kiron@concour.CS.Concordia.CA (Kiron Bondale) (08/01/89)
Hi all, finally got my virtual drive working on my Bridgeboard...now I have another question... is there any way that I can get my virtual drive to autoboot (ie. not have to use my MS-DOS system disk everytime I use PCcolor, but rather have it boot off the hard drive??? System Configuration : Amiga 2500 with XT Bridgeboard... Thanks Kiron (kiron@sunkisd.cs.concordia.ca) (kiron@concour.cs.concordia.ca) Kiron D. Bondale Concordia University, Mtl., Quebec, Canada "Never mourn Black Omne" ___Habitat:kiron@sunkisd.CS.Concordia.CA -----------------------------------------------------------------
higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) (08/02/89)
In article <1040@clyde.Concordia.CA> kiron@concour.CS.Concordia.CA (Kiron Bondale) writes:
$Hi all, finally got my virtual drive working on my Bridgeboard...now
$I have another question...
$is there any way that I can get my virtual drive to autoboot (ie. not
$have to use my MS-DOS system disk everytime I use PCcolor, but rather
$have it boot off the hard drive???
$System Configuration : Amiga 2500 with XT Bridgeboard...
Get the Janus 2.0 software (don't know the policy in Canada). The
new software provides autoboot, but not through the virtual drive means;
you have to reserve a fixed space on the Amiga hard drive using a new
MakeAB command. The great thing about it is the space on the Amiga drive
used for MS-DOS (which is a file under AmigaDOS just as the virtual JLINK
style drives are), acts, looks, smells, walks, and talks like a PC hard
drive. You specify heads, cylinders, etc., for the fake drive. To have
it autoboot, you must format it with the system files of course, and then
specify in your pc/system drawer in a file called ABoot.Ctrl where the
AmigaDOS file containing the PC hard drive is.
Simple. :-) Actually, I have done this on a number of Amigas
now and it is quite simple.
Paul.sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (08/02/89)
In Message <1040@clyde.Concordia.CA>, kiron@concour.CS.Concordia.CA (Kiron Bondale) writes: >is there any way that I can get my virtual drive to autoboot (ie. not >have to use my MS-DOS system disk everytime I use PCcolor, but rather >have it boot off the hard drive??? Yes but it requires the new Janus 2.0 software. Pop by your dealer to get a copy and while there make note of Appendix "B" (USING AUTOBOOT SYSTEM SOFTWARE TO CREATE PSEUDO PC HARD DRIVES) I currently am using it and it works perfect. Matter of fact Norton Utilities doesnt know its not a real MS-DOS drive ;-) Sneakers -- ___ Dan "Sneakers" Schein //// BERKS AMIGA BBS Sneakers Computing //// 80+ Megs of software & messages 2455 McKinley Ave. ___ //// 12/2400 Baud - 24 Hrs West Lawn, PA 19609 \\\\ //// 215/678-7691 \\\\//// {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers