This mount list will let you use the Fast File System (FFS) on a Flooppy drive. The only important part of this mountlist is the one labeled "DF3:".
As it is right now the Floppy which will be formated with FFS will be labeled as DF3: even though it will really be DF0:. If you notice in this mountlist label DF3: has a UNIT = 0 this points to df0: but if you wanted to use the external drive (DF1:) you would have to change this to UNIT = 1. Which ever drive you decide to use this will be the only drive that the disk formated with FFS will be able to be used in. If you insert it in the other drive you will get that NO DOS message.
You can either replace your present MountList in the DEVS directory with this MountList or you can just Edit yours and ADD the part labeled DF3:. If you decide to edit yours don't forget the # sign at the bottom or it will not work correctly.
Now after you have this MounList in your WorkBench 1.3 Devs directory you will still have to mount it so that the Amiga can see it. Thew easiest way is to add a comand to you Startup-Sequence, something like.
Mount DF3:
Ofcourse do this before the Endcli part of your Startup-Sequence (I know everybody knows this but I had to say it just in case).
Then all you have to do is reboot with your Woorkbench 1.3 disk (The one with the new mountlist) and open your CLI and Format a disk using the FFS system.
For example if you were to leave it the way it is DF0: would be the FFS drive so you would type;
FORMAT DRIVE DF3: NAME MyDisk FFS <RETURN>
At this the Amiga will say to put in the disk to formated into DF3: which in reallity is DF0: and to hit return. When you do this and the Amiga formats the Disk you will get 2 Icons for the same disk 1 will say NODOS and the other will have the name of your disk, which in this example is MyDisk. You will ignore the NODOS Icon and just use other Icon. If you decide to change the UNIT to 1 then everything is the same except when the Amiga tells you to insert the disk to be formated in DF3: you insert it in DF1:. (Simple enough)
This about covers everything I can think of except to say that remeber to do this only on a Backup of your Workbench 1.3 disk and that I am jsut passing along information and you are doing this at your own risk. And I take no responsibilities for any damage to software or hardware caused by you trying this procedure. If you are thinking after reading this diclaimer "Wow Sarge is letting this go to his head." You are probably right, but once I get started I get inspired and besides EVERYONE ELSE DOES IT so there.
