Robert Steinmetz writes: >I understand that Prodos limits the number of volumes to 14, 2 >for each slot and that there is an allocation scheme so that if >you have more the 2 volumes on one device these will be assigned >to unused slots. >Can someone please explain the rules for allocation of slot and >drive numbers to additional volumes and under what versions of >ProDOS or ROMs these rules operate. OK. If you look at ProDOS Technote #23 it describes the changes made to ProDOS from version 1.0 to 2.0.3 (provided you find a recent version). You can divide ProDOS 8 into 3 groups based on how it handles volumes. A) ProDOS v1.0 to v1.1.1 - two drives per slot B) ProDOS 8 v1.2 to v1.9 - two drives per slot except that slot 5 can have 4 volumes if slot 2 does not have a disk controller card in it. The 3rd volume becomes S2,D1 and the 4th S2,D2. This remapping relies on the disk controller firmware knowing what to do when passed a unit number for slot 2 when it is in slot 5 - any controller supporting more than two volumes must support this. C) ProDOS 8 v2.0.x - up to 13 volumes on a SmartPort capable disk controller (/RAM takes up 14th position S3,D2) Note that the V2.0.x remapping can only use vacant slots - if you had a 1MB memory expansion card in slot 4 which is a single volume (S4,D1) the remapping code will not use the vacant S4,D2 for a drive from another slot. There is a defined order that v2.0.x will allocate vacant slots based on a table in the PRODOS file (list taken from v2.0.3): S4,D1 S4,D2 S1,D1 S1,D2 S2,D1 S2,D2 S5,D1 S5,D2 S6,D1 S6,D2 S7,D1 S7,D2 S3,D1 -- David Wilson School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia David Wilson wrote: > > OK. If you look at ProDOS Technote #23 it describes the changes made > to ProDOS from version 1.0 to 2.0.3 (provided you find a recent version). > You can divide ProDOS 8 into 3 groups based on how it handles volumes. > > A) ProDOS v1.0 to v1.1.1 - two drives per slot > B) ProDOS 8 v1.2 to v1.9 - two drives per slot except that slot 5 can have > 4 volumes if slot 2 does not have a disk controller card in it. > The 3rd volume becomes S2,D1 and the 4th S2,D2. This remapping relies > on the disk controller firmware knowing what to do when passed a unit > number for slot 2 when it is in slot 5 - any controller supporting more > than two volumes must support this. > C) ProDOS 8 v2.0.x - up to 13 volumes on a SmartPort capable disk controller > (/RAM takes up 14th position S3,D2) > > Note that the V2.0.x remapping can only use vacant slots - if you had a 1MB > memory expansion card in slot 4 which is a single volume (S4,D1) the remapping > code will not use the vacant S4,D2 for a drive from another slot. There is > a defined order that v2.0.x will allocate vacant slots based on a table in > the PRODOS file (list taken from v2.0.3): > > S4,D1 S4,D2 S1,D1 S1,D2 S2,D1 S2,D2 S5,D1 S5,D2 S6,D1 S6,D2 S7,D1 S7,D2 S3,D1 Thanks for the quick response. I understand the order much better now and think I know what to expect. I need to put ProDOS 2x on a floppy, which is easier said than done with my hardware setup. I think I going to enable a dial-in port on a server at the office to allow this to happen, although I also have a copy of crossworks with a cable here somewhere. I assume that ProDOS 2.x uses the actual slots first and the begins using predefined list, skipping any slots already used. For example in my card with 8 drives in Slot 7 and RAM in Slot 5 would expect to see; S7D1 Volume1 S7D2 Volume2 S6D1 Floppy Drive 1 S6D2 Floppy Drive 2 S5D1 Ram Drive S5D2 S4D1 Volume3 S4D2 Volume4 S3D1 S3D2 RAM S2D1 Volume7 S2D2 Volume8 S1D1 Volume5 S1D2 Volume6 I read that the slot does not have to be vacant but only not occupied by a block device, and that slots containing some types of cards like serial cards and mouse cards can be remaped also. -- Rob "Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity."