https://www.reddit.com/r/amiga/comments/1ieqiix/mountlist_for_5_14_drive/
created by Background-Use-4486 on 31/01/2025 at 21:56 UTC*
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Anyone know how to make the Amiga transformer 5 1/4 drive function as an Amiga drive, though half the size of the internal drive? I have workbench 1.2 and 1.3.
I had this working years ago and put all system libraries on it and assigned the system libraries to the 5 1/4 drive (df1:). I may not have copied all the commands due to space limitations. No more disk swapping workbench to do anything. But alas, I cannot find that workbench disk and am too stupid now to figure out how I did it. I think it has something to do with the mountlist file which I think is in the system directory. Not sure which directory. I also recall I need to add a mount df1: command in startup-sequence.
Can anyone provide a mountlist example for the df1: 5 1/4 drive? Anything else that needs to be done?
Thank you for any help.
By the way it is an Amiga 1000 with original monitor. It will be for sale probably in the spring after I've played all the games again. Many good times were had with that Amiga.
Comment by PatTheCatMcDonald at 31/01/2025 at 22:20 UTC*
1 upvotes, 1 direct replies
You need a custom mount list. This can be expicitly loaded with the Mount command or automatically loaded on Workbench / Kickstart 2.1 and up if placed in the DosDrivers drawer on the system disk (sys:, which can be the Workbench floppy if booting from it or a hard drive if booting up from the hard drive)..
A mount list is a text file containing the configuration of a given drive, like which <hardware>.device driver to talk to it, which file system it uses, how many tracks and sectors.
Not something I could do without referring to a text book on AmigaDOS. It is not a trivial exercise, I found this which lists the parameters that MOUNT expects but you really are looking for an off the shelf one,
http://amiga.nvg.org/amiga/reference/AmigaOS3.5%5C_Manual/dos/book-main92.html[1][2]
1: http://amiga.nvg.org/amiga/reference/AmigaOS3.5%5C_Manual/dos/book-main92.html
2: http://amiga.nvg.org/amiga/reference/AmigaOS3.5_Manual/dos/book-main92.html
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=amiga+mount+list+5.25[3][4]
3: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=amiga+mount+list+5.25
4: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=amiga+mount+list+5.25
EDIT: The one on this thread might do with a little modding, it is setup to use L:Crossdos rather than L:OFS or L:FFS types of Amiga file system, but the rest should work?
https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=34589.0[5][6]
5: https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=34589.0
6: https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=34589.0
Comment by miggylha at 01/02/2025 at 00:46 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
To change the running order of the drives change the settings thus
https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog%5C_august18/scuzzblogdaugust18%5C_1701.htm[1][2]
1: https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog%5C_august18/scuzzblogdaugust18%5C_1701.htm
2: https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog_august18/scuzzblogdaugust18_1701.htm
This is the image that may help the most
https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog%5C_august18%5C_7/car%5C_sbd%5C_170818%5C_09.jpg[3][4]
3: https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog%5C_august18%5C_7/car%5C_sbd%5C_170818%5C_09.jpg
4: https://www.scuzzscink.com/amiga/scuzzblog_august18_7/car_sbd_170818_09.jpg
