rubin@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin) (06/20/91)
I have DOS 5 up on a machine or two and am in general pretty pleased. I just tried to do a DOS FC (file compare) and got the message "Extended error 2" When I format a virgin 1.2mb floppy on one machine I get Extended error 4 but it formats find on the other machine. Maybe I missed something but where are these errors documented. I didn't see anything in the DOS 5 book. Thanks in advance... Don Rubin rubin@visual1.jhuapl.edu
ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com (Donald Ekman) (06/20/91)
In article <1991Jun20.161646.4404@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> rubin@visual1.jhuapl.edu (Don Rubin) writes: >I have DOS 5 up on a machine or two and am in >general pretty pleased. I just tried to do a >DOS FC (file compare) and got the message > >"Extended error 2" > >When I format a virgin 1.2mb floppy on one >machine I get Extended error 4 but it formats >find on the other machine. > >Maybe I missed something but where are these >errors documented. I didn't see anything in >the DOS 5 book. > I was wondering when the complaints about this would start. It appears that Microsoft has completely omitted the section on messages that used to always appear in the manual. Their Windows documentation is equally deficient. Presumably Microsoft thinks that Windows and DOS messages are, in some way, self documenting. I think it's time to send them a few rockets. Don -- Donald E. Ekman, Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, CA ekman@wdl30.wdl.loral.com