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Mount(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Mount(V1.3)
NAME
Mount - Make a new device known to AmigaDOS.
SYNOPSIS
MOUNT Dev/... FROM/k STARTPROC/s
DESCRIPTION
When AmigaDOS starts up, only a few devices are known to it.
You can add new devices with the Mount command, which are
then used just like any standard device. The devices might
be actual hardware units, or they might be logical devices,
such as a SPEAK: device, or a PIPE: device. The Assign
command allows you to view or remove these added devices, as
well as the standard system devices.
Before using this command to Mount the device, you will need
to create an entry for it in a file (this is referred to as
a MountList entry). The details of doing this vary from
device to device, but there should be documentation
accompanying each device you intend to add that describes
exactly how to do this. Ordinarily, you will make this
entry in the file called DEVS:Mountlist on your system, but
the FROM keyword gives you the option to specify another
file to obtain the mountlist entry from.
The ARP version of Mount allows you to mount any number of
devices with one Mount command, which can speed up the
startup-sequence somewhat.
OPTIONS
FROM This takes one argument, which should be a filename.
This filename will be used to obtain the Mountlist
entry for the device you are adding. If this keyword is
not used, the file DEVS:Mountlist will be used instead.
STARTPROC
Ordinarily, a mounted device will have its handler
loaded when it is first accessed, not when mounted.
This switch allows you to override the default action,
which will load the handler at Mount time. Reasons for
doing this could include having a few handlers on an
alternate disk that you don't want to keep in a drive
for the duration of your session.
EXAMPLE
Assuming you have a mountlist for a device named WHOOPIE:
Mount WHOOPIE:
SEE ALSO
V1.3 Enhancer manual, Chapter 3. Assign
Page 1 (printed 4/28/89)
Mount(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Mount(V1.3)
CAUTIONS
Please note the following two differences between the V1.3.0
ARP Mount and the Commodore V1.3 Mount, which can cause
problems in some cases if you are not aware of the
differences.
If you want to reboot from RAD: using the ARP Mount, you must
insert an explicit "BOOTPRI = 0" statement into the mountlist
entry for RAD:, as compared with the Commodore Mount which
automatically will reboot from RAD:.
If you have a "MASK = nnnnn" statement in your mountlist,
MAKE SURE THE MASK VALUE IS AN EVEN NUMBER. The Commodore
Mount automatically converts the mask value to an even value,
but the ARP Mount will pass through an odd value which can
cause problems. You will probably only have a "MASK=nnnnnn"
statement if you have memory that cannot be accessed by a DMA
device, such as with a RONIN 68020 card.
Page 2 (printed 4/28/89)