Re: IIGS MS-DOS FST Problem

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Dean Shutt" <junk@punaka.com> wrote in message
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: On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 22:56:49 -0500, "Bill Garber"
: <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
: >
: >"Dean Shutt" <junk@punaka.com> wrote in message
: >prav501pihe3kgerp9miepquv5f3ieeuk0@4ax.com">news:prav501pihe3kgerp9miepquv5f3ieeuk0@4ax.com...
: >: 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.
:
: Unfrorunately not the problem.  Any other ideas?

Yes, start the format on PC, rip it out of the drive
part way. let time out. Then use Peter Watson's MUG to
format it on the GS. That should do it. Still watch
your label structure. Email me for a copy of MUG, use
valid return email addy.

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