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From: hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU
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Subject: Re: questions
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Date: Mon, 1-Dec-86 12:15:00 EST
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LMC-TRANS@GUNTER-ADAM.ARPA says:
> I also have something called KickBench, if anyone is interested.  As it's
> name implies, it is Kickstart and Workbench on the same disk.  The disk
> has at least one major drawback in that once loaded you can't take the
> disk out of the drive.  I.e., KickBench needs to stay put.  This drawback
> alone is enough to keep me from using it on a regular basis, but on occassion
> it is nice to load the two at once.

    "kickbench" is probably the greatest amiga hack since popcli.  i could
give up popcli and go back to an extra "newcli" in my startup-sequence, but
going back to a 2-disk boot would be painful.
    if you want to be able to take the kickbench disk out of the drive,
there are several options:

	don't re-arm the disk ("kick") in your startup-sequence; wait until
    you're ready to power-down, then do it manually.

	dis-arm ("unkick df0:") the disk before removing it, then re-arm
    after you re-insert it.

	keep a workbench disk in df1:; let the startup-sequence on your
    kickbench disk transfer "control" to df1: via "assign"s, then re-arm.
    after that, the kickbench disk is no longer needed, and you can remove
    it until the next coldstart.  this returns you to 2 disks, but you can
    still walk away for the few minutes it takes for the boot process to
    complete, and come back to a system ready to run.

    i typically use a variant of the third option.  i have a 1-meg add-on.
my kickbench startup-sequence fills ram:c, ram:l, ram:devs, and ram:libs,
assign's those directories, and re-arms itself.  if i'm doing development,
i replace kickbench with my aztec C workbench; otherwise i can remove it,
since it won't be needed anymore, or leave it in to silence the clicking.

	wayne hamilton
	U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL
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