Re: Trouble with DOS 3.3 FST under GS OS

[msc1983@mac.com (Matthew Carpenter)]

In article <age183$bm1$1@lust.ihug.co.nz>, "Roger Johnstone"
<rojaws@mac.com> wrote:

> In article <msc1983-0707021608470001@192.168.1.100>, msc1983@mac.com 
> (Matthew Carpenter) wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> >    I am trying to mount DOS 3.3 disks in GS OS 6.0.1 on my Apple IIGS.  I
> > have installed the DOS 3.3 FST, however, when I attempt to mount the
> > disks, the drive starts spinning and never stops untill I eject whatever
> > DOS 3.3 disk I may have inserted.  If I do not eject it then it just sits
> > there for minutes without doing anything.  When I eject it I get the
> > message:
> >
> > "Using the installed File System Translators, GS/OS does not recognize
> > this disk (indevice .APPLEDISK5.25A).  Do you want to initialize it?"
> >
> > I know these disks are good because I am able to boot to them, but they
> > refuse to mount.
> >
> > Also, if I click "initialize" just because the button is there(not that
> > I'm going to erase my games), I find that DOS 3.3 isn't even an option
> > even though I've installed the FST.
> 
> That's normal. The DOS 3.3 FST, like the MS-DOS and Pascal FSTs, is
> read-only. They don't allow you to write or initialize disks in these
> formats.
> 
> > Am I doing something wrong?  I have the DOS3.3 loader installed on my
> > IIGS's hard drive and I want to copy the games I have on DOS 3.3 disks to
> > my hard drive.
> 
> The only reason I could think for them not working is if they're using a
> modified DOS. This was quite common with games. Have you tried it with a
> disk which you are 100% sure is using Apple DOS 3.3?
> 
   I'm not even alowed to format 5.25" disks as DOS 3.3, it's not an
option in the initialization dialog box.  I've made DOS 3.3 disks before
my IIGS stopped recognizing DOS 3.3 disks.  None of those disks which I
myself made the computer format for DOS 3.3 are being recognized.  

   It has been going on now for a short while. I just recently installed a
program called DOS 3.3 copier so I could load DOS 3.3 programs from my
proDOS formatted hardisk instead of the 5.25" disks, but since my IIGS
wont recognize the disks I have no way of copying them or their contents
to my hard drive.
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