How to convert Floppy into a disk? - Page 2

AMIGASYSTEM · 07 November 2021, 12:07

Please note that to change the name of a volume should not be used "Rename" this is valid only from the Workbench menu, the exact command to rename a volume is "Relabel".

billeohamn · 07 November 2021, 12:49

Quote:

Originally Posted by BastyCDGS

You can relabel the Bille partition to DH0, so the installer will find it. After finishing the installation, you reset to the original label of the Bille partition.
You can do this by using Disk rename functionality of Workbench or in the Shell by typing:

Code:

Assign DH0: "Bille 34MB:"

And when installation is done, remove by typing:

Code:

Assign DH0: REMOVE

Do I have to reset to the original label of the Bille partition?

billeohamn · 07 November 2021, 13:02

Works Great, I can Install now. But do I need to do this Command every reboot?
Assign DH0: "Bille 34MB:"

Can I get this into the startup script?

billeohamn · 07 November 2021, 13:05

This works Great, I can now install games.

Do I have to do this Command every reboot?
Assign DH0: "Bille 34MB:"

Can I get this into the startup script?

ajk · 07 November 2021, 13:08

You can put it in the user-startup, yes, but there should be no need as the game is now installed. Unless you have other games that also have similar badly designed installers

BastyCDGS · 07 November 2021, 13:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by billeohamn

Do I have to reset to the original label of the Bille partition?

Sorry, my fault, I should have explained that an assign does not change the volume label itself, but instead creates a link to it, very similar to a symlink.
Maybe you know the SUBST command from MS-DOS. It's very similar:

Code:

SUBST A: C:\GAMES\U6

Putting the Assign DH0: "Bille 34MB:" in S:User-Startup might be useful in case you encounter other HDD installers which are hardcoded to install only to DH0:

billeohamn · 07 November 2021, 14:47

Thanks, this work like a dream. Ticket solved, many thanks.

AMIGASYSTEM · 08 November 2021, 19:30

In the scripts you must always use SYS: as system name in this way you can rename a volume whenever you want and everything will work.

If you use the assign instead if you change the name or move it to another system with different names you will always have errors !!

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07 November 2021, 12:07	#21
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,264	Please note that to change the name of a volume should not be used "Rename" this is valid only from the Workbench menu, the exact command to rename a volume is "Relabel".

07 November 2021, 13:02	#23
billeohamn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Oskarshamn / Sweden Posts: 45	Works Great, I can Install now. But do I need to do this Command every reboot? Assign DH0: "Bille 34MB:" Can I get this into the startup script?

07 November 2021, 13:05	#24
billeohamn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Oskarshamn / Sweden Posts: 45	This works Great, I can now install games. Do I have to do this Command every reboot? Assign DH0: "Bille 34MB:" Can I get this into the startup script?

07 November 2021, 13:08	#25
ajk Registered User Join Date: May 2010 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 1,341	You can put it in the user-startup, yes, but there should be no need as the game is now installed. Unless you have other games that also have similar badly designed installers

07 November 2021, 14:47	#27
billeohamn Registered User Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Oskarshamn / Sweden Posts: 45	Thanks, this work like a dream. Ticket solved, many thanks.

08 November 2021, 19:30	#28
AMIGASYSTEM Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Brindisi (Italy) Age: 70 Posts: 8,264	In the scripts you must always use SYS: as system name in this way you can rename a volume whenever you want and everything will work. If you use the assign instead if you change the name or move it to another system with different names you will always have errors !!

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