CHAPTER 1
OVERVIEW
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DOS 3.3 BASIC and its associated Volume Manager (both supplied on your Catalyst diskette VERSION 2.1) may be used to access your DOS BASIC programs directly from your hard disk and have access to "DOS 3.3 volumes" on the hard disk.
The DOS 3.3 Volume Manager is used to create standard ProDOS files which appear as DOS 3.3 volumes to DOS 3.3 BASIC. To access these files, they must be "mounted" and formatted as a floppy diskette within your hard disk. All accesses to the hard disk on which you mounted the ProDOS file are then made to that file.
The Volume Manager also allows you to create a file (named MOUNTS3.3) which tells DOS 3.3 which slot/drive pair to run the startup program (HELLO) from, what ProDOS files to mount on selected slot/drive pairs, and whether or not to reserve room for DOS when you initialize a file or diskette.
When DOS 3.3 is selected from the Catalyst menu, it reads the MOUNTS3.3 file from the directory specified by the current ProDOS prefix. If no MOUNTS3.3 file is found, the following assumptions are made:
- DOS 3.3 will look for its startup program on slot 6, drive 1. If a HELLO program is not found there, you will receive an I/O error.
- No hard disk DOS volumes will be mounted for access.
- The INIT command will reserve room for DOS when you initialize a file or diskette.
RESTRICTIONS
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1. Catalyst version 2.1 is necessary in order to use the DOS 3.3 option.
2. Copy protected DOS 3.3 programs can not be used.
3. ProDOS files (disk volumes) no larger than 800 sectors (200K) can be created, thus DOS program applications requiring more than 800 sectors can not be used.
INSTALLATION
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To install DOS 3.3 BASIC and its associated Volume Manager under Catalyst, perform the following procedure:
1. Select the Catalyst Editor from the Catalyst menu.
2. When the Catalyst Editor main menu comes up, select the "Install program" option.
3. From the list of Program manufacturers, select the entry for "Apple Computer, Inc.".
4. Select the entry for "DOS 3.3 BASIC" from the list of Apple programs.
5. You are then prompted to insert the boot diskette of the program to install in the disk drive. Insert the Catalyst PROGRAM diskette in the disk drive, and then press the space bar.
6. DOS 3.3 BASIC and its associated Volume Manager (MAKE.MOUNTS) will then be copied from your Catalyst PROGRAM diskette to the CATALYST2E subdirectory on your hard disk. You are then returned to the Catalyst Editor main menu.
7. Enter "E" to Edit the Catalyst menu.
8. Using the up and down arrow keys, position the inverse bar over the "DOS 3.3 BASIC" entry which now appears on your menu. Type "A" to Add a program entry.
9. Enter "DOS Volume Manager" for the menu Display name.
10. Enter "CATALYST2E/BASIC." for the Interpreter path.
11. Press RETURN for the Initial prefix.
12. Enter "CATALYST2E/MAKE.MOUNTS" for the Program path.
13. If all the above has been entered correctly, press RETURN when asked "Is all this correct?". Otherwise, enter "NO" and fix the incorrect entry.
14. Press ESCAPE to return to the Catalyst Editor main menu. Enter "U" to Update the INTERPS2E file.
15. Enter "Q" to Quit from the Catalyst Editor.
NOTE: Since the ProDOS Prefix for the DOS 3.3 BASIC entry is automatically set to "CATALYST2E" by the above installation process, DOS will expect its MOUNTS3.3 file to be in that subdirectory.
CHAPTER 2
THE DOS 3.3 VOLUME MANAGER
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If you have performed the above installation procedure, you may select the DOS 3.3 Volume Manager program directly from your Catalyst menu. Alternatively, you may select ProDOS BASIC and execute the program named MAKE.MOUNTS on your Catalyst diskette by typing "RUN /volume name of your hard disk
/CATALYST2E/MAKE.MOUNTS".
1. Catalog
The first entry on the DOS Volume Manager main menu allows you to obtain a standard catalog of files on your hard disk or a floppy diskette. You are prompted to enter the pathname of the directory for which the catalog is to be displayed. In order to freeze the display, press CONTROL "S". Pressing CONTROL "S" again will allow the display to continue.
2. Create DOS 3.3 Volume
The second entry on the DOS Volume Manager main menu allows you to create a ProDOS file which can be used as a DOS 3.3 volume. When you select the "Create DOS 3.3 Volume" option, you are asked to enter the pathname of the new DOS 3.3 volume. Any standard ProDOS pathname may be entered such as "/P/CATALYST2E/DOS".
Next you are requested to enter the size of the volume. Volume size is specified in units of "sectors", where one sector is equivalent to 256 bytes or characters of storage.
The size you specify will depend on what you intend to use the volume for and how much room is left on your hard disk. Volumes must be at least 288 sectors (72K) in size, and may be no larger than 800 sectors (200K). The size you specify will be automatically rounded up to the nearest multiple of 16 sectors (4K). A standard floppy diskette contains 560 sectors (140K).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING CREATING DOS 3.3 VOLUMES
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Once the DOS 3.3 volume has been created and the size has been specified, you must mount it using the Edit Mounts option within Edit mount file for DOS 3.3 application described in part 4 of this chapter in order to grant access to it.
Last but not least, you must initialize the DOS 3.3 volume in order to be able to store information to it. In order to do this, select DOS 3.3 BASIC from the Catalyst main menu. at the prompt "]" type INIT HELLO. The DOS 3.3 volume that you have previously mounted will be initialized for DOS 3.3.
3. Delete DOS 3.3 Volume
The third entry on the DOS Volume Manager main menu allows you to selectively remove previously defined DOS 3.3 volumes from your hard disk. All storage associated with a DOS 3.3 volume is released when IT is deleted. The freed storage is then available for use by any subsequent volume definitions.
Actually, you may delete any ProDOS file, not just DOS 3.3 volumes. When you select the "Delete DOS 3.3 Volume" option, you are asked to enter the pathname of the volume to delete. Any standard ProDOS pathname may be entered.
Note: Deleting a DOS 3.3 volume does not remove it from any place where it may have been mounted. Your system may still contain a MOUNTS3.3 file with a
reference to the deleted volume. Such a reference will be ignored, however.
4. Edit Mount File for DOS 3.3 Application
The fourth entry on the DOS Volume Manager main menu is used to create a new or edit an existing MOUNTS3.3 file for DOS 3.3 BASIC.
This article provides information about a non-Apple product. Apple Computer, Inc. is not responsible for its content. Please contact the vendor for additional information.
* Article 1584: "
Catalyst 2.1: How To Install DOS 3.3 BASIC (2 of 2)" - Contains part 1 of the installation instructions.