Hi Tim,
The WIN_DRIVE is defined as : WIN_DRIVE win_number,
ide_device,partition_number
The manual says that leaving out the last partition parameter, will access
all the partition for that IDE device.
Also, IDE device are numbered from 0, the primary IDE master drive is always
there and is defined as
WIN_DRIVE 1,0,1 or WIN_DRIVE 1,0 for WIN1_, IDE device 0 or primary IDE
master.
I have in my boot file :
WIN_DRIVE 2,1 : REMark WIN2_ on primary IDE slave, all the partition. BBS
data drive
WIN_DRIVE 3,2 : REMark WIN3_ on secondary IDE master, al partition. CDROM
drive
WIN_DRIVE 4,3 : REMark WIN4_ on secondary IDE slave, all the partition.
Syquest EZ135
When a new disk is put into the Syquest, I have re-do the win_drive command,
WIN_DRIVE 4,3 or WIN_DRIVE 4,3,1 for completeness.
The disks are not locked in the drive so there does seem to be a danger of
accidently pressing the disk remove button and the disk will disengage. Not
a great problem if one does not press buttons.
You can also put a timeout on each IDE device with the WIN_STOP win_number,
time_in_seconds
Which will stop the drive when it is not accessed and start it when the drve
is accessed.
I use:
WIN_STOP 1,10 : REMark WIN1_ has a 10 second inactivity timeout on it
WIN_STOP 2,10 : REMark WIN2_ has a 10 second inactivity timeout on it
The CDROM and Syquest could be defined, but they are quiet anyway, so I
leave them out.
I have been looking for a larger capacity IDE removable drive, but only
250mb ZIP drives are commonly available at present in the UK.
Derek
