From errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Sat Sep 24 23:28:55 1994 Received: from relay3.UU.NET by toadflax.cs.ucdavis.edu (4.1/UCD.CS.2.6) id AA19866; Sat, 24 Sep 94 23:25:26 PDT Received: from uucp7.UU.NET by relay3.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxivp21944; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:25:22 -0400 Received: from megalith.UUCP by uucp7.UU.NET with UUCP/RMAIL ; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:25:43 -0400 Received: by megalith.miami.fl.us (AmigaSmail3.13 for ) id <0ion@megalith.miami.fl.us>; Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:21:00 -0400 (EDT) Sender: CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us Errors-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Warnings-To: errors@megalith.miami.fl.us Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit To: announce@cs.ucdavis.edu (CSAA-Submissions) X-Newsgatesoftware: Amiga Newsgate V1.6 Reply-To: MC6489@mclink.it (Nicola Salmoria) Message-Number: 930 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.announce X-Newssoftware: CSAA NMS 1.2 From: MC6489@mclink.it (Nicola Salmoria) (CSAA) Subject: (CSAA) MultiFileSystem v1.1 Message-Id: Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 02:21:23 -0400 Status: RO TITLE MultiFileSystem - share multiple file systems under a single device name VERSION 1.1 AUTHOR Nicola Salmoria DESCRIPTION Thanks to the versatility of AmigaDOS, we are able to use many different file systems on our disks. The most popular is of course CrossDOS (tm), but many other file systems can be found in the PD. Adding a new file system to the Amiga is simplicity itself: just copy a file in L:, provide a suitable mountlist, and there you go. This works flawlessy if every physical unit is accessed by a single file system, but if multiple file systems share the same device, some problems arise: - You have to call the same unit with different names (e.g. DF0: and PC0:) depending of the kind of disk inserted. - When you insert a PC disk, the Workbench shows a DF0:???? icon, and vice versa; this can be very annoying especially for owners of more than one drive. - When a file system is busy (for example during a DiskCopy), the other file systems can still access the disk; this goes against the concept of "inhibiting" a device. MultiFileSystem solves all of these problems. It isn't a file system in the usual way: it is an interface to other file systems. When you mount it, you tell it which file systems it should use; afterwards, when a disk is inserted, MultiFileSystem will recognize it and pass the commands to the appropriate file system. This means that with a single device name, for example DF0:, you can access any conceivable file system! You are not limited to floppy drives, of course: I successfully installed MultiFileSystem over a 128Mb magnetooptical drive. NEW FEATURES Fixed all reported bugs. It seems that version 1.0 didn't work with the Mount command supplied with Workbench 2.1. This incompatibility has been removed so version 1.1 should work on all systems starting from Workbench 2.1 upwards. New DiskCopy and Format patches, which make operations easier: DiskCopy automatically picks the correct file system on the destination disk; Format shows a requester asking the user to choose which file system to use. SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OS release 2.1 or newer HOST NAME Any Aminet site, for example ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 DIRECTORY /pub/aminet/disk/misc FILE NAME mfs11.lha PRICE Free DISTRIBUTABILITY Freeware, freely distributable as long as the archive remains intact and only a nominal fee is charged for its distribution. -- Read all administrative posts before putting your post up. Mailing list: announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu. Comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. MAIL ALL COMP.SYS.AMIGA.ANNOUNCE ANNOUNCEMENTS TO announce@cs.ucdavis.edu. ============================================================================ This is part of a mailing list gateway maintained by Carlos Amezaga. Bugs & comments to CSAA@megalith.miami.fl.us. Subscribes, UnSubcribes, help and faq requests should be sent to announce-request@cs.ucdavis.edu.