[comp.sys.atari.st] Problems using GDOS and harddisk driver

s_kraemer@iravcl.ira.uka.de (05/17/91)

I've got problems using GDOS (AMCGDOS) with the harddisk driver of my vortex
HDplus 20 (hardware: Mega ST 2 with TOS 1.4).

GDOS works if I don't use the harddisk, so I guess the problem is the disk
driver.

Does anybody know how to solve this? Or can I use another HD driver without
getting into trouble?

Thanks for information!



Oliver Kraemer
E-Mail: s_kraemer@iravcl.ira.uka.de

micro@imada.ou.dk (Klaus Pedersen) (05/19/91)

s_kraemer@iravcl.ira.uka.de writes:

>GDOS works if I don't use the harddisk, so I guess the problem is the disk
>driver.

Try to check the path in your ASSIGN.SYS file.

-Klaus, micro@imada.ou.dk

steveh@tharr.UUCP (Steve Hamley) (05/21/91)

In article <1991May17.164029.1@iravcl.ira.uka.de> s_kraemer@iravcl.ira.uka.de writes:
>I've got problems using GDOS (AMCGDOS) with the harddisk driver of my vortex
>HDplus 20 (hardware: Mega ST 2 with TOS 1.4).
>
>GDOS works if I don't use the harddisk, so I guess the problem is the disk
>driver.

One common problem I've found is that GDOS (both AMC and Atari flavours)
require the fonts and graphic device drivers to be on the same drive as
GDOS. I use a small boot partition to hide away all the stuff I don't
normally want to look at, but was defeated when I wanted to then temporarily
use some fonts on another drive which wouldn't fit on the boot drive...

schultzd@kira.uucp (Count Zero ... Interrupt) (05/22/91)

What you want to do is make SURE that ASSIGN.SYS tells what directory
the stuff is in.  Fonts & drivers don't have to be on the same, but
ASSIGN.SYS does have to say WHERE they are.

Failing in that, good luck...
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