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Re: Superdrive controller + superdrive = read MSDOS? Doesn't work for me

The MS-DOS FST has a few quirks.
The disk has to have a label. From Win95 click on properties while the disk
is selected.
Without a label it won't be recognized.
Only old style 8.3 filenames, not Win95+ long filenames are supported.
The FST is read-only.
There is a CDA available in the usual places called MUG which lets you write
to an MS-DOS formatted disk and do a few more things than the FST.


"Tim Haynes" <trhaynes.NOSPAM.PLEASE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:av1stq$b8laq$1@ID-21339.news.dfncis.de...
>
> I recently bought a superdrive controller for my IIgs.  I modified a drive
> to take the Superdrive mechanism from a Mac IIsi (knew that thing would be
> good for something someday... ;) and updated my GSOS 6.0.1 with the Apple
> 3.5 Disk installer so that it could format 1.44 meg disks.  So far, so
good!
> Works fine with 1.44 meg PRODOS disks.  I then installed the MSDOS FST and
> rebooted.  I checked the FSTs folder and the MSDOS one is there.  But when
I
> put in a formatted MSDOS disk, nothing happens.  The disk light comes on
> momentarily, but no disk shows up on the desktop and no message is
> displayed.
>
> Am I doing something wrong...?
>
> Thanks
> Tim
>
>