Short: RDS (update) - The "DiskSpare RAD" - UPDATE! Author: hibisch@hotmail.com (HIBISCH - Philippe DUMONT) Uploader: stu33234@mail.uni-kiel.de (Finn Jacobs) Type: disk/misc Release: 04.02.1997 Update: stu33234@mail.uni-kiel.de (Finn Jacobs) >Well, here is something for you "DiskSpare device" users. Have you ever >been bored with formatting DSx: floppies and having to filecopy all your >little data files... It's long and boring ! > >The solution is RDS (RAD Disk Spare) it is a simple manipulation of the >official RAD disk which allows you to copy (small) files directly to this >device and then whole-diskcopy the result to DSx: disks. > >Advantage, it's faster : the time you'll spend diskcopying the RDS over >your DSx: floppies, you would have only done a single format over a DSx: >disk (and still would have to file-copy the stuff). > >Disadvantage, it only support Double Density disks. well, I "updated/fixed" this version to work with hd-drives. It was just the double of the size of the bytespersector. To be sure I included the diskspare.device and the ProFileSystem with its dosdrivers. > >Well, anyway this should be of any use... I guess so ! > >INSTALLATION : simply copy to your SYS:Storage/DosDrivers directory and > double-click on it. DiskSpare.device v3.0 (c) Klaus Deppisch ProFileSystem 9.6 (c) Michiel Pelt PS0 (c) Dosdriver with ProFileSystem on Diskspare-Disks PS0.info (c) its icon DB0 (c) Dosdriver for Diskspare-Disks DB0.info (c) its icon Just for testing I clicked on RDS and on DB0. After that I compared the size of both devs - there were equal. But after that I diskcopied the RDS to DB0 and it worked. So if you use this icons and the devices with filesystem, you won't get any probs any more. Greets, Finn P.S.: Just a hint : If you have diavolo-backup then search with a disktool for trackdisk.device. Replace all entries in the file with diskspare.device (both names have the same length) and you use the diskspare with diavolo (each disk can carry ca. 300k more with hd- disks). ============================= Archive contents ============================= Original Packed Ratio Date Time Name -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- ------------- 2657 647 75.6% 04-Feb-97 23:23:32 RDS.info 462 306 33.7% 04-Feb-97 23:04:04 +DB0 1524 876 42.5% 04-Feb-97 23:23:32 +DB0.info 5928 3690 37.7% 13-Nov-94 13:45:34 +diskspare.device 28656 16804 41.3% 14-Feb-95 16:36:46 +ProfFileSystem 865 502 41.9% 06-Oct-95 22:01:50 +PS0 1524 878 42.3% 04-Feb-97 23:23:32 +PS0.info 807 502 37.7% 04-Feb-97 23:07:48 +RDS 853 303 64.4% 04-Feb-97 23:23:32 +RDS.info 2116 1089 48.5% 04-Feb-97 23:22:18 +RDS.readme 986 539 45.3% 28-Dec-92 22:50:22 +RDS_old.readme -------- ------- ----- --------- -------- 46378 26136 43.6% 05-Feb-97 22:40:38 11 files