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From: jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Software for Hard Drives
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Date: 14 Oct 89 13:53:28 GMT
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Todd Stock <todd@ptolemy.arc.nasa.gov> Asks:

>Can anyone *please* tell me what software can and can't be run from
>hard disks.  I know that anything that takes over the machine before
>it even gets to WB isn't going to work, but I've had all kinds of 
>trouble with other things.  F/18 for example.  

In general, if you boot the disk and it makes the internal drive sound
like a garbage disposal eating a steak knife, you won't be able to run
it from your hard drive!  Now if we find a nice, well behaved program 
that requires you to double-click the disk icon, then opens a window and 
lets you double click the icon to start the program, you will have a 
*LOT* better luck.  It still may not be easy!

First back up the disk using the normal DISKCOPY command, or by dragging 
the icons.  If the disk won't copy, it's not gonna run on the hard drive 
anyway.  Now, you will need to be able to examine the files on the disk, 
and move them to whatever (sub-)directory you wish to use on the hard 
drive, including the sub-directories on the floppy disk.  Be sure to 
copy any files that are in the C, DEVS, L, LIBS, S, and FONTS directory 
on the floppy that are not on your hard drive, to the proper places on 
the hard drive.
 
At this point, many programs will run just fine.  F18 won't.  F18 has 
several references to DF0: hard-coded into the program.  You'll have to 
use a file editor (NewZap, or equivalent) to change the DF0: to 
something else (I changed DF0: to F18:, pretty damn original, huh) and 
then edit the S:Startup-Sequence that boots your hard drive to ASSIGN 
F18: to the proper (sub-)directory.  In my case that is:
    ASSIGN F18: DH0:GAMES/F18

Hope this helps.  
 
   --- Cal
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