[iyonix-support] Re: SCSIFS and Hide
- From: Bernard Veasey <bernard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:18:19 GMT
In message <c6bff4e050.Iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Ron <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I've been looking at the problem of too many USB card icons. Four on a
> combined card reader gets in the way of mounting another memory stick,
> as well as taking up space on the icon-bar.
> I found that by using SCSIFS hide system as supplied, I could only
> hide the combo reader completely, and though *devices shows it,
> Filer_OpenDir commands would not work.
> I took another approach, took out the Hide file and removed SCSIFiler
> from the predesk so it was not installed at bootup.
> Now Filer_OpenDir and the now needed dismount commands worked.
> I haven't dug deep into SCSIFS or SCSIFiler, but it appears to me
> that the hiding of devices from the filer would be better handled
> by SCSIFiler rather than SCSIFS, so some access could be allowed.
> This might then retain some autoloading, and allow a few more devices
> as well. A Menu of commands can select the first 4 devices, so that
> they are not all 'on' by default.
> I'm sure this must have been looked at before, Is there any app
> already made for this?
> Ron M
Have a look at !HideSCSI 1.03 by Colin Granville from:
http://www.ftpc.iconbar.com/Utils/
Bernard
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