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- From: ericwolf@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Eric Wolf)
- Subject: OS/2 & Dos 5.0 floppy problem
- Message-ID: <BzB7Iw.HFq@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 16:37:43 GMT
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- Ok... Here's a problem for all you OS/2 gurus out there...
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- Everytime I go to my DOS 5.0 partition (via Boot Manager) and format
- a disk using DOS 5.0 (format a: /f:1440 /u) it works fine. Then when
- I try to dir the disk I just formatted, I get a general failure reading
- drive A: error. But if I go to OS/2 and try to read the same disk, it
- works fine. OS/2 can read and write to these disks no problem but DOS
- can't!!! DOS always gives the general failure error when OS/2 reads
- them.
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- I first considered hardware error, but why then can OS/2 read these
- disks? Hardware should fail under both OS's should it not? Did OS2
- do something to my DOS ??? HELP!!!
-
- I have a 386-40 3486 Upgradeable mothedboard with Forex chipset & AMI
- BIOS with 8MB.
-
- Any help would certainly be appreciated!
-
- - Eric
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