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From: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Preferences, help?
Keywords: Preferences on JH0:
Message-ID: <4833@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 26 Sep 88 21:00:22 GMT
References: <3173@utastro.UUCP>
Reply-To: bill@cbmvax.UUCP (Bill Koester CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 40

In article <3173@utastro.UUCP> dhines@utastro.UUCP (Dean Hines) writes:
>
>I'm having problems with my preferences setup. I have Preferences set for an
>Epson printer on my Workbench disk, and also on my harddrive JH0:. 
>However, when I get ready to print something, the preferences on JH0: has
>been reset to the default settings. If I enter Preferences on JH0:, change
>to Epson, and save, everything works fine. BUT the next time I reboot,
>the Preferences on the harddrive get reset. 
>
>This isn't a major problem, but it can sure be frustrating. Has anyone else
>had this problem, or am I just doing something stupid? Any help would be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance...
>
This is a common misunderstanding in harddrive systems that are booted
from a floppy. When the system boots the preferences are loaded from the
file devs:system-configuration. At boot time devs: is really df0:devs.
However, after boot, most systems assign sys: devs: and other logical
directorys to the harddrive so that devs: is really dh0:devs. When you
run preferences from the harddrive and save, you are saving to 
the file devs:system-configuration which is really dh0:devs/system-configuration
and not df0:devs/system-configuration, which is what you want.
The answer is to copy the system-configuration file from the harddrive to
the floppy. I have set up my prefernces icon to execute an xicon script
that performs this copy EVERY time I exit preferences.

			Hope this helps.
				BK


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