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- .name
- MultiFileSystem
- .type
- OS Utility
- .short
- An interface to other file systems
- .description
- 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.
- .version
- 1.1
- .author
- Nicola Salmoria
- .distribution
- Freeware
- .address
- Via Piemonte 11
- 53100 Siena ITALY
- .email
- Internet : MC6489@mclink.it
- .docs
- MultiFileSystem.guide
- .described-by
- Richard Fish
- .submittal
- Downloaded via ftp from Aminet.
-