Re: how to copy a disk with copy2plus

["res069fl" <res069fl@gte.net>]

Do the original disk you are copying from actually boot?  If not them the
problem leads back to the original copies that where created from .dsk
images.  I ran into a similiar problem and it had to do with .dsk images
that were in Prodos Order instead of Dos Order.


"william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com> wrote in message
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> "thomas" <thomas@pathlink.com> wrote in message
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> > ok I know it's been a loooonnnngggg time since I had used copy2plus on
> > my laser128. But recently I tried to make backup copies of 5 1/4 disks
> > I had created from dsk images on my new IIgs and I can't seem to do
> > it.
> >
> > I'm using copy2plus 7.4 (I believe, though I used 7.2 and 9.??? as
> > well) and used the copy->disk option - it seems to copy each track
> > from drive a to drive b - but booting the copy always either gives me
> > a prodos error or simply dumps me into what appears is the monitor
> > (bunch of numbers, etc.)
>
> Did you format the disk first?
>
> > this seems to happen for every disk I tried (copy2plus itself, system
> > disk for apple //c, and a generic (unprotected) dos 3.3 game disk.
> >
> > I remember you had to use one of the 'game' profiles to bit-copy the
> > protected disks, but I couldn't find a profile for a regular disk -
> > the list only contained games and other copy protected disks. btw. I
> > tried formatting the floppy first as well with no luck - but I think
> > the copy->disk option should work on an unformatted disk just as well
> > - or am I way off.
>
> You could use Copy>>Files. Select the files you want and press
> the Go option.
>
> > since I've bored you so far, here's another quick question. If I use
> > the copy->files option and copy the files from the copy2plus disk to a
> > formatted 5 1/4 (or 3 1/2) prodos disk (I'd rather create a copy2plus
> > boot disk on 3 1/2 rather than the 5 1/4), why am I still getting
> > unable to load prodos upon bootup. Does formatting a prodos disk make
> > a bootup floppy similar to doing an 'init hello' on dos 3.3?
> >
>
> To make any disk bootable, Prodos only requires
> two files.
>
> BASIC.SYSTEM
> PRODOS
>
> I guess on GS/OS disk the PRODOS files was renamed
> P8 so renaming it back to PRODOS should work.
>
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