Re: Trouble with DOS 3.3 FST under GS OS

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Matthew Carpenter wrote:

>   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.

Perhaps you made DOS 3.3 disks by sector copying--that way the OS
has no idea what format they are, and doesn't care.  FILE2DSK (sp?)
and other image-to-disk programs use the same method, so file system
is irrelevant.

This suggests a simple way to format DOS 3.3 disks on a IIgs--just
disk copy a DOS 3.3 disk with a block/sector utility.

-michael

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