hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison) (05/09/88)
Hi folks, I'm working on 4 different machines with 4 different operating
systems. Unix (News/Play), MS-DOS (work), AmigaDOS (home), and SOS (work),
combined are overloading some common operators just a wee bit.
Is there a way to use something like Assign in some clever way to get
df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them
both under ram:/a ram:/b I would be just as happy. Anything to get a
little commonality going.
Jim Hutchison UUCP: {dcdwest,ucbvax}!cs!net1!hutch
ARPA: Hutch@net1.ucsd.edu
Disclaimer: I represent my own opinions.lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP (Larry Phillips) (05/15/88)
In <4936@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison) writes: >Is there a way to use something like Assign in some clever way to get >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them >both under ram:/a ram:/b I would be just as happy. Anything to get a >little commonality going. Yes, it's... ASSIGN DF0: a: or ASSIGN DF1: b: Or am I missing some point key to understanding what you want to do? -larry -- Janus? Well, look at it this way. If you squint a little, the J could be Amiga checkmark, and the rest of the word describes MsDos. +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | // Larry Phillips | | \X/ {ihnp4!alberta!ubc-vision,uunet}!van-bc!lpami!lphillips | | COMPUSERVE: 76703,4322 | +----------------------------------------------------------------+
dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (05/16/88)
> >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them > >both under ram:/a ram:/b I would be just as happy. Anything to get a > >little commonality going. >ASSIGN DF0: a: >Or am I missing some point key to understanding what you want to do? Yes. Unfortunetly, the assign assigns a: to the particular DISK in the drive at the time. If you put another disk in the drive and attempt to reference A:, it will ask for the first one back. Soft links would be a nice addition to AmigaDos ... -Matt
roch@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu (05/16/88)
/* Written 3:24 pm May 14, 1988 by lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP in uiucdcsm:comp.sys.amiga */ In <4936@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison) writes: >Is there a way to use something like Assign in some clever way to get >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them Yes, it's... ASSIGN DF0: a: or ASSIGN DF1: b: -larry | // Larry Phillips | /* End of text from uiucdcsm:comp.sys.amiga */ Almost Larry - it's assign a: df0: assign b: df1: - arguments reversed david roch@a.cs.uiuc.edu
debate2@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (David Oh) (05/17/88)
In article <8805152310.AA19001@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: >> >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them >> >both under ram:/a ram:/b I would be just as happy. Anything to get a >> >little commonality going. >>ASSIGN DF0: a: >>Or am I missing some point key to understanding what you want to do? > > Yes. Unfortunetly, the assign assigns a: to the particular DISK >in the drive at the time. If you put another disk in the drive and attempt >to reference A:, it will ask for the first one back. Actually, there is a program out there that will assign any further references of A: to df0:. This PD program is called DEVASSIGN and it works for me... If you don't have it, E-mail me or something... I'll see if I can post it to binaries! :::> Dave Oh uucp: debate2@watdcsu.waterloo.edu
nor1675@dsacg2.UUCP (Michael Figg) (05/17/88)
In article <4936@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison) writes: > Hi folks, I'm working on 4 different machines with 4 different operating > systems. Unix (News/Play), MS-DOS (work), AmigaDOS (home), and SOS (work), > combined are overloading some common operators just a wee bit. > Is there a way to use something like Assign in some clever way to get > df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them > Jim Hutchison UUCP: {dcdwest,ucbvax}!cs!net1!hutch > ARPA: Hutch@net1.ucsd.edu Try using assigndev on fish disk #79. This seems to have been the popular way that many A/B2000 owners who put an old external from their A1000 adapted to having df0: and df2: instead of df0: and df1:. Isn't this another good argument for wanting UNIX on the Amiga. I also work with 4 OS's (OS/MVS, UNIX, MS-DOS, and A-DOS0) and except for the IBM 370, which I never want to look at again, I would like more standardization. It looks like MS-DOS and A-DOS are heading towards UNIX anyway. -- "Don't quote me on this!" Michael Figg DLA Systems Automation Center Columbus, Oh. (614)-238-9036
carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) (05/17/88)
In article <8805152310.AA19001@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes: >> >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them >> >both under ram:/a ram:/b I would be just as happy. Anything to get a >> >little commonality going. >>ASSIGN DF0: a: >>Or am I missing some point key to understanding what you want to do? > > Yes. Unfortunetly, the assign assigns a: to the particular DISK >in the drive at the time. If you put another disk in the drive and attempt >to reference A:, it will ask for the first one back. The AssignDev program by Phil Lindsay on Fish Disk 111 will allow you to assign alternate device names to a physical device - not to the volume mounted in that device. With AssignDev, you could assigndev a: df0: assigndev b: df1: and these assignments will remain regardless of volume swapping. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Carolyn Scheppner -- CATS >>Commodore Amiga Technical Support<< UUCP ...{allegra,ihnp4,rutgers}!cbmvax!carolyn PHONE 215-431-9180 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
nic@dworld.UUCP (Nic Bernstein) (05/17/88)
In article <7200036@uiucdcsm> roch@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu writes: >/* Written 3:24 pm May 14, 1988 by lphillips@lpami.van-bc.UUCP in uiucdcsm:comp.sys.amiga */ >In <4936@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>, hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison) writes: >>Is there a way to use something like Assign in some clever way to get > >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them >Yes, it's... > >ASSIGN DF0: a: > or >ASSIGN DF1: b: > >| // Larry Phillips | > >Almost Larry - it's > assign a: df0: > assign b: df1: - arguments reversed > > david Actually, as was already mentioned here before, Assign will assign a: to the volume which is in the drive, not to the device itself. A while ago someone from CATS posted a PD program called AssignDev which I think would allow this (sorry I forgot who it was, no slight intended) since it allowed such manuevers as: AssignDev df2: df1: On a related note, can anybody think of a way to alias the root character from : to / for all of us forgetful types? Or how about mounting a volume in the middle of another volume's hierarchy, and maybe some soft and hard links, and how about..... Oh never mind, I must have been dreaming there... -- Careful with that axiom, Euclid Nic Bernstein Discovery World Museum Discovery World denies my existance 818 W. Wisconsin av. without further proof. Milwaukee, WI 53233 ____________________________________________________________________________ {uunet|uwmcsd1|gryphon}!marque{!introl}!dworld!nic ____________________________________________________________________________
debate2@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (David Oh) (05/18/88)
In article <4936@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> hutch@net1.UUCP (Jim Hutchison) writes: >Is there a way to use something like Assign in some clever way to get >df0: to be called a:, and df1: to be called b: ? If I could mount them >both under ram:/a ram:/b I would be just as happy. Anything to get a >little commonality going. Acutally, what you could do is re-mount the df0: as a:... Here is a mountlist that will do that: A: Device = trackdisk.device Unit = 0 Flags = 1 Surfaces = 2 BlocksPerTrack = 11 Reserved = 2 PreAlloc = 11 Interleave = 0 LowCyl = 0 ; HighCyl = 79 Buffers = 20 BufMemType = 3 # (I wanted to send you mail but I couldn't figure out how to privately mail --- I'm new at Usenetting :-) :::> Dave Oh uucp:debate2@watdcsu.waterloo.edu PLINK: dave*oh
doug-merritt@cup.portal.com (05/22/88)
Nic Bernstein writes: > On a related note, can anybody think of a way to alias the root >character from : to / for all of us forgetful types? I've conceived a way to do it as far as AmigaDOS is concerned, but the problem is that there's a lot of software that make explicit assumptions about the meaning of ':' and '/' etc, so that to allow Unix style names like "/df0/c/rename" instead of "df0:c/rename" would require modifications to all of those utilities, too. There's a long shot approach I'm still working on that might allow it to work 100% (i.e. invisibly). You'll hear about it if I succeed. >Or how about mounting >a volume in the middle of another volume's hierarchy, and maybe some soft >and hard links, and how about..... That part is relatively easy, although I don't know how long it'll take me to finish it. I should say it's conceptually easy. The code is kind of hairy. Interestingly enough, I had a harder time with the design of hard links than with symbolic links...originally I thought it would be the other way around. And I'm not sure I like the performance hit that my solution imposes. > Oh never mind, I must have been dreaming there... Or maybe I am...I haven't actually got it working yet...design looks good but it's vaporware until it works. Would there be a market for a file system enhancement package like this, do you think? Doug Doug Merritt ucbvax!sun.com!cup.portal.com!doug-merritt or ucbvax!eris!doug (doug@eris.berkeley.edu) or ucbvax!unisoft!certes!doug