> Q1) In RPCEmu Is there a way to Mount the Harddrives in the Host machine
> so they can be accessed from the icon bar as can be done in VRPC?
With multiple icons on the iconbar, no. However there is a workaround, but please read and understand these caveats first
1) The webpage states "and all files used with it should be well backed up before using them with RPCEmu.", this will now include any folders you access via hostfs.
2) Due to the different way that windows/linux and RISC OS deal with filetype information, windows/linux files that do not have a risc os filetype that are loaded by a risc os app are often assigned one, this will rename the file on the windows/linux filesystem. As you can imagine renaming files that are used by windows/linux programs or the system can render them unusable. (This is the same behaviour as VRPC).
3) If and when it all goes wrong, do not whinge here, you got warned, which is more than VRPC has ever done.
Instructions
Use the windows filesystem link tool to create a subfolder inside hostfs that points to a different location on windows.
mklink /d FoldernameinHostFS PathToItemYouWantToLink
Open windows command prompt as administrator
cd c:/path/to/RPCEmu/hostfs
mklink /d C C:\
mklink /d D D:\
mklink /d X X:\
You will now have three directories inside your hostfs root folder that link directly to the windows drives.
> Q2) I have a portable USB SSD drive (R:), is there a way to either access
> or mount that SSD in RPCEmu.
I believe this should work the same way as above but haven't tested it.
mklink /d R R:\
> so they can be accessed from the icon bar as can be done in VRPC?
With multiple icons on the iconbar, no. However there is a workaround, but please read and understand these caveats first
1) The webpage states "and all files used with it should be well backed up before using them with RPCEmu.", this will now include any folders you access via hostfs.
2) Due to the different way that windows/linux and RISC OS deal with filetype information, windows/linux files that do not have a risc os filetype that are loaded by a risc os app are often assigned one, this will rename the file on the windows/linux filesystem. As you can imagine renaming files that are used by windows/linux programs or the system can render them unusable. (This is the same behaviour as VRPC).
3) If and when it all goes wrong, do not whinge here, you got warned, which is more than VRPC has ever done.
Instructions
Use the windows filesystem link tool to create a subfolder inside hostfs that points to a different location on windows.
mklink /d FoldernameinHostFS PathToItemYouWantToLink
Open windows command prompt as administrator
cd c:/path/to/RPCEmu/hostfs
mklink /d C C:\
mklink /d D D:\
mklink /d X X:\
You will now have three directories inside your hostfs root folder that link directly to the windows drives.
> Q2) I have a portable USB SSD drive (R:), is there a way to either access
> or mount that SSD in RPCEmu.
I believe this should work the same way as above but haven't tested it.
mklink /d R R:\
Peter
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