Using XFS to mount an ADF image from the shell
 

Sorry for my questions retaliation these days!
I'm trying to make an script to automatically mount ADFs using XFS.
I've carefully read the docs, but it's not that clear... After I

copy xfsd to L:,
copy fd.device to devs:
copy mountlist.xfs to devs:

then I can do

mount fd0: from devs:mountlist.xfs

..and I DO get a new fd0: unit. Great!
But now, HOW am I supposed to insert an ADF into this unit??
I imagine it's related to xfsd, but I can't get it to accept any parameters...
Any ideas, please?

You need to use file.device.

Akira made a tutorial for XFS http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=67110

@Arnie, that's not for mounting ADFs from the shell, but clicking around.

:confused Which one, file.device or Akira's tutorial?

Try,

Setenv env:file.device,0 <path to adf>

mount file0: from devs:mountlist.xfs >nil:

devio --reset file.device,0 >nil:

Tried that, Arnie. I put it all in a script, but after running it, if I do "dir file0:", I get "file0: is not a directory. Directory not found".
So the ADF isn't mounted and I can't access it's contents.
I also tried using fd0: instead of file0: , putting in the script:

instead of

This way, fd0: exists after running the script, but if I try to dir fd0: or to cd fd0:, I get a "No disk present in device fd0:"...
So I'm near but not there yet. The ADF is not "inserted" in fd0.

FD0: is for physical disks you insert in DF0: It uses fd.device.

File0: is for mounting adf files. It uses file.device.

If you type info you should get a list of mounted drives. My guess is that file0: isn't mounted. Make sure file.device is in Devs:

@Arnie I never thanked you back in the day for all the help on this thread.
Today, thanks for your information, I was able to install RocketRanger on an Amiga 500 HDD, using XFS!

Thank you, really.

This is the script that works for running Rocket Ranger on an Amiga 500 HDD without having to use WHDLoad (which is fantastic but needs RAM expansion to avoid OS-swaps):

Why play with Shell , if changing floppy disks can be done with the keyboard shortcut lshift lamiga numeric 0 (df0) lshift lamiga numeric 1 (df1)