randolph%cognito@Sun.COM (Randolph Fritz <SQA>) (09/09/87)
In answer to the following message:
I'm running pc-dos 3.3 on a Compaq 8088 portable and I'm using driver.sys
to access an external 3 1/2" 720K floppy. This works fine until the first
"not ready" error on any drive. I must then use "int 13" to reset the
floppy controller and manually read a few sectors from the drive.
Two questions:
1. Why?
2. Anyone got a fix?
In answer, "Jay" (sun!housun!nuchat!splut!jay) writes:
I asked this question of a friend of mine who works at Compaq's
compatibility testing group. He had a question and a comment:
1) What revision level is his ROM BIOS at? He needs to upgrade it to
revision J, the current level; it corrected some floppy problems, and
maybe his. If that doesn't work, then:
2) Compaq will introduce its version of DOS 3.3 shortly (he gave me the
impression it would be a couple of weeks). That should correct all his
problems.
He indicated this configuration should work; if not, then there's a
legitimate problem, and he should report it as one.
The ROMs in the problematic system are rev. C; they'll probably get changed.
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Randolph Fritz
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