Hello.

How do you mount an MS DOS partition on OS4? I have one set up that was formated by MacOSX on MOL but I don't know how to get to it. The same for my PC-Task HD files actually.

I tried using Media Toolbox to extract me a DOS driver but to no avail. I first tried to mount it but is said it wasn't a DOS disk. I then added FileSystem = L:CrossDOSFilesystem to the driver but that didn't work either. So how do I do this?

@Hypex

Did you use MediaToolbox and setup the partition to Automount with MSH/MSD filesystem, or are you trying to mount it manually via a mountlist?

Scott Woodall

@swoodall

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Did you use MediaToolbox and setup the partition to Automount with MSH/MSD filesystem, or are you trying to mount it manually via a mountlist?

First I tried to mount a mountlist whuch didn't work. Then I tried MTB to automount, rebooted,and that stll didn't work. IIRC I set up in MTB at the start, for sharing with MacOS. It has an MSD/00 DOS type.

Bump!

Any more hints on this? IS there a standard method. Install CrossDOS to my RDB? Although other drives can be mounted with it in L:

@Hypex

Maybe Giggledisk could help, it can automatically various kinds of partitions.

http://www.geit.de/eng_giggledisk.html

@Hypex

Joerg has mentioned that it is a bad idea to install Filesystems in the RDB on the A1. Installing a PPC-Filesystem like CrossDOS in the RDB of a classic amiga does not make sence, at boottime the 68k executes the filesystems found in the RDB. You could try to add it to your kicklayout.

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It has an MSD/00 DOS type.

The CrossDOS doc included with OS4 Classic dont list MSD/00 as a valid dos type.

The doc lists:
FAT/32 FAT32 partition/disk
MQ18 MS-DOS 2.88M disk
MQD9 MS-DOS 1.44M disk
MD9/00 MS-DOS 720K disk
MS9/00 MS-DOS 360K disk
AD9/00 AtariST 1.44M disk
AS9/00 AtariST 720K disk

@_analogkid_

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Maybe Giggledisk could help, it can automatically various kinds of partitions.

Looks good, thanks for the link.

@ZeroG

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Joerg has mentioned that it is a bad idea to install Filesystems in the RDB on the A1. Installing a PPC-Filesystem like CrossDOS in the RDB of a classic amiga does not make sence, at boottime the 68k executes the filesystems found in the RDB. You could try to add it to your kicklayout.

Kicklayout could be an interesting idea. I'd rather not modify as much as possible.

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The CrossDOS doc included with OS4 Classic dont list MSD/00 as a valid dos type. The doc lists:FAT/32 FAT32 partition/diskMQ18 MS-DOS 2.88M diskMQD9 MS-DOS 1.44M diskMD9/00 MS-DOS 720K diskMS9/00 MS-DOS 360K diskAD9/00 AtariST 1.44M diskAS9/00 AtariST 720K disk

Aha! That must be it! Thanks ZeroG. In MTB I see MSD and MSH as a type. But MSH isn't in the doc. Looks like I should try FAT32 as DOS type. Unless leaving the type out of the DOS driver alltogether and leaving it up to CrossDOS is the best answer?