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From: jmauric@hubcap.clemson.edu (AMIGA users group)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction
Subject: Re: MSH and mountlists
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.161144.13152@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 16:11:44 GMT
References: <1991Mar14.031705.143@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Organization: Clemson University
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From article <1991Mar14.031705.143@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>, by spice@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu:
> I'm a new Amiga owner and am having trouble getting the shareware program
> 
> c:SetPatch >NIL: r
> Addbuffers df0: 10
> cd c:
> echo "Amiga Workbench Disk, Release 1.3.2 version 34.32"
> Sys:System/FastMemFirst
> Binddrivers
> FF >NIL: -0
> resident CLI L:Shell-Seg SYSTEM pure add
> resident c:Execute pure
> mount MSH:

 i suggest you add the following after the line above.

  autodiskchange <nil: >nil: msh:

> mount newcon
> ;
> failat 11
> run execute s:StartupII
> wait >NIL: 5 mins
> SYS:System/SetMap usa1
> path ram: c: sys:utilities sys:system s: sys:prefs add
> LoadWB delay
> endcli > NIL:
> 
> 
> This is the exact same startup sequence as comes with AmigaDos 1.3 except for 
> the addition of the mount MSH command.
> 
> I dont get any errors when booting AmigaDos 1.3 on my A3000 with this 
> startup-sequence and mountlist. When I insert a MSDOS disk into DF0: I get
> a DF0:BAD message on the WorkBench screen. When I launch a CLI and type  

 the df0:bad message appears but it should still should get the ms-dos disk.
make sure that your ms-dos disk has a label. in ms-dos, use the command
LABEL to label your disks.  only then on the amiga do you get a name with the
disk icon for ms-dos. ive had no problems with messydos.

> dir MSH: the drive comes on and sometimes I get a few mangled letters 
> printed on the screen. At other times I dont get anything at all , just a
> blank screen. If I type dir MSH: a second time the drive light doesnt 
> even come on and nothing is output. I've tried the command cd MSH: also 
> and I cant get that to work either. A second disk icon is put onto the
> Workbench screen after I type dir MSH: but this disk icon doesnt have 
> a name. 
> 
> 
>                   Thanks
>                     Scott Corley

                                 --john
jmauric@hubcap.clemson.edu

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