Re: Problems with disk images to disk

[labelas@hotmail.com (Labelas Enoreth)]

>      As Dan indicates, DSK2FILE is not a program which goes out its way
> to error-check user inputs or to let you know when things are not going
> right. During a normal Image--> Disk conversion, you should see "R" and
> "W"rite followed by a dot for each track on the Status Line display.
Yep, it goes through the R-W-. stage. not a single E
 
> One thing you might try is putting your .dsk Source file in the main
> directory of /PROFILE. True, it should not matter; but, every once in a
> while the way a program handles path names leads to errors for names
> which are 'too long', etc..
I've had the disks in the root level for the longest time, it didn't seem
to matter. I just moved things into folders to clean up because I was
going to install something. I thought it was well under the pathname limit
though...

>      DOS or ProDOS Order does matter. If you get a nice smooth copy--
> i.e. with R, W, and . for each track-- and the diskette still does not
> work, try using the other Order option.
Yep. tried that, but with a lot of them I know for certain what order they are.

>      Another possibility is that you are using bad or incompatible
> diskettes. Apple II 5.25" drives like DD diskettes. If you are trying to
> use HD diskettes, you are likely to have problems.
<looks over at disks> Nope, been using a big pile of blank maxell DSDD 5.25s
 
>      If you are sure your diskettes are DD, it is still possible that a
> target diskette is defective. (Getting through a Format does not
> guarantee that a diskette is okay.)  When you do a conversion, try doing
> it to 2-3 different newly formatted DD diskettes. If one works, you will
> know that the problem was probably defective diskettes.
Yeah. tried several disks...it seems like it doesn't matter. I guess I'll
try a couple more, since I only tried like 3 or 4 before and I have
20-something blanks. 

>      You say that you wonder whether or not your IIe drives are working
> correctly. One check is to boot a known-good DOS 3.3 or ProDOS diskette
> with a utility like Copy II+ and use the utility to Verify that
> diskettes are okay, drive speed is okay, etc..
Hmmm. Ok, will do. Guess I'll go look on cabi for it then.

and Thanks...

Much more of this, and I may be forced to try and use these programs and
disks on an actual IIe...;>...I mean, I do have 3, but I like some of the
ease of use that having it within a mac gives you.