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Article #41132Re: Problems with HP and other MS-DOS formatted disks.
From: Dave Hanna
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 12:56
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1990 12:56
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In article <16035@well.sf.ca.us> dsmall@well.UUCP (David Small) writes:
<[The basenote discusses using ST disks in MSDOS machines, and the troubles
<thereof].
<
< I've had trouble under TOS 1.4 with Toshiba disks as well -- double
<sided, MS-DOS, DOS 3.3, off a Toshiba 1200HB. One time I read a file into
<the ST, and got the 1st sector repeated for the length of the file. Many
<times directory changes (cd) fail or act weirdly. ...
< I've been told that Toshibas do something especially strange that
<makes things worse, but do not recall the details.
I've encountered similar problems with disks written in (supposedly)
IBM compatible format with Mtools on a UNIX-PC. One problem that I
have determined with Mtools is that it only writes the first copy of
the FAT. I've got plans to correct that short-coming and see if it
fixes the problem.
At any rate, could that be the problem with the Toshipa?
> -- thanks, Dave / Gadgets
Dave Hanna
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!letni!dms3b1!dave From: dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Problems with HP and other MS-DOS formatted disks. Keywords: MSDOS TOS FAT Message-ID: <218@dms3b1.UUCP> Date: 19 Feb 90 12:56:40 GMT References: <408*ivan@cvax.psi.ch> <16035@well.sf.ca.us> Reply-To: dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) Organization: Infotouch Systems, Inc., Dallas Lines: 29