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- Short: Merges DF0: and PC0: in a single device
- Type: disk/misc
- Uploader: MC6489@mclink.it (Nicola Salmoria)
- Author: MC6489@mclink.it (Nicola Salmoria)
-
- 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.
-
-
- ============================= Archive contents =============================
-
- Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name
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- 628 266 57.6% 19-Mar-94 16:46:40 MFS.info
- 2048 1390 32.1% 28-Apr-94 20:01:32 MFS/c/MFSMount
- 5672 3108 45.2% 28-Apr-94 20:01:20 MFS/l/mfs-handler
- 2773 635 77.1% 26-May-94 23:06:54 MFS/MFS-install
- 664 324 51.2% 26-May-94 23:33:12 MFS/MFS-install.info
- 4856 2158 55.5% 30-May-94 18:33:30 MFS/MultiFileSystem.guide
- 482 237 50.8% 26-May-94 23:33:12 MFS/MultiFileSystem.guide.info
- 4456 2893 35.0% 28-Apr-94 00:30:32 MFS/tools/commodities/MFS
- 544 255 53.1% 25-Mar-94 23:28:22 MFS/tools/commodities/MFS.info
- -------- ------- ----- --------- --------
- 22123 11266 49.0% 05-Jun-94 14:39:56 9 files
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