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From: jdp@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Jim Pritchett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: re:  df1: vs df2:
Keywords: df1: df2: A2000 PCUtils IBM transfer
Message-ID: <6310@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 3 Dec 88 19:33:03 GMT
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection, Dallas, Texas
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     There have been several questions lately about how to get programs that
expect df1: to work when used with an A2000 (which has df0: and df2:, but no
df1:.)  I had a similar problem with my old A1000 single drive system before
I upgraded to the A2000.  I discovered with the aid of the net (either this
one or FidoNet) that if you DON'T have a device df1:, you can ASSIGN df1: to
any valid directory.  In this case, most programs will NOT know the difference.
I used this trick to make disksalv work to a directory on my RAM: device.  (I
had 2.5 Meg of RAM.)  I don't have any IBM stuff, so I can't try it, but it
may work in that case also.  Try it and let us know if it works for you, BUT
as always, make backups FIRST!!!


                           I hope that this helps,

                                                   Jim Pritchett
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