rodger@hpdml93.HP.COM (Rodger Anderson) (12/14/88)
>/ hpdml93:comp.sys.amiga / panzer@mulberry.ucsb.edu (Panzer) / 6:36 pm Dec 11, 1988 / >Does anybody else have this problem? Yes, I had this problem when trying to format my hard disk partitions. >Often when I'm formatting new disks, the Format program will stop >on the first track w/o explanation. The disk it was formatting >is then regarded as a "non-DOS" disk, and I can't do ANYTHING >with it (including formatting). This only seems to happen when I >boot from my WB 1.2 or Aztec system disks. If I erase the >messed-up disk, and then format it with the Format from Scribble!, >it works fine. What's the deal? Some sort of virus? (I have >Vcheck, but maybe it's an obsolete version now...) I would also like to know what causes format to tell "handler not found" when its trying to format with the FastFileSystem. Has anyone else seen either of these problems? >---------- -- Rodger Anderson (rodger@hpdml93) or(rodger%hpdml93@hplabs.hp.com)
aimania@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Walter Rothe) (12/19/88)
I had the same problem with "handler not found" when I tried formatting
my hard disk under FFS. I had forgotten to do Binddrivers with the
correct *.info files in the expansion directory. You might try that.
--
Walter Rothe at the UNIX(Tm) Connection, Dallas, Tx
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