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- From: prospero@indigo.ie (L Mac Mullan)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Let's Rummage!
- Date: 20 Feb 96 18:03:35 +0000
- Organization: Indigo
- Message-ID: <2228.6624T1083T1750@indigo.ie>
- References: <tony.0406@zorro.southern.co.nz> <DMtFI2.I6C@iglou.com>
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- In message <DMtFI2.I6C@iglou.com> Steve L. Edford (sledford@iglou.iglou.com)
- wrote:
- >tony@zorro.southern.co.nz (Tony McKee) writes:
-
- >>Hi Folks. I've been rummaging around on our A3000's WB 3.1 set-up disks;
- >>no particular reason - I just do things like that once in a blue moon.
- >>(Betcha you do the same now and then - eh? ;-) ) In so doing, an old
- >>curiosity has been reawakened:
-
- >Ahh, so I'm not the only one. :) If you look in the :C directory of
- >Install3.1:, you'll find a neat little CLI program called "IconPos" which
- >apparently is used by the 3.1 Installer script to position icons. You can
- >use this in scripts to align/organize any of your icons with this.
- >To find out the options, just type "IconPos ?" :-)
-
- >>On the WB 3.1 install disk there is a program called 'HDSetup'. Now,
- >>'HDToolbox' also resides on that disk in the 'HDTools' dir. So, what's
- >>the difference between these programs. As far as I can tell from reading
-
- >I believe the difference is that HDSetup uses the default of splitting
- >the hard drive into 2 equal sized partitions, one for SYS:, the other
- >for Work:. My guess is this is for someone who wouldn't feel comfortable
- >with (or not know how to) using HDToolBox directly. That way, they can
- >easily get their HD up and running. But then, this is my guess, I could
- >be wrong.....nahhh! ;^)
-
- I seem to remember something about HDSetup setting up your system in a default
- manner, i.e. you were not asked any difficult questions :-)
-
- >>BTW, I can find no reference to 'HDSetup' in the WB 3.1 manuals, nor the
-
- >Yep, I couldn't find it either. Not even a ReadMe file on Install3.1.
-
- I could, page 10-2 "HDBackup and HDToolbox are also included in the Tools
- drawer on hard disk systems only. For information, see the /Amiga/ /Hard/
- /Drive/ /User's/ /Guide/"
-
- Fine, except.... none came with my 3.1 (The CBM/Villagtronic version):^(
-
- >>the mirror-mount grommets on a sparkling, re-conditioned, '57 Chevy...
- >>keeps you awake at night... know the feeling? ;-)
-
- >Oh yeah, the good ol' days. I wish I could see as many of these as I used
- >to back when. :-)
-
-
- >>Cheers, Tony McKee
-
- >Steve Edford
- >sledford@iglou.com
-
- L Mac Mullan (prospero@indigo.ie)
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- ... A mind is a terrible thing to taste
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