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Re: Superdrive controller + superdrive = read MSDOS? Doesn't work for me
- Subject: Re: Superdrive controller + superdrive = read MSDOS? Doesn't work for me
- From: "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Jan 2003 11:46:43 -0800
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Silicon Valley North, Inc. (http://www.svn.net)
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"Joel" <joelbuckley54.nospam.@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> 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.
I think I recall that a disk formatted by Win95 and later won't work, it has
to be formatted by DOS 6.X or earlier. Seems to me this is in the faq. Check
Rubywand's website. If you don't have one, boot disks are available on the
net for DOS 6.X.
-Paul