Re: help with DOS.Master??

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Andy McFadden wrote:
> Frank M. <frank_o_rama@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks. I think a large part of my confusion is not knowing how
> > DOS.Master actually sets itself up on the computer with virtual
> > partitions. Another issue is that i'm not using the GS-version of
> > Shrinkit (which i think uses a different compression codec). I tried
> > the open-apple-S trick. no dice. Shrinkit says the file is "not a
> > recognized format" or some such.

I've never had problem with 8-bit ShrinkIt as long as the files
being dealt with are not forked files.

> DOS.Master allocates a contiguous series of blocks without creating a
> file.  (Be careful with ProSel utilities like "Mr. Fixit".)  It's probably
> best to play with different configurations on an 800K floppy before
> settling on what you want to do.
>
> You can find some 800K disk images with multiple 140K DOS volumes here:
> http://faddensoftware.com/
>
> GS/ShrinkIt can handle anything created by the P8 versions.  The reverse
> is true for later versions of P8 ShrinkIt.
>
> Sounds like the archives were damaged somehow.

Or the file has a resource fork...

Use UNFORKIT on the Apple II to remove the fork before trying to
open it with ShrinkIt.  ProDOS apps don't know what to do with forked
files.

-michael

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