mdg1@engr.uark.edu (Michael D. Glover) (12/04/90)
Hello netters! I am having trouble setting MessyDOS up on my system. I have placed all the correct files in the right places (I think) and MessyDOS drives are apparently being mounted, but for some reason any file I copy to a Messy disk is seen as a directory (as well as any files on the disk previously). Has anyone else had this problem? I am running a 2000HD with two 3-1/2 drives, if that is of any consequence. Please send E-mail and I will post a follow-up if I get any replies. Thanks in advance for your help! M. Glover mdg1@engr.uark.edu
kellyd@csufres.csufresno.edu (Kelly Dodge) (12/04/90)
I've had the same problem. Everything seems to work great but the files are just directories. anybody able to help?
burton@latcs1.oz.au (J Anteloupas D. Bronzo.) (12/06/90)
In <38051@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, I could have sworn kellyd@csufres.csufresno.edu (Kelly Dodge) managed to say: >I've had the same problem. Everything seems to work great but the files are >just directories. anybody able to help? Yeah! it's the 'Dir' command doesn't like Messy-Dos. try 'List', and read the documentation, I think its in there somewhere. james burton Latrobe University Melbourne Aust.
kellyd@csufres.csufresno.edu (Kelly Dodge) (12/07/90)
James: I used both list and dir. Both listed them as directories. I couldn't copy the files onto a regular disk or in to ram. The error was something like cant open file. I will try it again and see what's up. I did get it to work a few times, but lately it hasn't been working... Kelly Dodge
burton@latcs1.oz.au (J Anteloupas D. Bronzo.) (12/07/90)
Somebody Else told me they had problems but they fixed it by ftp-ing a newer version from a newer fish-disk. Some of the problems that I have had have been to do with formatting the disks. IBM machines don't seem to like messy-formatted disks very much ( at least in a 2Mbyte drive ) so I have been formatting them in the higher density drive with no problems. The only thing that annoys me about this software is that when the messy device decides it doesn't like a (AmigaDos) disk it bring up a requester that has to be killed. I have mine running on one drive. James Burton.