[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC on a USB drive

[Dave Symes]

In article <0CA670D31DBA4206A50E75364B330A3A at philipsdesktop>,
   T.O.M.S. <toms at ndirect.co.uk> wrote:

[Snip]

> To prove that, please try the following:

> - On the memory stick (Z:), open up the VirtualRPC-xxx folder.

> - Find the Models folder and open it.

> - Select which of the 3 core emulations you normally use - say 
> "StrongARM RISC OS Adjust (Jit)" - and double-click on it.

> - Double-click on the Model file to load it into WordPad or NotePad.

> - Look in the [HostFS] section for the line starting mount0 =

> - It will most likely say "HardDisc4 'C:\Program 
> Files\VirtualAcorn\VirtualRPC-AdjustSA\HardDisc4' bootopt=2,showext" 
> (that is unless you have renamed the mount to something else).


> In other words, although you are running VirtualRPC-AdjustSA from the 
> memory stick (Drive Z:), the HardDisc4 mount on the memory stick is 
> still set to look at the Windows folder named HardDisc4 on the 
> internal hard disc drive C:  Which is why you see "This is on the 
> Hardrive version of VRPC".

> I know you don't want to run VirtualRPC from the memory stick. But if 
> you did, and wanted to access the copy of the HardDisc4 folder *on the 
> memory stick* you would need to change the mount0 = leafname address 
> from C: to Z: and make any other necessary changes to match the actual 
> leafname of the HardDisc4 folder on drive Z:

Indeedy, that's what I've been doing for years on my Laptop where I have
two copies of VRPC running each with its own Hardrive4  I change the
Model.cfg file in each to point at the required dir for that install.

But as I don't want to mess with the backups, I wasn't going there.

> We're still pondering the error message you reported in the original 
> post, it's got us flummoxed.

This is the thing I'm really interested in myself, so later when Dr Who is
over and I've had a cuppa, I'm going to have another last play at that USB
HD.
I'll see if the Event Viewer throws up any interesting pointers, if it
does I'll post notes for you.

Dave

> Mike Nicholl
> pp T.O.M.S.
> toms at ndirect.co.uk

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