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- From: reink@hpuamsa.neth.hp.com (Reinier Kleipool)
- Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 14:14:53 GMT
- Subject: Re: HELP mread (again)
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- / hpuamsa:comp.unix.bsd / irviner@yvax.byu.edu / 4:53 am Dec 19, 1992 /
- Hello,
-
- The error you get is:
-
- Probably not a MSDOS floppy
- cannot initialize
-
- And so my question is: Did you copy the bin01.xx onto msdos formatted
- floppies? There are known problems with reading 720k dos floppies.
- Try 1.2MB or 1.44MB...
-
- Also have a look at the mread manpage to check that the device for a:
- is the correct one..
-
- Hope this helps,
- Reinier kleipool.
-