Date : Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:52:48 +0000
From : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Copying from DFS to ADFS
I think you will have to create the target directory manually. I suspect
you may also have to specify the files to transfer in the XFER command
(using wildcards) rather than just listing the filing systems, ie:
*XFER DISC.* ADFS.*
*FADFS puts you into ADFS without mounting the disc, so you change to
drive 1 with the *DIR command without ADFS first trying to mount the
DFS disc in drive 0.
Best wishes,
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Hobbis
To: bbc <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Sun, 06 Nov 2005 09:12:28 +1300
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Copying from DFS to ADFS
Hi All
Thanks for the replies. The ADT command XFER looks very promising
(thanks Raf) because it does multiple files at a time with simple
commands. I found the MOVE command only seemed to accept one file at a
time whereas ADT does entire directories at a time.
A question about the documentation for ADT - the document I downloaded
has the following example:
Insert the DFS disc into drive 0 and the ADFS disc into drive 1
*DISC
*DIR:0.$
*FADFS
*DIR :1.$. GAMES
*XFER DISC ADFS
This example would transfer all files in directory $ in DFS on drive
0 to directory $.GAMES in ADFS on drive 1.
Two things to ask ...
1. does the target directory get created automatically or do I have to
do it manually?
2. what's the *FADFS command?
I'm unable to use HDFS unfortunately because I currently have no way of
transferring software from PC to Beeb - this is now my next priority!
Thanks again everyone - your help is invaluable
Cheers
Richard (NZ)
Raf wrote:
> For copying whole discs, quickly, between DFS and ADFS,
> or vice versa, I find the XFER command of the ADT ROM
> very useful.
>
> Best wishes, Raf
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
> To: <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 10:48 PM
> Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Copying from DFS to ADFS
>
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>>> > The process is slow and shadow RAM is used as temporary memory, so
>>> you
>>> need
>>> > to make sure it is switched off, e.g.
>>> >
>>> > *SHADOW 0
>>> > MODE 7
>>>
>>> I used *MOVE quite a bit when I was a regular Master user, and I don't
>>> ever recall having to turn off shadow memory. MODE 135 (shadowed 7)
>>> was my
>>> usual mode of choice.
>>>
>>> I can imagine it might use the shadow memory if it was free, to
>>> reduce the
>>> number of read-write cycles, but are you sure you were forced to use
>>> main
>>> memory?
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>> I'd suspect that it would use the remaining shadow RAM for the buffer
>> during
>> the swap, the 1K used in MODE 135 won't make much odds, however, the 20k
>> used by MODE 128 would be significant.
>>
>> Dave ;)
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