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From: johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (John Lindwall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Can someone post the CrossDOS demo?
Keywords: MS-DOS floppies read-only demo
Message-ID: <524@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM>
Date: 4 Oct 89 19:09:02 GMT
References: <64337@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> <4836@cps3xx.UUCP>
Reply-To: johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM (John Lindwall)
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In article <4836@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes:
>>>CrossDos comes with an mfm.device and you must mount your native Amiga
>Can you un-mount it once it is mouunted?
>If not, is it useful in a single floopy based system?

Yes, you can unmount it through a command called KILL.  But (even better) you
do not really need to!  Even though you've mounted the CrossDOS device, you
can still access the floppy drive as an Amiga floppy (OR as an MSDOS floppy).
That sounds confusing, so here's an example:

Assume you've decided to use CrossDOS to allow you to access df0: as an MS-DOS
 drive called (hmm, lets be original...) A:.  Assume you've mounted it.

Stick an MSDOS floppy into the internal drive.
You can access the MS-DOS filesystem on A:
Now remove the MS-DOS disk, and replace it with an AmigaDOS disk.
You can access the AmigaDOS filesystem on (the same physical drive) df0:

NEAT!

I just purchased the commercial version (read/write) from Abel Supply for
$17.75.  I'm very happy with the product.


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John Lindwall                            johnl@tw-rnd.SanDiego.NCR.COM
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