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From: ctm@ardi.com (Clifford T. Matthews)
To: jeff.peters@wdn.com (JEFF PETERS)
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Subject: Re: Executor and Floppies
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>>>>> "Jeff" == JEFF PETERS <jeff.peters@wdn.com> writes:
ctm> OK. I'm baffled. You and Jeff appear to be the only ones
ctm> having the problem. That will make it hard for me to figure
ctm> out just what the problem is. Have you tried 1.99p5? Can you
ctm> get *any* HD floppies to work? What happens when you format
ctm> the floppy under DOS and then reformat it under Executor and
ctm> use it?
ctm> I really would like to see this fixed by the time we ship 2.0,
ctm> but I'm not sure what I'm going to be able to do.
Jeff> Well, here's an update: I adjusted my FILES= line up to 100,
Moving it up to 100 is excessive, for Executor's needs ... 30 should
be plenty in most cases.
Jeff> (it's the only line in my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC just sets
Jeff> path) and I still can't use floppies. I can't format DOS
Jeff> formatted floppies under Executor (I get an Executor message
Jeff> that the format can't be verified),
That suggests that raw reads of the floppy drive are failing. I may
be able to whip up a test program that we can use to look for more
information.
Jeff> and when I try to Find
Jeff> Floppy on a Mac HD floppy, I get punted back to DOS with an
Jeff> error message and register dump (it scrolls by very quickly,
Jeff> so I haven't tried to capture it yet--would it be
Jeff> worthwhile?).
Wait for 1.99p6. I know of a bug that already causes Executor to die
if it can't read a particular set of information. I've fixed it
already, so going out of your way to get the register dump may just be
sending you on a wild goose chase.
Jeff> Let me know what else I can tell you to help.
If 1.99p6 doesn't help, then I'll need to whip up a specific raw
floppy reading test program to help track this down. Thanks for your
patience.
Jeff> - Jeff Jeff.Peters@wdn.com
Jeff> * CMPQwk 1.42 432 *Two most common elements: Hydrogen &