[comp.sys.atari.st.tech] CPMZ80.TOS INIDSK error

paulm@ccicpg.UUCP (Paul Moreau) (08/21/90)

    I guess the header (Subject & Keywords) say most of it.

    I recently got the cpm emulator for the ST and installed it on my system.
    Following directions, I'm supposed to format a single sided diskette
    and type make_cpm.  This make a CPM diskette OK but the next step is to
    boot up CPMZ80.TOS, insert the disk I just made and after following
    the prompts and getting a A: prompt, I'm supposed to type INIDSK a:
    The proble is that when I insert a freshly TOS formatted disk (or any
    for that matter) I get a 'DISK NOT EMPTY' error and inidsk aborts.
    That's one error.   Another is that according to docs, the TOSCPM
    utility is supposed to copy from drive a to drive a prompting for
    diskette changes.   When I try, I get an error stating something like
    'SOURCE and DESTINATION disks are the SAME' then aborts.

    Well, I give up!   I am running TOS 1.4.  Could this be the problem?

    Any help or hints would be appreciated!

    THANX in ADVANCE,  Paul Moreau.
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