D7314@UWAVM.BITNET (11/03/86)
Date: Sun, 2 Nov 86 16:51 PST From: Patrick Ryan <D7314@UWAVM> Subject: DOS 3.3 & Hard drives To: Apple Mailing list <INFO-APPLE@BRL.ARPA> ================================================================================ > From: CHRISTOPHER CHUNG <ST802414%BROWNVM.BITNET@wiscvm.wisc.edu> > Subject: softerm II and hard drives. > To: INFO-APPLE@BRL.ARPA > Does anyone know how to modify Softerm II to work on a hard drive? > I called Softronics technical support and they said it couldn't be done > because DOS 3.3 cannot be run on a hard drive. This sounds very funny > to me. The problem I am having is that I cannot load any of the > configurations once I get softerm to boot. Anything that has to access > the hard drive gives an I/O error. Anyone know why this is happening > or how it can be fixed? Are there any other programs that you have > encountered that do the same thing. > Chris Well, I don't know about how to fix it, but they weren't lying when they said DOS 3.3 wouldn't work with a hard disk. Usually, hard disks have their own DOS's (ie Corvus DOS). The reason is pretty obvious... DOS 3.3 accesses 153(?) K of disk space, since thats all a SSSD disk could handle when 3.3 was invented oh-so-many years ago. Softerm won't be the only program that has this problem either... many copy programs won't do DOS 3.3 ---> hard disk for the same reason. Patrick Ryan D7314@UWAVM.BITNET