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Article #756Re: DOS Filesystem problems - transfering stuff on floppies screws up
From: David Lemson
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 22:12
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 22:12
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danh@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Dan Hartman) writes: >Has anyone else ever had trouble transfering files onto a DOS disk bigger >than about 200-300K? Every time I fill up a standard HD with more than that, >the PC will report a read error when it tries to get it (And I've tested this >on about 5 different PC's) Is this normal, or should I take my NeXT in to get >the floppy drive replaced before my warranty runs out (a couple of days, I >believe). Are you running OS 2.2 on a non-turbo machine? If so, contact your campus/local NeXT service provider about getting the 2.2a patch diskette. Otherwise, such an operation should work fine. -- David Lemson (217) 244-1205 University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin Internet : lemson@uiuc.edu UUCP :...!uiucuxc!uiucux1!lemson NeXTMail accepted BITNET : LEMSON@UIUCVMD
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!sdd.hp.com!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!lemson From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: DOS Filesystem problems - transfering stuff on floppies screws up Message-ID: <BtEoD0.Iq1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 22 Aug 92 22:12:22 GMT References: <6663@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM> Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 18