Re: ID a 3.5" Drive

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

astdm@acad2.alaska.edu (Malone) writes:
> I am having compatibility problems with it on a gs.  I does not want to boot
> anything I own.  If I boot GS/OS (off the HD) and there is a disk in it, it
> shows up, I can open the disk and see the files but when I try to run anything
> off of it it dies and give me a window with 'ProDOS Error = $0027'.  I then
> return to finder.  After playing around I found that I can format a disk on it
> and then copy files to it and it will run the files.  I have only done this
> with a few things so far so I am not sure if there is a limit to what I can do
> with this.  My question is does anyone have an idea of what this is?  Perhaps
> there is a driver problem?  Compatibilty?  Anything you can tell me would help. 

Sounds like it is not a compatibility problem.  If you are able to see it 
on the desktop, format it, and copy files to it it is probably 
compatible.  The ProDOS error you mentioned is a catch-all for I/O 
problems.  Sounds like it might be damaged disks, or a very dirty drive head 
that is damaging your disk.  When was the last time you cleaned it?

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Los Angeles County Outdoor Science School

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