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Re: Executor and Floppies



>>>>> "Jeff" == JEFF PETERS <jeff.peters@wdn.com> writes:

    ctm> OK.  I'm baffled.  You and Jeff appear to be the only ones
    ctm> having the problem.  That will make it hard for me to figure
    ctm> out just what the problem is.  Have you tried 1.99p5?  Can you
    ctm> get *any* HD floppies to work?  What happens when you format
    ctm> the floppy under DOS and then reformat it under Executor and
    ctm> use it?

    ctm> I really would like to see this fixed by the time we ship 2.0,
    ctm> but I'm not sure what I'm going to be able to do.

    Jeff> Well, here's an update: I adjusted my FILES= line up to 100,

Moving it up to 100 is excessive, for Executor's needs ... 30 should
be plenty in most cases.

    Jeff> (it's the only line in my CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC just sets
    Jeff> path) and I still can't use floppies.  I can't format DOS
    Jeff> formatted floppies under Executor (I get an Executor message
    Jeff> that the format can't be verified),

That suggests that raw reads of the floppy drive are failing.  I may
be able to whip up a test program that we can use to look for more
information.

    Jeff> and when I try to Find
    Jeff> Floppy on a Mac HD floppy, I get punted back to DOS with an
    Jeff> error message and register dump (it scrolls by very quickly,
    Jeff> so I haven't tried to capture it yet--would it be
    Jeff> worthwhile?).

Wait for 1.99p6.  I know of a bug that already causes Executor to die
if it can't read a particular set of information.  I've fixed it
already, so going out of your way to get the register dump may just be
sending you on a wild goose chase.

    Jeff> Let me know what else I can tell you to help.

If 1.99p6 doesn't help, then I'll need to whip up a specific raw
floppy reading test program to help track this down.  Thanks for your
patience.

    Jeff> - Jeff Jeff.Peters@wdn.com

    Jeff> * CMPQwk 1.42 432 *Two most common elements: Hydrogen &
    Jeff> Stupidity

--Cliff
ctm@ardi.com


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