cwilliam@mimsy.umd.edu (Christopher Williamson) (01/11/91)
I have been trying to get my original PC-Ditto software emulator
working. Since Avant-Garde is out of business, can someone help me?
I have an ICD host adaptor, Quantum 80MB SCSI drive, and a standard
Mega 2 ST. I am using IBM PC-DOS version 3.30 and PC-Ditto version
3.00. TOS 1.4 is installed.
I have gotten PC-Ditto to run, it recognizes 4 partitions on the hard
drive (from the initial screen), I insert a DOS 3.30 floppy, which
successfully boots and I am faced by an A> prompt. HOWEVER, when I
attempt to FORMAT C: /S as requested it gives a divide by zero error.
When I do an FDISK I get another divide by zero error. Help me!
I have cleared out the C: partition (0) on my hard disk and would like
to install DOS on there. I have removed everything from this first
partition and in the meantime I am unable to use my hard drive. Does
anyone know what the "divide by zero" error message is coming from?
Blitzkrieg ('tanks in advance),
Chris
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In article <CWILLIAM.91Jan10155559@mimsy.umd.edu> cwilliam@mimsy.umd.edu (Christopher Williamson) writes: >[...] >I have gotten PC-Ditto to run, it recognizes 4 partitions on the hard >drive (from the initial screen), I insert a DOS 3.30 floppy, which >successfully boots and I am faced by an A> prompt. HOWEVER, when I >attempt to FORMAT C: /S as requested it gives a divide by zero error. >When I do an FDISK I get another divide by zero error. Help me! >[...] Formatting your hard drive was major overkill. You don't need to do that to install DOS on it. Just type "SYS C:" and that will copy all the system files. I think that should be enough to get you booted. I think SYS also modifies the boot sector so that DOS can boot off of it. Either way, once you've done that you could just copy your DOS files to drive C: ( you could even do the copying from the desktop if you wanted ) and that's all it takes. Formatting your hard drive is a lot to sacrifice to get DOS on the hard drive. Heck, just having DOS take up the space is a waste! :-) I don't know about the rest of your problems. Wish I could help. Good luck. -- John Schmitt johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca ...!unet!utai!utgpu!maccs!johns
geoffc@zebedee.tharr.uucp (Geoffrey Coan) (01/13/91)
In article <278D6EC6.24119@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Conan the Barbarian) writes: > In article <CWILLIAM.91Jan10155559@mimsy.umd.edu> cwilliam@mimsy.umd.edu (Christopher Williamson) writes: > >[...] > >I have gotten PC-Ditto to run, it recognizes 4 partitions on the hard > >drive (from the initial screen), I insert a DOS 3.30 floppy, which > >successfully boots and I am faced by an A> prompt. HOWEVER, when I > >attempt to FORMAT C: /S as requested it gives a divide by zero error. > >When I do an FDISK I get another divide by zero error. Help me! > >[...] > > Just type "SYS C:" and that will copy all the system files. I think > that should be enough to get you booted. I think SYS also modifies the > boot sector so that DOS can boot off of it. Either way, once you've done > that you could just copy your DOS files to drive C: ( you could even do the > copying from the desktop if you wanted ) and that's all it takes. > I have the same problem with PC-ditto on my ICD hard disk drive. I first thought it was due to having a C: partition too small. I've increased it to 6Mb and I still get the divide error whenever I try and access it (and this includes trying to SYS C:). > John Schmitt > johns@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca > ...!unet!utai!utgpu!maccs!johns Geoffrey Coan -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- are you ready to SKYDIVE ?? Geoffrey Coan well all right then, if you say so ... ..!ukc!axion!tharr!zebedee!geoffc <- UUCP'd from my ST via tharr; *free* UK public access to Usenet 0234 261804 ->
marshall@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Marshall Harris) (01/16/91)
In article <CWILLIAM.91Jan10155559@mimsy.umd.edu> cwilliam@mimsy.umd.edu (Christopher Williamson) writes: >I have been trying to get my original PC-Ditto software emulator >working. Since Avant-Garde is out of business, can someone help me? > > >I have gotten PC-Ditto to run, it recognizes 4 partitions on the hard >drive (from the initial screen), I insert a DOS 3.30 floppy, which >successfully boots and I am faced by an A> prompt. HOWEVER, when I I get "divide by zero" errors with PCDII. I canrun from floppies, but PCDII won't recognise h/disk c or D, even tho it syas they are installed. Any suggestions? .