size (880K). --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3
usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (10/09/89)
In article <45@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US> kenb@clmqt.marquette.Mi.US (Ken Baynard) writes: > >I was curious if there was a program available, like a modified >version of the AmigaDos command 'DiskCopy" which would allow one to You need to make the RAD disk the same size as a floppy, and use the oldfilesystem. Using Diskcopy from the workbench complains about different disk types, but using the CLI diskcopy from df0: to rad: name xyz does work. Question to somebody in the know: Whats the diff? Joe Porkka porkka@frith.egr.msu.edu
andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) (10/13/89)
In article <4906@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes: >Using Diskcopy from the workbench complains about different disk types, >but using the CLI diskcopy from df0: to rad: name xyz does work. > >Question to somebody in the know: Whats the diff? Workbench does a little additional checking before it calls the Diskcopy command; I suspect the test your copy is failing on is the comparison of the default tool of the icon. > Joe Porkka porkka@frith.egr.msu.edu -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. Life gets pretty complex the minute you stop mooing. Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.
navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas) (10/14/89)
In article <8180@cbmvax.UUCP> andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes: >In article <4906@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes: >>Using Diskcopy from the workbench complains about different disk types, >>but using the CLI diskcopy from df0: to rad: name xyz does work. >>Question to somebody in the know: Whats the diff? [Andy again...] >Workbench does a little additional checking before it calls the Diskcopy >command; I suspect the test your copy is failing on is the comparison >of the default tool of the icon. Well, it might be, but I was getting this with Jazzbench occasionally as well, and it doesn't check... Of course, that could be another bug in the silly thing as well. df0: to rad: works just fine right now. Only in very weird circumstances does it complain. Now if only I had a 12V 2.5A, 5V 2A power supply for my hard drive/memory, my computer might be useful again... :-( David Navas navas@cory.berkeley.edu