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- Schenefeld, 12-Feb-92
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-
- The author of this program is not responsible for any damages by using this
- material.
-
- HDFixer is a SHAREWARE program. If you continue to use it after some trial
- period, please support SHAREWARE authors by sending in your registration and
- US $5 (or DM 10).
-
- HDFixer can be freely distributed (only the whole package) :
-
- The program : 'HDFixer' 9999 bytes
- The documentation : 'HDFixer.DOC' 9999 bytes
-
- provided the copyright notice is intact and no commercial use is made with it
- without the written permission of the author.
-
- Send bug reports, improvements and registrations to
-
- Address : Peter-Iver Edert
- Moorweg 32
- 2000 Schenefeld
- Germany
-
- What is it ?
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-
- Using this program kickstart V37.175 owners are able to use the 1.71 MB sized
- A3000 HDDisks.
-
- If you are owning a relative new A3000 and you are working with Kickstart
- V37.175 then attention !
-
- Some of the newer A3000 have got high-density-floppy drives. Just test it.
- Insert a HDDisk, perhaps borrowed from a PC-User, and format it. If the CLI-
- Command 'Info' shows a diskcapacity of about 1759K you are owning a HD disk-
- drive.
-
- But, in the current version of the kickstart HD-Disks are not 100% supported.
-
- There is a bug in the trackdisk.device so a use of both disksystems is not
- possible without getting write errors on the rootblock. A reboot is necessary
- to change the disksystem.
-
- HDFixer fixes the bug of kickstart V37.175 so that a normal use of both disk-
- systems DD and HD is now possible.
-
- (In Kickstart V37.2 the bug will be fixed and a use of both disksystems would
- be able without usind HDFixer.)
-
- How to use it :
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- Simply start HDFixer from Workbench or from CLI or drag it in your
- 'WBStartup' directory. Note : The Tool type 'DONOTWAIT' is already set.
-
- Using the argument '?' a short info about HDFixer would be shown. Normaly
- HDFixer opens a title-only-window on the Workbenchscreen. If you want to hide
- the window '-h' must be set as argument.
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- To terminate HDFixer click on the closegadget of its window. If the window is
- hidden, just hold down both mousebutton during the next diskchange.
-
- Note: You can probably find some way to crash the program that I have not
- tried yet, but I hope not !
-
- Thanks to Olaf Ramcke who answered my programming questions and to Commodore-
- Amiga for the best personal computer money can buy (Sorry, Steven J. !?) and
- to all those who sent in their SHAREWARE registrations !
-
- Bye, Peter-Iver
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