------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What the heck is DiskMaster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DiskMaster is simply one of the very best directory-utilities ever! DM is small fast and compatible, easy to use, easy to configure. And among the best things it comes for free now! You simply have to try out DiskMaster to become one of it`s fans! I came across DiskMaster early 1993, as far as I can remember. To be honest, someone gave me a copy of this program that I tried out on my A500 with 1MB and Kick 1.3 . Half a year later I really was into it and >honest< from then I tried to buy the program but there was nobody selling it. We even tried to phone Progressive, this was back in 1994 or so. In late 1994 I got hold of a copy of DiskMaster 2.1c, again from an unknown source - no way to track it down. In late 1995 I bought my modem - That finally opened the door. As soon I had a connect to the german z-netz, I started writing adverts. But again no-one was willing or able to sell an original. It was in October 1996 when I finally made it to the internet. On November 13. I put my first advert in COMP.SYS.AMIGA.MARKETPLACE . And the 16.11.1996 became the day, I was waiting for so long. Jerry W. Rubemeyer from Iowa offered me his DiskMaster 2.0 together with the manual I ever needed so badly (100 pages). Thanks again, Jerry! On December 10. I put my first offer to swap Startup.DMs on the net. The reactions on this and the following adds convinced me that I am on the right way still supporting this splendid dir-util. And as it looks like a lot of users received DiskMaster from the Cover-Disk or from dubios sources like myself, I decided to write this guide to help all these fellowers out there that are not so happy to get hold of the original manual. Additionally the manual is rather brief on some issues and I received a lot of examples that I can provide to demonstrate the power of DiskMaster. To my shame I basically copied the manual so far adding only few comments. But I also provided some not mentioned functions. The reason for this is that I wanted to have a solid basis first to which I may attach new ideas easier. And now that I received the source for DiskMaster, this is no longer a stand-alone product but the official documentation for DiskMaster II. I spent and will spend a lot of work on this, so apreciate it!