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- Mount(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Mount(V1.3)
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- NAME
- Mount - Make a new device known to AmigaDOS.
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- SYNOPSIS
- MOUNT Dev/... FROM/k STARTPROC/s
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- DESCRIPTION
- When AmigaDOS starts up, only a few devices are known to it.
- You can add new devices with the Mount command, which are
- then used just like any standard device. The devices might
- be actual hardware units, or they might be logical devices,
- such as a SPEAK: device, or a PIPE: device. The Assign
- command allows you to view or remove these added devices, as
- well as the standard system devices.
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- Before using this command to Mount the device, you will need
- to create an entry for it in a file (this is referred to as
- a MountList entry). The details of doing this vary from
- device to device, but there should be documentation
- accompanying each device you intend to add that describes
- exactly how to do this. Ordinarily, you will make this
- entry in the file called DEVS:Mountlist on your system, but
- the FROM keyword gives you the option to specify another
- file to obtain the mountlist entry from.
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- The ARP version of Mount allows you to mount any number of
- devices with one Mount command, which can speed up the
- startup-sequence somewhat.
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- OPTIONS
- FROM This takes one argument, which should be a filename.
- This filename will be used to obtain the Mountlist
- entry for the device you are adding. If this keyword is
- not used, the file DEVS:Mountlist will be used instead.
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- STARTPROC
- Ordinarily, a mounted device will have its handler
- loaded when it is first accessed, not when mounted.
- This switch allows you to override the default action,
- which will load the handler at Mount time. Reasons for
- doing this could include having a few handlers on an
- alternate disk that you don't want to keep in a drive
- for the duration of your session.
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- EXAMPLE
- Assuming you have a mountlist for a device named WHOOPIE:
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- Mount WHOOPIE:
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- SEE ALSO
- V1.3 Enhancer manual, Chapter 3. Assign
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- Page 1 (printed 4/28/89)
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- Mount(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Mount(V1.3)
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- CAUTIONS
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- Please note the following two differences between the V1.3.0
- ARP Mount and the Commodore V1.3 Mount, which can cause
- problems in some cases if you are not aware of the
- differences.
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- If you want to reboot from RAD: using the ARP Mount, you must
- insert an explicit "BOOTPRI = 0" statement into the mountlist
- entry for RAD:, as compared with the Commodore Mount which
- automatically will reboot from RAD:.
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- If you have a "MASK = nnnnn" statement in your mountlist,
- MAKE SURE THE MASK VALUE IS AN EVEN NUMBER. The Commodore
- Mount automatically converts the mask value to an even value,
- but the ARP Mount will pass through an odd value which can
- cause problems. You will probably only have a "MASK=nnnnnn"
- statement if you have memory that cannot be accessed by a DMA
- device, such as with a RONIN 68020 card.
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