Re: Format ProDOS on PC?

[Andy McFadden <fadden@fadden.com>]

William Garber <willy46pa@garberstreet.com> wrote:
> : If you open the floppy device directly, make sure you close the disk
> : (File->Close, Ctrl-W, or just exit CiderPress) before physically
> : ejecting it.
> 
> I sent him to the add files to image, then write image
> route because sometimes mine come out corrupt writing
> files to the disk directly.  :o)

Under Win2K/XP, this could happen if you eject the floppy before the OS disk
cache has flushed.  Closing the disk in CiderPress will close the disk
device and flush all of the data.

I thought I was doing an explicit disk flush when operations completed,
but I don't see it.

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