Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!andy From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: InstallHD & Prod_prep (WB 2.03) Message-ID: <22381@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 12 Jun 91 23:11:29 GMT References: <22206@cbmvax.commodore.com> Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 34 In article caw@miroc.Chi.IL.US (Christopher A. Wichura) writes: >But it is destructive if you have more than one HD in the machine. I looked >at the PrepUpScript found on the 2.03 install disk and used that as the basis >Then when I powercycled the 3000 it wouldn't recognize unit 6. At first I While confusing, it is still non-destructive. Running Hdtoolbox and picking "Save Changes to Drives" will bring the drive back with no data loss. Note: ProdPrep can be destructive. Once you start making your own scripts, you can wipe data from the drives if you so choose. (or if you make a mistake). >>>Oh, is there doc on Prod_prep available? If I pay CATS $75? >> >>No. It's not meant for users. It has no UI to speak of. HDtoolBox can do >>what prod_prep does, but with a GUI. > >It does have a usage if you hit ?, and NewZAPing it it looks like it's got >plenty of internal documentation (like a list of the major commands and their >args like readfs, etc). True, but there are still no docs. >-=> CAW -- andy finkel {uunet|rutgers|amiga}!cbmvax!andy Commodore-Amiga, Inc. "2.0 is not the answer. 2.0 is the question. Yes is the answer." Any expressed opinions are mine; but feel free to share. I disclaim all responsibilities, all shapes, all sizes, all colors.