Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: BRIDGEBOARD HELP REQUESTED: Lost Virtual Drives Message-ID: Date: 22 Jan 91 18:20:03 GMT References: <1991Jan21.143104.18989@ariel.unm.edu> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California Lines: 41 In-reply-to: nwickham@triton.unm.edu's message of 21 Jan 91 14:31:04 GMT X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.12 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ] >>>>> On 21 Jan 91 14:31:04 GMT, nwickham@triton.unm.edu (Neal C. Wickham) said: Neal> After switching all Bridgeboard storage from a dedicated IBM harddrive Neal> to the Amiga's harddrive, I now find that my linked virtual drive is Neal> lost after reboot or shutdown. Neal> Should I format the virtual drive (not mentioned in docs)? I forget, but isn't there a format step mentioned in the docs (DPFormat or some such)? Neal> Is there a statement needed in my autoexec.bat? Well, yes. For the virtual drive to be found, you must 'Jlink' to it before you use it. Therefore, its appropriate to put Jlink in AUTOEXEC.BAT along with Jdisk in CONFIG.SYS. Also, PCDisk should be running on the Amiga side when the Jlink is issued, so PCDisk should be early in the Startup-Sequence of the Amiga. Neal> Does the virtual drive environment only support temporary (i.e. one time Neal> usage)? Only if you put the virtual drive in RAM:. There should be an Amiga file stored on an Amiga drive after doing the 'Jlink /c' command, so look for it and make sure its size is greater than zero. Neal> Does the virtual drive software not work or have bugs? I've run into bugs and not been able to create more than one permanent virtual drive. Also, if something fails (like JLink), PCDisk may wind up being hung and you'll have to do a hard boot. In general, when it works, it works okay. When it doesn't, it fails miserably. -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"