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DESKTOP.PRG & DESKTOP.DOC
Copyright 1990-1991 ICD, Inc.
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
NOTE: This file is a SUPPLEMENT to the AdSCSI ST manual which
contains more extensive documentation on DESKTOP.
+--------------------------------------------------------------+
DESKTOP.PRG was previously a desk accessory (DESKTOP.ACC). It
is now a program so it only uses memory when you actually run
it.
Note that you must have version 5.0.0 or greater of ICDBOOT
installed in order to install and run this version of
DESKTOP.PRG.
When running DESKTOP.PRG from NEODESK, you need to be aware of
the fact that it will not put the partition names in the icons,
or change paths in open windows. Maybe we can do this later.
Otherwise, it works fine with NEODESK.
A check mark under the Boot column in the Available partitions
window indicates that this partition's boot sector contains
bootable code and that ICDBOOT.SYS can be loaded from this
partition when it is the first GEM partition enabled in the
system. This does NOT necessarily mean that the AUTO folder and
the ACCessories will be loaded from this drive.
An asterisk ('*') next to a drive partition's name in the
Logical drives window indicates that the drive is the current
Autoboot drive. This is the drive you selected in HDUTIL when
you set up your hard disk to Autoboot. This is the drive where
the AUTO folder and ACCessories are loaded from.
To revert to "pristine" logical drive order, click on Unswap.
This makes your first partition C, next D, etc.
To save your swap order permanently, click on Save. This will
write the swap order into ICDBOOT.SYS. Next time you boot, you
will be using the new swap order. If you swap your Autoboot
drive (the drive where the system looks for the AUTO folder and
ACCessories), you will be asked if you want to save a copy of
your DESKTOP.INF file on the new Autoboot drive. This is usually
a good idea. If you have swapped any drives corresponding to
open windows in your DESKTOP.INF file, you will be asked to
update the DESKTOP.INF. This is also a good idea; otherwise, you
will come up without your windows open.
When DESKTOP.PRG terminates, the new swap order will be
reflected in the drive icons; also any open windows affected by
the new swap order will be changed.
A check mark under the On column in the Available partitions
window means that that partition is currently enabled (or
'visible' to ICDBOOT).
To enable or disable active partitions, click on the appropriate
line under the On column. Up to 14 GEM partitions may be enabled
at any given time. You can have a total of 64 partitions for a
physical hard drive (LUN) with a maximum of 128 partitions in the
system. Actually more than 14 partitions can be enabled, but
ICDBOOT and TOS will only see the first 14 GEM/BGM partitions.
To name or rename a partition, click on any GEM or BGM partition
name in the Available Partitions window. To get out of rename
mode, click anywhere else. You can only edit (name/rename) GEM
and BGM volume names. DESKTOP.PRG has no way of knowing how
non-GEM partitions keep their volume names, hence you can't edit
these.
Bear in mind, your volume names may be upper or lower case, with
spaces. If you do a Show Info on the partition, the volume name
is truncated at the first space. In the DESKTOP.PRG dialog,
volume names are shown with periods at the ninth character. This
is strictly in keeping with the GEM convention of showing a
volume name as a file name. The period will NOT show up in the
icon. Be advised that it is NOT a good idea to use the pound
sign ('#') character as part of a volume name. This confuses
TOS.
To turn on the write verify TEMPORARILY click on the On or Off
button as desired. This is the same function provided by our old
VERIFY.ACC, and does not affect the Write Verify configuration in
ICDBOOT. It DOES affect the verify on your floppy disk drives,
so you should probably leave it On most of the time. The verify
does slow down file transfers, however it is usually worth the
extra time to insure good data.
To toggle the write cache function, click on the appropriate On
or Off as desired. When turning write cache off, all buffers
will be flushed if needed, and write caching is then disabled
until rebooting or until you explicitly turn it back on. This is
done for those using the Supercharger PC emulator. The
Supercharger MUST have write caching disabled, otherwise it will
NOT write to the hard disk. Once again, this is TEMPORARY. It
does not make any permanent changes to your ICDBOOT file. It
only changes the booter in memory.
While in DESKTOP.PRG, you can force a rescan of all hard drives
by clicking on the Rescan button. This is equivalent to running
DESKTOP.PRG from the beginning.
You MUST finalize any actions undertaken here by clicking on OK
or Reboot. If you click on Cancel, we will undo what we can.
ICD, Inc.
Note: We have tested this program thoroughly and believe it
to be free from problems. However under no circumstances will
ICD, Inc. be held responsible for any damage to information on
your hard drives.