Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!hao!ames!oliveb!amiga!cbmvax!schein From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: DisMount drives from A2000: How ? - (nf) Message-ID: <2976@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 21 Dec 87 14:24:27 GMT References: <20800005@infbs.UUCP> Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 40 I tried sending this to you via mail, but got it returned 3 times. In article <20800005@infbs.UUCP> schwarz@infbs.UUCP writes: >Subject: How to DisMount external drives from A2000 ? > >An external drive (5.25") is automatically acknowledged by Amiga while ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I assume you are not using a 1020 drive because our 5.25" drive does *NOT* automatically configure. You must first `mount' it before it is acknowledged by Amy. >booting.It is named "df2:". The machine knows it as 80 track Amiga drive. ^^ ^^^^^ Again - not our 5.25" drive. Ours is only 40 track(s). >I look for a way to logically dismount this drive after booting like by >a "DisMount"-command (The only way I know is to connect the drive first >after booting). Do someone know whether a little program is available >doing this job ? Is there someone who can tell me how to take away "df2" >from device list without getting help from guru ... ? Sorry to say that there is no way (that I know of) to DISmount a device once it is mounted. > >Thank you for all help. >Peter Jonas > -- Dan Schein uucp: {ihnp4|allegra|burdvax|rutgers}!cbmvax!schein Commodore AMIGA Bix: dschein Plink: Dan*CATS 1200 Wilson Drive phone: (215) 431-9100 ext. 9542 West Chester PA 19380 +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ All spelling mistakes are a result of my efforts to avoid education :-) +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ I help Commodore by supporting the AMIGA. Commodore supports me by allowing me to form my own suggestions and comments.