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From: phils@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Philip E Staub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Diskcopy to RAD: v1.3
Keywords: RAD: v1.3
Message-ID: <3688@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Date: 24 Oct 88 23:13:12 GMT
References: <1231@raybed2.UUCP>
Reply-To: phils@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Philip E Staub)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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Sorry to post this, but you know the story: the mailer bounced it:


In article <1231@raybed2.UUCP> lah@raybed2.UUCP (LANCE HOLMES) writes:
>
>I have been experimenting with the new 1.3 workbench and having a 2000
>with a micron board I also have tried using the Rad: setup as shown
>in the manual.  I tried using the diskcopy as show:
>                "sys:system/diskcopy df0: to rad:"
>and found that it didn't work
>

Have you tried checking the MountList entry for RAD:, to ensure that it has
the same number of surfaces, cylinders and sectors as a 3.5" floppy? Also,
after you make any changes to the mountlist entry for RAD:, physically
*remove the power* from your Amiga, so that any RAD: that currently exists
will no longer be there. A simple warm reboot doesn't do it. I'm not sure,
but I doubt that RemRAD does either.

Using these methods, I have had no trouble getting diskcopy to work, without
1.3 kickstart.

>I noticed that the manual doesn't really talk about diskcopy in the
>section which talks about the programs located in the systems draw.
>
>(guessing at the answer):
>
>do I need the 1.3 kickstart rom in my 2000 in order for the diskcopy to
>work.  Presently I use the readkwik routine which I think I will still 
>prefer because I can save a little more than 880k on a disk.
>I realize that autoboot won't work.
>
>Also after reading some previous posted messages if you have a hard 
>disk drive and have the 1.3 kickstart are you forced to choose between
>autoboot of the hard drive or ffs. but not both.
>
Some experimenting I've done suggests that you *must* have at least one old
filesystem partition on the hard disk. I've tried it with only ffs, and it 
just locks up. 

>
>Lance Holmes


Good Luck,
Phil
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Phil Staub        
Tektronix, Inc., Vancouver, Washington 98668
phils@tekigm2.MEN.TEK.COM


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