TIMBUCK@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Timothy Buck) (06/22/91)
I've discovered something. NeXTStep's utilities that read MS-DOS disks
apparently don't work very well with DOS 5.0. I wrote some files to a
floppy using DOS 5.0, then carried the floppy over to the NeXT, which
reported the floppy as blank! I wrote a small file to this floppy while
it was still mounted in the NeXT, then ejected it and carried it back
over to the DOS 5.0 PC. I did a "dir a:" and all the files were there,
including the new one I had written to the floppy on the NeXT.
Has anyone else had similar experiences?
Anyone at NeXT care to comment?
Timothy Buck
timbuck@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu (preferred), jbuck@vtssi.vt.edu,
OR Tim.Buck@bbs.oit.unc.edutomt%gtenext1.uucp@gte.com (Tom Tucker) (06/27/91)
In article <9106211833.AA08881@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> TIMBUCK@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Timothy Buck) writes: > I've discovered something. NeXTStep's utilities that read MS-DOS disks > apparently don't work very well with DOS 5.0. I wrote some files to a > floppy using DOS 5.0, then carried the floppy over to the NeXT, which > reported the floppy as blank! I wrote a small file to this floppy while > it was still mounted in the NeXT, then ejected it and carried it back > over to the DOS 5.0 PC. I did a "dir a:" and all the files were there, > including the new one I had written to the floppy on the NeXT. > I experienced a similar problem with a floppy that had been formatted under an earlier DOS release. I did a DOS 5.0 format copied files to the diskette and was then able to see them on the NeXT. I have yet to verify this as the problem/solution because immediately afterwards I trashed my PEECEE floppy drive (sigh). -- Tom Tucker tomt%gtenext1.uucp@gte.com (NeXTMail) Systems Analyst, Systems Architecture GTE Directories Corp. -- Tom Tucker tomt%gtenext1.uucp@gte.com (NeXTMail)