Re: Accessing MS-DOS disk from GS/OS

["Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com>]

The problem is that the Finder is getting hold of the disk before MUG! - and
as far as the Finder is concerned, a partitioned MS-DOS disk is
"unreadable". (And don't try to initialize it from the Finder either,
because MS-DOS won't be an option!)

The trick is to open MUG! first, *then* insert the Zip disk. (I don't have
the GS handy and I don't remember off the top of my head, but you *may* need
to get a MUG! file dialogue open first.) Alternatively, open some
application other than the Finder first.

The main thing is to get to a point that some program won't try to open the
Zip disk the moment you insert it! (Or phrased another way - it *does*
work - the trick is to keep the Finder out of the loop.)

By the way, I'd be a little careful about how much you copy to the Zip disk
if you have v1.01. There was a bug in the FAT-handling routine that didn't
cope with big numbers too well. (Actually, signed vs unsigned values. It was
originally written for 1.4MB floppy disks, remember!) The bug is fixed in
v1.20, available for free to all registered users. (It is also a lot smarter
with knowing about binary/text filetypes.)
-- 
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)


"Rich J." <aiiadict@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to access an MS-DOS formatted disk from GS/OS
>
> I have MUG! installed on GS.  System 6.0.1, formatted the
> zip disk from Windows 98, format e: command.
>
> When I insert the disk in the GS it says "unrecognized
> format, eject/initialize?".  I have MSDOS FST installed on
> the system.  It has plenty of RAM.
>
> The ZIP drive is connected to apple SCSI card in slot1,
> control panel set to SLOT1 YOUR CARD.  The zip drive
> correctly reads PRODOS formatted zip disks, no problem.
>
> When I try "initialize" command from the message (above),
> computer bombs into monitor.  tried booting from known
> good System 6 3.5 disk, does same think upon clicking
> initialize button.
>
> I want to transfer all of my GS stuff to PC to work in
> an emulator, several megabytes of stuff.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Rich
> http://rich12345.tripod.com
> aiiadict AT hotmail DOT com