[Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9

[nickma2 at optusnet.com.au]

 Thanks. Yes, /x0 is what I will try when I get home from work.

Your right, "Drive 2" is the 3rd mounted drive (0-4) on the Drivewire
Server (on the PC).

Why was Drivewire drives called "/x"? Wouldn't it have been clearer if
they were called "/dw"?

Nick

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From: "Bill Pierce"  "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" 
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Sent:Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:59:51 -0400
Subject:Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9

 Nick, I haven't a clue to which drive you are referring to. I
understand you want access your drivewire drive, but in OS-9 it has a
name. To access a drive, just reference it by name.
 By default, "/d0", "/d1", "/d2", & "d3" are floppy drives. DW4 drives
are usually labeled as "/x0", "/x1", "/x2", & "/x3". Hard drives have
all kinds of name from "/h0" to "/sh1" etc... I have no idea what
"drive 2" is.

 If you're referreng to dw4's "slot 2" which would "/x2" (if counting
from zero), then just want to copy the files..
 copy /x2/cmds/file /drive whatever/directory/file 
 Do this for all the files in the cmds dir
 Then do it for all the files in the sys dir

 Yeah, it's a pain....
 Or look on my site for the "My Favorite OS9 Utilities" page (links on
the left of every page) and look for "arc", it will move mutilple
files and subdirectories. Put it in your cmds dir and type "arc" to
get the commands list (you can do this with most os9 cmds files as
most have built in help).

 There's no "overnight" method to OS9... I've been doing this for 30
years now and I still learn something new everyday :-)

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