DBAKER@USC-ECL.ARPA (03/08/84)
Help! I am having a problem with an IBM PC using DOS 2.0, 660K memory, an expansion with 10 Meg disk. The problem is that if I try to format a disk in the b: drive using the /s/v option I get an error indicating that I have insufficient memory to transfer the system files. I can reboot the dos disk and the format /s/v works. I reformatted the c: drive, restored the files and it works ok. The problems reoccurs though and at random times. I have yet to pin down any one parameter thats triggers it. Has anyone seen this problem? Please reply to dbaker@ecla Thanking you in advance, Dwight Baker, Hughes Aircraft Electro Optical Group
Info-IBMPC%USC-ISIB@sri-unix.UUCP (03/08/84)
From: Info-IBMPC Digest <Info-IBMPC@USC-ISIB> Sounds like the notorious format position bug again. Both format and diskcopy are sensitive to where they are loaded. The load point is changed when you install device drivers or add buffers= or have programs that stay resident, etc. The only answer at present is to juggle these things until you get to a point where format works. -------