prasad@cc.utah.edu (PRASAD B. GHARPURE) (06/18/91)
I ftp'd fdform17.zip from wuarchive.wustl.edu. The archive integrity is OK. BUT... fdformat crashes my system (AT -286 running 4-dos, dos 3.3) If i run it without arguments, I get the help messages -> no crash If i run it with junk arguments, I get a run-time error -> no crash If i run it with valid arguments -> glorious crash. I tried running it with/without fdread with/without himem.sys,smartdrv.sys Can anyone help me out Thanks in advance Prasad
rjmanno@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Richard Joseph Manno) (06/19/91)
I'm having the same problem with it crashing so if anyone has an
answer please post because there are probably many interested parties.
Thanks.
Richmig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Meir) (06/19/91)
In article <1991Jun18.161522.10790@fcom.cc.utah.edu> prasad@cc.utah.edu writes: > >I ftp'd fdform17.zip from wuarchive.wustl.edu. The archive integrity is OK. >BUT... >fdformat crashes my system (AT -286 running 4-dos, dos 3.3) >If i run it without arguments, I get the help messages -> no crash >If i run it with junk arguments, I get a run-time error -> no crash >If i run it with valid arguments -> glorious crash. > >I tried running it with/without fdread > with/without himem.sys,smartdrv.sys > >Can anyone help me out >Thanks in advance >Prasad fdformat version 17 (English) locks my Packard Bell 286/12 in all computer configurations I tried. I replaced the fdformat program with version 16, which works fine, but am now using fdread ver 17. BTW, fdformat16 appears to have problems if you interrupt it while it is formatting a 1.72 Meg disk. * * * * * * ====================== Meir Green * * * * * * ====================== (Internet) mig@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu * * * * * * ====================== meir@msb.com mig@asteroids.cs.columbia.edu * * * * * * ====================== (Amateur Radio) N2JPG