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- From: lemson@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (David Lemson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware
- Subject: Re: DOS Filesystem problems - transfering stuff on floppies screws up
- Message-ID: <BtEoD0.Iq1@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Date: 22 Aug 92 22:12:22 GMT
- References: <6663@tekig7.PEN.TEK.COM>
- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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- danh@tekig6.PEN.TEK.COM (Dan Hartman) writes:
-
- >Has anyone else ever had trouble transfering files onto a DOS disk bigger
- >than about 200-300K? Every time I fill up a standard HD with more than that,
- >the PC will report a read error when it tries to get it (And I've tested this
- >on about 5 different PC's) Is this normal, or should I take my NeXT in to get
- >the floppy drive replaced before my warranty runs out (a couple of days, I
- >believe).
-
- Are you running OS 2.2 on a non-turbo machine? If so, contact your
- campus/local NeXT service provider about getting the 2.2a patch
- diskette.
- Otherwise, such an operation should work fine.
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- David Lemson (217) 244-1205
- University of Illinois NeXT Campus Consultant / CCSO NeXT Lab System Admin
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