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Re: IIGS MS-DOS FST Problem
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:56:49 -0500, "Bill Garber"
<willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>"Dean Shutt" <junk@punaka.com> wrote in message
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>: A quick, and I suspect classic, question. Could not find it in
>the
>: latest faq though.
>:
>: I am setting up yet another Apple II. This system is:
>:
>: IIgs rom 3
>: superdrive
>: superdrive controller card
>: ae GS ram fully populated with 6 meg
>: system 6.0.1 installed on superdrive
>:
>: Everything works fine EXCEPT I can not read MS-DOS disks on the
>: superdrive. I installed all the optional FST using the 6.0.1
>installer
>: and I have verified the FST files are in the FST folder.
>Superdrive
>: and controller card are known good and check out perfectly in
>my IIe
>: system and read MS-DOS disks there. 1.44 Prodos disks can be
>: written/read/initialized with no difficulty. Loading an MS-DOS
>disk
>: into the drive results in a short drive spin up and nothing
>else.
>: Disk does not appear on the desktop in any form.
>:
>: Surely I must be missing something simple but currently do not
>have a
>: clue as to what it might be. Any help would be most
>appreciated.
>
>It's possibly the Label. Make sure it's 8 characters
>starting with a capital letter. No special characters.
>Works for me.
>
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Unfrorunately not the problem. Any other ideas?