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- KickBench 1.3 2/17/89 - Djj
-
- Finally, KickBench arrives for AmigaDOS 1.3! The files included in
- this archive will convert a copy of KickStart 1.3 into a combination
- KickStart and WorkBench disk.
-
- In addition to the included files, you will need a program called WARP
- which is available from just about any BBS system, Fred Fish, your favorite
- Amiga users group or from a friendly Amiga dealer.
-
- Please read and follw the directions carefully. WARP will be used to
- convert a copy of KickStart into an empty KickBench disk. UnKick converts
- the KickBench disk into a writable WorkBench disk and CopyFiles moves most
- of the standard WorkBench 1.3 files onto the newly created KB disk.
-
- 1) Copy the following files into RAM:
- WARP
- KBench.WRP
- CopyFiles
- Kick
-
- 2) Make a copy of your 1.3 KickStart disk. Put the original copy away
- in a safe place. You must use the official KS 1.3 disk. Any other
- disk - such as Gamma or Omega versions - will most likely hang on
- bootup.
-
- 3) type: cd RAM:
- then put the copy of KickStart into drive DF0: and type:
- WARP write KBench
-
- Press RETURN when directed.
-
- 4) Place your original WorkBench 1.3 disk into drive DF1: then type:
- Execute Unkick DF0:
- Wait 3 or 4 seconds then type:
- Execute CopyFiles
- Sit back and wait while the files are copied from your WB disk to
- the new KB disk.
-
- 5) You may now examine your new KickBench disk and add or delete any
- files to suit your needs.
-
- 6) Type: Kick df0: to arm your new KB disk.
-
- That's it. Enjoy.
-
- ======================================================================
- The rest of this doc file was extracted from the MAKEBOTH arc and was
- originally written by Alonzo Gariepy. Kick and UnKick also by
- Alonzo Gariepy.
- ======================================================================
-
- HOW TO USE A KICKBENCH DISK
- ===========================
-
- Arming a disk makes it into a Kickstart disk (so you can power up with it).
- Disarming a disk makes it into a DOS disk (so you can access its files).
-
- After the KB disk is created, it must be armed before it can be used
- as a kickstart. This is accomplished with the command
-
- KICK DF1:
-
- You can also specify DF0: (the default).
-
- When you insert a KB disk and turn on your machine, the system recognizes
- it as a Kickstart disk. During the boot process, the KB disk turns itself
- into a DOS disk so that you can access files. For this reason, THE DISK
- MUST BE WRITE ENABLED AT ALL TIMES. This means that the write protect tab
- should cover the hole. At some time before you turn off your machine, the
- disk must be re-armed so that it will work as a kickstart disk when you
- power on again.
-
- YOU CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE DISK
- ================================
-
- You can re-arm the disk without DOS knowing. This allows you to continue
- to use the disk after it has been turned back into a Kickstart. You can
- continue this way until the disk is identified as a non DOS disk. If you
- remove and re-insert the KB disk after it has been re-armed, it will be
- treated as a Kickstart disk. Certain programs will also cause a disk to
- be identified including DISKCHANGE, DISKCOPY, DISKED, etc. Since it is
- inconvenient to lose access to your system disk, you should not remove a
- KB disk or run any of these programs when the disk is armed, unless you
- are going to reboot or turn off the machine.
-
- If this does happen, you can reboot the KB disk with ctrl-Amiga-Amiga.
- If you have been very clever and copied the KICK command to the RAM:
- disk in your startup sequence, you can swap disks whenever you like
- and always be able to reinsert and disarm the KB disk with
-
- RAM:KICK DF0: DISARM
-
- This change will not be recognized until DOS identifies the disk. You
- can use the DISKCHANGE command or remove and re-insert the disk.
-
- POWERING ON WITH A DISARMED KICKBENCH DISK
- ==========================================
-
- The other problem you may encounter that is even more inconvenient is
- turning off your machine with your KB disk disarmed (in the DOS state).
- This means that you can not use it as a kickstart disk when you power
- on your machine. To remedy this, you must use a real kickstart disk
- and insert the KB disk when the workbench disk is required. Make sure
- you arm your disk before turning off the power. This is done with
-
- KICK (since df0: is the default)
-
- If, at any time, you cannot reboot your KB disk with ctrl-A-A you must
- power off and on. This will only happen if you have booted a disarmed
- KB disk using a real kickstart disk.
-
- GENERAL USE
- ===========
-
- The above things never happen to me but it is nice to know that you can
- recover from them. I generally don't arm my disk until I am ready to
- turn off the machine. That way I can swap disks back and forth and
- even boot different disks to my hearts content. If for some reason I
- have booted another disk and I'm ready to power down, I can stick the
- KB disk into drive one and type
-
- DF1:C/KICK DF1:
-
- AUTOMATIC USE
- =============
-
- If you are running an application with its own boot disk that runs by
- itself and does not require disk swapping, you will want the disk to
- re-arm itself automatically. You do this by placing the command KICK
- in the startup-sequence. The best place for it is right at the start.
-
- Such turnkey applications include games, bulletin board systems, word
- processors and control systems. You cannot boot an armed kickbench
- disk if the system was powered on with a regular kickstart disk. You
- must power off and on to boot in such a case.
-
- USES OF KICKBENCH
- =================
-
- Power fail recovery in realtime control and data acquisition.
- - machines reboot and restart the software -
-
- Production testing Amiga hardware peripherals (such as memory).
- - you can power on and off repeatedly without swapping -
-
- Exceptional programs that require old Kickstart and Workbench.
- - you don't need to search for that 1.1 kickstart disk -
-
- Bulletin board systems (you do lose space on drive DF0: however).
- - you can stick the disk in, power on, and go out -
-
- Programs which get major use: Word Processors, Terminal Programs.
- - you can stick the disk in, power on, and put on a record -
-
- Systems which take a long time to intialize (eg. large RAM disks).
- - put in both floppies, power on, and don't wait twice -
-
-