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- Install v1.1
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- © 1990 by David Kinder
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- Files
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- Install - Program.
- Install.info - It's icon.
- Install.Doc - This document.
- Install.s - The source code, written using HiSoft's
- excellent Devpac assembler.
-
- (not essential) icon.library - Should be in LIBS: directory.
-
- Introduction
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-
- Considering that Commodore-Amiga have written a friendly icon-driven user
- interface, then it seems odd that they wrote most of the system software to
- be CLI only :-(
-
- A particular case in point is the 'Install' command, which can give single
- drive users a considerable headache. However I now present my own 'Install',
- with no CLI knowledge required! Install will work equally well with either
- KickStart 1.3 or KickStart 2.0.
-
- Usage
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-
- To use from the Workbench, simply click on the icon, or type 'Install' at the
- CLI. Now insert the disk to be installed in a drive and click on the relevant
- gadget, i.e. if you have only one drive, load Install, insert the disk to be
- installed in the drive, then click on the gadget marked 'DF0'.
-
- Note that the program automatically disables the gadgets for drives that are
- not connected to your system. Also notice that the program checks to see if
- you are certain that you want to install a disk - installing a disk destroys
- the previous contents of the bootblock. This check option can be disabled if
- desired by using the 'NOCHECK' tooltype, i.e.:
-
- Click on the 'Install' icon, then select 'Info' from the workbench menu.
- When the info requester appears, look at the bottom where the ToolTypes
- gadget is located. If there is something like
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- NOCHECK=YES
-
- then the program will not perform the check. Note that:
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- 1) It is the presence of the 'NOCHECK=' part that controls whether the
- program checks or not; if it is present then the program does not check,
- else it does check. Stictly speaking, the 'YES' could be replaced by
- anything.
-
- 2) This option is only available when Install is started from workbench; if
- started from CLI then the program always checks. Also this option
- requires the presence of the file 'icon.library' in the current LIBS:
- directory.
-
- With the release of KickStart 2.04, there is a new standard bootblock.
- Install has a menu which allows you to select whether the bootblock written
- out is for KickStart 1.3 or KickStart 2.0. Note that on running Install the
- default is the correct bootblock for your system, so generally you will not
- need to worry about this menu.
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- History
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-
- v1.0 - First release.
-
- v1.1 - After examining the ToolTypes field of the Install icon the
- memory used for the icon is now freed.
- Improved appearance and operation under KickStart 2.0.
- Added menu to allow choice of system bootblocks.
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