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- Install v1.2
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- © 1990 by David Kinder
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- Files
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- Install - Program.
- Install.info - It's icon.
- Install.Doc - This document.
- Install.s - The source code, written using HiSoft's
- excellent Devpac assembler.
-
- (not essential) icon.library - Should be in LIBS: directory under 1.3
- (This file is in ROM under 2.0+).
-
- Introduction
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-
- Considering that Commodore-Amiga have written a friendly icon-driven user
- interface, then it seems odd that they wrote most of the system software to
- be CLI only :-(
-
- A particular case in point is the 'Install' command, which can give single
- drive users a considerable headache. However I now present my own 'Install',
- with no CLI knowledge required! Install will work equally well with
- AmigaDOS 1.3, 2.0, etc.
-
- Usage
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-
- To use from the Workbench, simply click on the icon, or type 'Install' at the
- CLI. Since Install is font sensitive, it doesn't matter if you are running
- an interlaced Workbench with Times/24, the display will still be clear. Now
- insert the disk to be installed in a drive and click on the relevant gadget,
- ie. if you have only one drive, load Install, insert the disk to be installed
- in the drive, then click on the gadget marked 'DF0'.
-
- Note that the program automatically disables the gadgets for drives that are
- not connected to your system. Also notice that the program checks to see if
- you are certain that you want to install a disk - installing a disk destroys
- the previous contents of the bootblock. This check option can be disabled if
- desired by using the 'NOCHECK' tooltype, ie.:
-
- Click on the 'Install' icon, then select 'Info' from one of the Workbench
- menus. When the info requester appears, look at the bottom where the
- ToolTypes gadget is located. If there is a tooltype
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- NOCHECK
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- then the program will not perform the check. Note that this option is only
- available when Install is started from Workbench; if started from CLI then
- the program always checks. Also this option requires the presence of the file
- 'icon.library' in the current LIBS: directory.
-
- With the release of AmigaDOS 2.04, there is a new standard bootblock.
- Install has a menu which allows you to select whether the bootblock written
- out is for AmigaDOS 1.3 or AmigaDOS 2.0. Furthermore, AmigaDOS 2.0 allows
- the use of the FastFileSystem on floppy disks, so you can select an OFS or
- FFS bootblock for AmigaDOS 2.0. Note that on running Install the default is
- the correct bootblock for your system, so generally you will not need to
- worry about this menu.
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- History
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-
- v1.0 - First release.
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- v1.1 - After examining the ToolTypes field of the Install icon the
- memory used for the icon is now freed.
- Improved appearance and operation under AmigaDOS 2.0.
- Added menu to allow choice of system bootblocks.
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- v1.2 - Added 2.0 FastFileSystem (FFS) bootblock to menu.
- Added font sensitive code; looks good even if font is not topaz/8.
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