[comp.sys.amiga.programmer] disabling a floppy drive at boot time

jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) (03/18/91)

Is there a way (i.e., a custom bootblock, maybe?) to prevent a floppy drive
from being recognized and added to the system?	I just got a third drive
for an incredible price (though it's a 1010...) and now I find that certain
memory-intensive applications don't quite have enough memory.  I'd like to
avoid unplugging the drive, or hacking any cables, if at all possible.

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WRW105@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Wilkinson) (03/19/91)

     Well, this will require another WB disk.  I'm pretty sure in either s/star
tup-sequenceor s/StartupII (most likely) you'll find a command "Mount df2:"
that you can just delete.
     Note that this is just an "I think"...not mounting the drive is your ticke
t,  but I'm not 100%  on where the command is.  Mail me if you have any problem
s and I'll look it up for you  (As you may have guessed I couldn't check becaus
e my 'Meeg is not handy--the horrors  of single tasking!!
The Infamous Double W
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