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- About MakeDrivers:
- ------------------
-
- This installer script can be used to create customized RDB Lists,
- MountLists and DOSDrivers.
-
- It's fairly safe to use because it only creates text files with
- instructions for the chosen filesystem or RDB Prep program to use.
-
- I have used the device 'scsi.device' and unit '3' as the default settings,
- you will probably need to customise some settings to match your own system.
-
- Just follow the instructions and remember you can use the help button if
- you don't understand what to do, if you are still having problems then feel
- free to contact me and I'll try to help.
-
- It does NOT Format any of the newly created partitions, for probably the
- same reasons that HDToolBox also doesn't. The risk of accidentally
- destroying something important is just too high.
-
- So, you will still need to manually mount each Driver (or re-boot if you
- place them in DEVS:DOSDrivers) and then manually quick format each Driver
- when your sure the settings are correct.
-
- *New* Rigid Disk Block (RDB) List Creator option.
-
- You can now have RDB mountable and bootable multi-partitioned DVD-RAM discs
- by using this option with a prep program that supports RDB Lists.
-
- If you selected the RDB List creator option, space will be reserved at the
- beginning of the disc to allow for RDB storage.
-
- When a MountList or DOSDrivers are made at the same time as a RDB List,
- those drivers will also be adjusted so that they can be manually mounted
- and still remain fully compatible with any of the RDB partitions.
-
- This means that on the same disc, manually mounted partitions can also
- exist with automatically mounted and bootable partitions.
-
- *****
-
- See, 'Setting up the DVD-RAM disc:' for more Information.
-
- This script should work with any Installer version, but I can't really
- fully test every one,
-
- So, if it fails with yours, you could try upgrading it or contact me
- stating which Installer version you are using. I will then try to make
- sure it works with that Installer in a future release.
-
- It has been tested with the following installers and adapted to work with
- all types.
-
- Installer 1.24 (1.9.92)
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- Installer_2 2.17 (13.2.93) OS 3.1
-
- These do work, but you have *Ignore* any options without text !
-
- Installer 44.10 (01/10/1999) OS 3.5
-
- No problems with this, it should also be true for any version above 42.6.
-
- InstallerNG 1.4 (Nov 10 1999)
-
- With this I did get Enforcer Hits, which could cause crashes, even though
- this should never happen with any type of script. I have with the help of
- the author (Jens Troeger) found a way to fix this problem by changing my
- script. This problem should however be corrected in future versions.
-
- InstallerNG 1.5 (Sep 29 2000)
-
- I've found no major problems with this version. Don't install the MUI
- option 'installergui.library' version 40.1 (25/07/2000).
-
-
- Setting up the DVD-RAM disc:
- ----------------------------
-
- Using DOSDrivers (OS 3.0 and above) ...
-
- You just start the device by double clicking the icon or if it's
- placed in Devs:DOSDrivers drawer then just by re-booting.
- The device name is the same as DOSDriver filename.
-
- Using a Mount List (OS below 3.0) ...
-
- To mount this type of device, from CLI Shell type,
-
- 'Mount <Device Name:> From <filename-MountList>'
-
- For example,
-
- 'mount dvd0: from devs:dvd-mountlist'
-
- It can also be mounted by adding the command to your s:user-startup
- or s:startup-sequence and then re-booting.
-
- Using a RDB (Rigid Disk Block) List ...
-
- This is the same type of list as OS 3.5 HDToolBox and RDPrepX
- creates, but these programs cannot currently write to DVD-RAM.
-
- So, I've included something that can, See 'About RDBList_Prep:'
-
- When you have a RDB installed on the disc, re-booting will
- automatically mount each discs own partitions.
-
- Each partition will also have it's own device and volume name.
-
- If a MountList or DOSDrivers was created at the same time as the
- RDB List, then the disc could still be formatted using these in the
- normal way. Even without having a RDB, the space for one is still
- reserved.
-
-
- The mounted device will now need formatting to make the storage available
- to the filesystem.
-
- This only needs to be a 'quick' format and unless you have OS 3.5 is
- probably best done from the CLI Shell like this,
-
- So from CLI Shell type,
-
- 'Format Drive=<your device> Name=<your volume name> Quick NoIcons'
-
- For example,
-
- 'format drive dvd0: name MyName quick noicons'
-
- If you have lots of time (over an hour) and want to give the drive a good
- test, you could do a full format by just removing the 'quick' option.
-
- Note, this will also work with SFS, but SFS has SFSFormat which has more
- setting and so would be better to use with a SFS driver.
-
- It would also be a good idea, after you've first copied a large number of
- files to the drive to check for any corruption.
-
- I would use a program called cmp V1.7 by ALeX Kazik which is also available
- on Aminet to do this,
-
- So from CLI Shell type,
-
- 'Cmp <your source directory> <your DVD device> All CheckD Show=~q'
-
- For example,
-
- 'cmp dh1:MyFiles dvd0:MyFiles all checkd show=~q'
-
-
- This will show any errors in the copied data that where introduced by an
- unstable system, NO errors are acceptable !
-
- If you do have transfer problems, try using some safe values for
- MaxTransfer (0xFFFE) and Mask (0x1FFFFC) which should work on every device.
-
- This can also be manually set by removing the brackets with Workbench menu
- 'Icons -> Information' of a selected DOSDriver the next time it is mounted
- (see also About the Drivers:).
-
- If this does not help, then it would appear to be a problem with your
- hardware, connections or SCSI termination.
-
-
- *New* About RDBList_Prep:
- -------------------------
-
- This is a little CLI Shell program to write real Rigid Disk Blocks (RDB)
- from a RDB List, it does however require the OS 3.5+ hdwrench.library.
-
- I had to write this program because the others I tried don't like writing
- to DVD-RAM discs. Please let me if you find any that can.
-
- This program is not exclusive to DVD-RAM, it could also be used with other
- types of drives and medias.
-
- *Warning* even though it does have inbuilt safety features, it will still
- permanently change the RDB structure of any writable device, make sure your
- DEVICE and UNIT settings are correct.
-
- Usage: RDBList_Prep D=DEVICE/K/A,U=UNIT/K/A/N,F=FILE/A
-
- So from CLI Shell type,
-
- 'RDBList_Prep Device=<your>.device Unit=<SCSI ID> File=<name.list>'
-
- For example,
-
- 'rdblist_prep device=scsi.device unit=3 file=dvd.list'
-
- Once a RDB has been written, the safest way to activate the changes is by
- re-booting.
-
- Any changed or unformatted partitions will probably now need formatting to
- make the storage available to the filesystem.
-