crain@cpsin3.uucp (Steven Crain) (12/15/90)
is there a way to get the FastFileSystem driver to work with trackdisk? (i.e. mount a FFS floppy drive) Does 2.0 allow you to do this? (I have 1.3) Thanks Steve crain@frith.egr.msu.edu -- BBBBBBB OOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOO MMMMMMMM MMMMMMM MMMM BBB BBB OOOO OOOO OOOO OOOO MMMM MMMM MMMMM MM !!!! BBB BBB OOOO OOOO OOOO oOOO MMMM MMMM MMMMM MM !!!! BBB BB OOO OOO OOO OOO MMMM MMMMMMMMM MM !!!!
crain@cpsin3.uucp (Steven Crain) (12/15/90)
I wish to apologise to the net for that signature, I am sharing this acct with a friend and I forgot that that was put in the signature file. How embarrasing :-) Steve
steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats) (12/15/90)
In article <1990Dec14.195644.27027@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> crain@cpsin3.uucp (Steven Crain) writes: >is there a way to get the FastFileSystem driver to work with trackdisk? >(i.e. mount a FFS floppy drive) Does 2.0 allow you to do this? (I have >1.3) You can mount the 1.3 FastFileSystem on a floppy via the mount command and a suitable mountlist. Just copy the default entry for RAD: and change device to "trackdisk.device" and add Mask=0x7ffff to force the FS to do all direct device access via CHIP buffers. The 2.0 filesystem *IS* FastFileSystem with extensive changes made and features added. One of the main features is support for OFS format disks (ie floppies) and full support for removable media. Under 2.0 you can format floppies in FFS mode and the ROM FS will automatically configure itself to that format. You can freely change between OFS and FFS format just by inserting disks of that format in the drive. Steve
steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats) (12/15/90)
In article <16549@cbmvax.commodore.com> steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats) writes: >You can mount the 1.3 FastFileSystem on a floppy via the mount command and >a suitable mountlist. Just copy the default entry for RAD: and change >device to "trackdisk.device" and add Mask=0x7ffff to force the FS to do >all direct device access via CHIP buffers. I forgot to add that you will have to manually run the Diskchange command every time you change the floppy. 1.3 FS doesn't automatically recognise diskchanges (because it was originally designed for non-removeable hard drives). You will also want to set BuffMemType to CHIP memory in the MountList. Steve
rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond) (12/17/90)
In a message posted on 15 Dec 90 12:27:05 GMT,
steveb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Steve Beats) wrote:
SB>(ie floppies) and full support for removable media. Under 2.0 you can
SB>format floppies in FFS mode and the ROM FS will automatically configure
Without mounting the drive a second time, how does one actually do this Format
to FFS?
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>>You can mount the 1.3 FastFileSystem on a floppy via the mount command and >>a suitable mountlist. Just copy the default entry for RAD: and change >>device to "trackdisk.device" and add Mask=0x7ffff to force the FS to do >>all direct device access via CHIP buffers. > > I forgot to add that you will have to manually run the Diskchange command > every time you change the floppy. 1.3 FS doesn't automatically recognise > diskchanges (because it was originally designed for non-removeable hard > drives). You will also want to set BuffMemType to CHIP memory in the > MountList. Or get "AutoDiskChange" a program that monitors for DISKCHANGE events and then sends a DiskChange command to the drive. Note that if you dont Diskchange a FFS floppy under 1.3 you can seriously trash the next disk... > Steve -- Mark