Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!nntp-read!seamus From: seamus@bucsf.bu.edu (Jeff Rizzo) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Fastfile system? Why use on RAD: and 5.25? Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 91 05:46:09 GMT References: <1052@usage.csd.unsw.oz.au> <1991Feb6.190059.5507@zoot.avgrp.cr.rok.com> Sender: news@bu.edu.bu.edu Organization: As Little as Possible Lines: 25 In-reply-to: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu's message of 6 Feb 91 20:32:24 GMT In article yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes: > Has anyone setup their Amiga to read either FFS or OFS disks from the floppy >drives? I am thinking about doing this but have not tried anything yet. >(Better yet has anyone tried to do MSH, FFS, and OFS from floppies... That way >you could read whatever disk was in the drive. Also you don't have to worry >about labeling the disks with the format.) I saw a Program to do that when 1.3 came out... But lost it... mounted the floppies as ff1: and ff2: I'd like to have it again if i can find it.... . I've got a textfile which describes the procedure, and the 'autodiskchange' program which is required to let AmigaDOS know about disk changes (as FFS doesn't support removable media in 1.3) and I can mail them to anyone who asks. -jeff -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Rizzo INTERNET: seamus@bucsf.bu.edu OR phyq8jc@BUACCA.BITNET Boston University BIX: jrizzo CLA '91 ping! (617)566-0693